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JEREMIAH
4.28
- 11At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem;
- A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness
- Toward the daughter of My people,
- Not to fan, nor to cleanse;
- 12A wind too strong for this shall come for Me;
- Now will I also utter judgments against them.
- 13Behold, he cometh up as clouds,
- And his chariots are as the whirlwind;
- His horses are swifter than eagles.—
- 'Woe unto us! for we are undone.'—
- 14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness,
- That thou mayest be saved.
- How long shall thy baleful thoughts
- Lodge within thee?
- 15For hark! one declareth from Dan,
- And announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:
- 16'Make ye mention to the nations:
- Behold—publish concerning Jerusalem—
- Watchers come from a far country,
- And give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'
- 17As keepers of a field
- Are they against her round about;
- Because she hath been rebellious against Me,
- Saith the Lord.
- 18Thy way and thy doings have procured
- These things unto thee;
- This is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter,
- Yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
- 19My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain!
- The chambers of my heart!
- My heart moaneth within me!
- I cannot hold my peace!
- Because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn,
- The alarm of war.
- 20Destruction followeth upon destruction,
- For the whole land is spoiled;
- Suddenly are my tents spoiled,
- My curtains in a moment.
- 21How long shall I see the standard,
- Shall I hear the sound of the horn?
- 22For My people is foolish,
- They know Me not;
- They are sottish children,
- And they have no understanding;
- They are wise to do evil,
- But to do good they have no knowledge.
- 23I beheld the earth,
- And, lo, it was waste and void;
- And the heavens, and they had no light.
- 24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
- And all the hills moved to and fro.
- 25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
- And all the birds of the heavens were fled.
- 26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness,
- And all the cities thereof were broken down
- At the presence of the Lord,
- And before His fierce anger.
- 27For thus saith the Lord:
- The whole land shall be desolate;
- Yet will I not make a full end.
- 28For this shall the earth mourn,
- And the heavens above be black;
- Because I have spoken it, I have purposed it,
- And I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
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