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Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord's burning anger has not turned away from us.
Jeremiah 4:8 In-Context
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Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”
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A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.
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So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORDhas not turned away from us.
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“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and the officials will lose heart, the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled.”
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Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign LORD! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at our throats!”
Cross References 3
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1 Kings 21:27; S Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 6:26; Ezekiel 7:18; Joel 1:8