Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
New American Standard Bible
Lament and wail;
For the
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
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.
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.
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 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Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."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
Chagar
Charown
'aph
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations has set out; he has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will fall into ruins without inhabitant. 8 Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us. 9 And it shall be at that day, says Jehovah, the king's heart will perish, and the heart of the rulers; and the priests will be amazed, and the prophets will be astounded.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and wallow in ashes; make mourning for yourself, as for an only son, most bitter weeping; for the ravager shall suddenly come on us.
Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of Jehovah is kindled on His people, and He has stretched out His hand against them, and has stricken them; and the hills trembled, and their dead bodies were as filth in the midst of the streets. In all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 10:4
Surely they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. In all this His hand is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, women at ease; be troubled, careless ones; strip yourselves and make yourselves bare, and bind sackcloth on your loins.
Numbers 25:4
And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before Jehovah against the sun, so that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel.
Psalm 78:49
He sent on them the heat of His anger, wrath and fury and trouble, by sending evil angels.
Isaiah 9:12
the Syrians in front and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 9:17
For this the Lord shall not rejoice over their young men, nor shall He have mercy on their orphans and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. In all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. In all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 13:6
Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 15:2-3
One has gone up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; baldness shall be on all their heads, every beard cut off.
Jeremiah 30:24
The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return until He has done it, and until He has fulfilled the purposes of His heart. In the latter days you shall understand it.
Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is stripped.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be on My people; it shall be on all the rulers of Israel. They are thrown to the sword with My people; Therefore slap your thigh.
Ezekiel 30:2
Son of man, prophesy and say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Howl, Woe is the day!
Joel 2:12-13
Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.