Jeremiah 4:8

8 For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:8

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" ^F21; 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 2 Kings 23:26 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (wnmm) "ab illo", i.e. "ab illo proposito", Cocceius; "ab eo", Montanus.

Jeremiah 4:8 In-Context

6 Set up the standard toward Zion. Retire, stay not! For I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."

7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way. He has gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

8 For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

9 "And it shall come to pass at that day," saith the LORD, "that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."

10 Then said I, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, `Ye shall have peace,' whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul."