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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New Century Version

Jeremiah 4:8

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.

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

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

5 "Announce this message in Judah and say it in Jerusalem: ‘Blow the trumpet throughout the country!' Shout out loud and say, ‘Come together! Let's all escape to the strong, walled cities!' 6 Raise the signal flag toward Jerusalem! Run for your lives, and don't wait, because I am bringing disaster from the north There will be terrible destruction." 7 A lion has come out of his den; a destroyer of nations has begun to march. He has left his home to destroy your land. Your towns will be destroyed with no one left to live in them. 8 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. 9 "When this happens," says the Lord , "the king and officers will lose their courage. The priests will be terribly afraid, and the prophets will be shocked!" 10 Then I said, "Lord God , you have tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said, ‘You will have peace,' but now the sword is pointing at our throats!" 11 At that time this message will be given to Judah and Jerusalem: "A hot wind blows from the bare hilltops of the desert toward the Lord 's people. It is not a gentle wind to separate grain from chaff. 12 I feel a stronger wind than that. Now even I will announce judgments against the people of Judah." 13 Look! The enemy rises up like a cloud, and his chariots come like a tornado. His horses are faster than eagles. How terrible it will be for us! We are ruined! 14 People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved. Don't continue making evil plans.

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
Later, Cain brought some food from the ground as a gift to God.
Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 4:15
The Lord said to Cain, "No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."
Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son, and they named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab took him aside into the gateway. He acted as though he wanted to talk with Abner in private, but Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and Abner died. Abner had killed Joab's brother Asahel, so Joab killed Abner to pay him back.
2 Samuel 14:6
I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting, and no one was there to stop them. So one son killed the other son.

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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