Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 4:1 (show verse)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will return to Me,
if you remove your detestable idols
from My presence
and do not waver,
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:2 (show verse)
in truth,
then the nations will be blessed
and will pride themselves in Him.
Jeremiah 4:3 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.
do not sow among the thorns.
Jeremiah 4:4 (show verse)
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of your evil deeds.
Jeremiah 4:5 (show verse)
Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land.
Cry out loudly and say:
Assemble yourselves,
and let’s flee to the fortified cities.
Cry out loudly and say:
Assemble yourselves,
and let’s flee to the fortified cities.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:6 (show verse)
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.
Jeremiah 4:7 (show verse)
a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his lair
to make your land a waste.
Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.
Jeremiah 4:8 (show verse)
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
Jeremiah 4:9 (show verse)
“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”
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Jeremiah 4:10 (show verse)
I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:11 (show verse)
“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;
Jeremiah 4:12 (show verse)
a wind too strong for this comes at My call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’”
Jeremiah 4:13 (show verse)
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Chariots » Sometimes driven furiously
Cloud » Figurative
Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Horse » Description of » Swifter than eagles
Horses » Described as » Swift
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
Cloud » Figurative
Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Horse » Description of » Swifter than eagles
Horses » Described as » Swift
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
Jeremiah 4:14 (show verse)
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
character of the unrenewed Heart » Full of vain thoughts
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Thoughts » Evil
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
character of the unrenewed Heart » Full of vain thoughts
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Thoughts » Evil
Jeremiah 4:15 (show verse)
proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah 4:16 (show verse)
Proclaim to Jerusalem:
Those who besiege are coming
from a distant land;
they raise their voices
against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 4:17 (show verse)
like those who guard a field,
because she has rebelled against Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 4:18 (show verse)
have brought this on you.
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!
Jeremiah 4:19 (show verse)
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 4:20 (show verse)
because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.
Jeremiah 4:21 (show verse)
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
Jeremiah 4:22 (show verse)
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Jeremiah 4:23 (show verse)
and it was formless and empty.
I looked to the heavens,
and their light was gone.
Jeremiah 4:24 (show verse)
and they were quaking;
all the hills shook.
Jeremiah 4:25 (show verse)
all the birds of the sky had fled.
Jeremiah 4:26 (show verse)
All its cities were torn down
because of the Lord
and His burning anger.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:27 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord says:
The whole land will be a desolation,
but I will not finish it off.
but I will not finish it off.
Jeremiah 4:28 (show verse)
the skies above will grow dark.
I have spoken; I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back from it.
Jeremiah 4:29 (show verse)
at the sound of the horseman and the archer.
They enter the thickets
and climb among the rocks.
Every city is abandoned;
no inhabitant is left.
Jeremiah 4:30 (show verse)
that you dress yourself in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
You beautify yourself for nothing.
Your lovers reject you;
they want to take your life.
Jeremiah 4:31 (show verse)
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!