Jeremiah 4:8 “So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD…”

Jeremiah 4:8

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.

Darby Translation

For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away 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.

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.

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Cross references

“gird”

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

Jeremiah 6:26 · BSB

O 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 22:12 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 32:11 · BSB

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Amos 8:10 · BSB

I 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…

Isaiah 15:3 · BSB

In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

Joel 2:12 · BSB

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

“howl”

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

Jeremiah 48:20 · BSB

Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

Isaiah 13:6 · BSB

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Ezekiel 21:12 · BSB

Cry 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 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’

Isaiah 15:2 · BSB

Dibon 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.

“the”

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

Isaiah 5:25 · BSB

Therefore 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 turne…

Isaiah 10:4 · BSB

Nothing 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.

Isaiah 9:12 · BSB

Aram 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 9:17 · BSB

Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not…

Isaiah 9:21 · BSB

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Also

Numbers 25:4 Jeremiah 30:24 Psalm 78:49

Numbers 25:4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

Jeremiah 30:24 · BSB

The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

Psalm 78:49 · BSB

He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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.”

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