Jeremiah 4:13-17
International Standard Version
The People’s Response to Judgment
13 Look, he comes up like clouds,
and his chariots are like a whirlwind.
His horses are as swift as eagles.
Woe to us—we’re destroyed!
14 Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart
so that you may be delivered.
How long will you harbor
evil schemes within you?
15 For a voice announces from Dan
and declares disaster from Mount Ephraim.
The Lord Speaks
16 “Tell the nations, ‘Here they come!’[a]
Proclaim to Jerusalem,
‘The besieging forces are coming from a distant land.
They cry out[b] against the cities of Judah.
17 They have surrounded her like those guarding a field
because they have rebelled against me,’”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:16 The Heb. lacks they come
- Jeremiah 4:16 I.e. battle cries
Jeremiah 4:13-17
Lexham English Bible
13 Look, he comes up like the clouds,
and his chariots are like the whirlwind,
his horses are swifter than eagles,
woe to us, for we are devastated.
14 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem,
so that you may be saved.
How long[a] will your thoughts of mischief
dwell in your inner part?
15 For a voice is declaring from Dan,
and is proclaiming disaster from the mountain of Ephraim.
16 “Report to the nations, ‘Here they are!’
Proclaim against Jerusalem,
‘Besiegers are coming from a distant land,[b]
and they raise their voice against the cities of Judah.’
17 Like watchers of a field they were against her from all around,
because she has rebelled against me,” declares[c] Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:14 Literally “until when”
- Jeremiah 4:16 Literally “from a land the distance place”
- Jeremiah 4:17 Literally “a declaration of”
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