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Jeremiah 4:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Condescension of God;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Sackcloth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Joy-Sorrow;   Lamentations;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anger of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Kir-Hareseth;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sackcloth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wrath (Anger);  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't 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.
English Standard Version
For this put on 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, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned away from us."
New Century Version
So put on rough cloth, show how sad you are, and cry loudly. The terrible anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
Amplified Bible
"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."
World English Bible
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
For this, I gird myself with sackcloth,Lament and wail;For the burning anger of YahwehHas not turned back from us."
Berean Standard Bible
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."
Contemporary English Version
Then I said to the people of Israel, "Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, ‘The Lord is still angry with us.'"
Complete Jewish Bible
So wrap yourselves in sackcloth, lament and wail, for Adonai 's fierce anger has not turned away 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is angry with us, so put on sackcloth and cry out loud!
George Lamsa Translation
For this gird yourself with sackcloth, mourn and lament; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from you.
Good News Translation
So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from Judah.
Lexham English Bible
Because of this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the burning anger of Yahweh has not turned back from us.
Literal Translation
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth for this, wail and howl. For the fierce anger of Jehovah has not turned back from us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore gyrde youre selues aboute wt sack cloth, mourne, and wepe, for the fearfull wrath of the LORDE shal not be withdrawen from you.
American Standard Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
King James Version (1611)
For this gird you with sackcloth; lament and howle: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore girde your selues about with sackcloth, mourne and weepe: for the fearefull wrath of the Lorde is not withdrawen from vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.
English Revised Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
On this thing girde you with heiris; weile ye, and yelle, for the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord is not turned awei fro you.
Update Bible Version
For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh has not turned back from us.
Webster's Bible Translation
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
New English Translation
So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'"
New King James Version
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.
New Living Translation
So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord is still upon us.
New Life Bible
Cover yourselves with cloth made from hair because of this. Cry out in sorrow. For the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
New Revised Standard
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: "The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us."
J.B. Rotherham 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us.
Revised Standard Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us."
Young's Literal Translation
For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us."

Contextual Overview

5Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: 6Lift up a signal flag toward Zion.Run for cover! Don’t stand still!For I am bringing disaster from the north—a crushing blow. 7A lion has gone up from his thicket;a destroyer of nations has set out.He has left his lairto make your land a waste.Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins. 8Because of this, put on sackcloth;mourn and wail,for the Lord’s burning angerhas not turned away from us.9“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.” 10I 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.” 11“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; 12a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’” 13Look, he advances like clouds;his chariots are like a storm.His horses are swifter than eagles.Woe to us, for we are ruined! 14Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,so that you will be delivered.How long will you harbormalicious thoughts?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gird: Jeremiah 6:26, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 32:11, Joel 2:12, Joel 2:13, Amos 8:10

howl: Jeremiah 48:20, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Ezekiel 21:12, Ezekiel 30:2

the: Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4

Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:24 - a girding Jeremiah 25:34 - Howl Jeremiah 25:36 - General Jeremiah 49:3 - gird Joel 1:5 - weep Joel 1:13 - Gird Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Zephaniah 1:11 - Howl Romans 4:15 - Because James 5:1 - weep

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.
Genesis 4:6
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?
Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
Genesis 4:10
Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:12
If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl,.... That is, because of this destruction threatened, which was so near at hand, and so sure and certain:

for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it "from you" and some render it "from it" u; from his purpose and design to destroy the Jews. Jarchi interprets this of Josiah, and his times, who, though he turned to the Lord with all his heart, yet the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath and anger against Judah, 2 Kings 23:25.

u ממנו "ab illo", i.e. "ab illo proposito", Cocceius; "ab eo", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is not turned ... - As long as their sins are unrepented of, so long must their punishment continue.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:8. Lament and howl — הילילו heililu. The aboriginal Irish had a funeral song called the Caoinian, still continued among their descendants, one part of which is termed the ulaloo: this is sung responsively or alternately, and is accompanied with a full chorus of sighs and groans. It has been thought that Ireland was originally peopled by the Phoenicians: if so, this will account for the similarity of many words and customs among both these people.


 
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