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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:14 Literally “until when”
  2. Jeremiah 4:16 Literally “from a land the distance place”
  3. Jeremiah 4:17 Literally “a declaration of”

13 Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined. 14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you? 15 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim: 16 “Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says Yahweh.

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