Jeremiah 4:8

Jeremiah 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
• New International Version (NIV)So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.

Context of Jeremiah 4:8

6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. 7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.” 9“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.” 10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Jeremiah 4:8 word by word

עַל־זֹ֛את חִגְר֥וּ שַׂקִּ֖ים סִפְד֣וּ וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־שָׁ֛ב חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

• Soעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Soזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• put onחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• mournסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• and wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the fierceחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• of the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• turned awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• from usמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:8

• Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
• Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
• Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
• Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
• Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
• Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
• Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Lament 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Is not turned … - As long as their sins are unrepented of, so long must their punishment continue.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Israelites were in trouble with the Lord and needed to make things right with him. Forming an army or organizing guerrilla bands would be useless. Instead, Jeremiah urged the people to repent by mourning and weeping with sincere hearts (Isaiah 22:12). By using the pronoun us, the prophet seems to include himself in the need for repentance (see Jeremiah 10:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Nothing is left to the Jews but to bewail their desperate condition. anger ... not turned back--(Is 9:12, 17, 21).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:8

• Anger
• Condescension of God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sackcloth

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings