Parallel Verses

King James 2000

For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us.

New American Standard Bible

“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

King James Version

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Holman Bible

Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.

International Standard Version

So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."

American Standard Version

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Amplified


“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning],
Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail,
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

Bible in Basic English

For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Darby Translation

For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.

Julia Smith Translation

For this, be ye girded with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the heat of the anger of Jehovah turned not back from us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Because of this gird yourselves [with] sackcloth, lament and wail, for {the burning anger} of Yahweh has not turned back from us.

Modern King James verseion

Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."

NET Bible

So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'"

New Heart English Bible

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.

The Emphasized Bible

On this account, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl, - Because the glow of the anger of Yahweh hath not turned from us.

Webster

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

World English Bible

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.

Youngs Literal Translation

For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חגר 
Chagar 
Usage: 43

you with sackcloth
שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

ספד 
Caphad 
Usage: 30

and howl
ילל 
Yalal 
Usage: 32

for the fierce
חרן חרון 
Charown 
Usage: 41

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is not turned back
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us. 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, says the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll yourself about in ashes: make yourself mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has stricken them: and the hills did tremble, and their dead bodies were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10:4

Without me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you complacent ones: strip yourselves, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your waists.

Numbers 25:4

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

Psalm 78:49

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending avenging angels among them.

Isaiah 9:12

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh shall devour Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:2-3

He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

Jeremiah 30:24

The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered,

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry and wail, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: strike therefore upon your thigh.

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Alas for the day!

Joel 2:12-13

Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Amos 8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon every waist, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.

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