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◄ Jeremiah 4:8►

New International Version
So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

New Living Translation
So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the LORD is still upon us.

English Standard Version
For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us.”

Berean Standard Bible
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

King James Bible
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

New King James Version
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.

New American Standard Bible
“For this, put on sackcloth, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned away from us.”

NASB 1995
“For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.”

NASB 1977
“For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.”

Legacy Standard Bible
For this, I gird myself with sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the burning anger of Yahweh Has not turned back from us.”

Amplified Bible
“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning], Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail, For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.”

Christian Standard Bible
Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the LORD’s burning anger has not turned away from us.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the LORD’s burning anger has not turned away from us.

American Standard Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Contemporary English Version
Then I told the people of Israel, "Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, 'The LORD is still angry with us.'"

English Revised Version
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry because the LORD's burning anger hasn't turned away from us.

Good News Translation
So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from Judah.

International Standard Version
So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."

NET Bible
So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!'"

New Heart English Bible
For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.

Webster's Bible Translation
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

World English Bible
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, "" For the fierce anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.

Young's Literal Translation
For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

Smith's Literal Translation
For this, be ye girded with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the heat of the anger of Jehovah turned not back from us.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’

New American Bible
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail: “The blazing anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

New Revised Standard Version
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
For this gird yourself with sackcloth, mourn and lament; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because of this, put on sackcloth and mourn and wail, because LORD JEHOVAH has not turned the heat of his wrath from you!

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
For this gird you with sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Is not turned back from us.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Disaster from the North
…7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.8So put on sackcloth,mourn and wail,for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”9“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”…

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Cross References

Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

Micah 1:8
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Isaiah 15:3
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

2 Samuel 3:31
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

Isaiah 32:11
Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Ezekiel 27:31
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

Matthew 11:21
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Luke 10:13
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Revelation 11:3
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Matthew 24:30
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Treasury of Scripture

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

gird

Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, girdthee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning,as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

howl

Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORDis at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:2,3
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their headsshall be baldness,and every beard cut off…

the

Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcaseswere torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his handis stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:12,17,21
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his handis stretched out still…

Isaiah 10:4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his handis stretched out still.

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Jeremiah 4

1.God calls Israel by his promise
3.He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments
19.A grievous lamentation for Judah

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So put on sackcloth
In ancient Israel, sackcloth was a coarse material made from goat's hair, often worn as a sign of mourning, repentance, or humility. The act of putting on sackcloth was a public demonstration of one's sorrow and contrition before God. This practice is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as inJonah 3:5-6, where the people of Nineveh, including their king, wore sackcloth in response to Jonah's warning of impending judgment. The use of sackcloth signifies a deep awareness of sin and a desire for reconciliation with God.

mourn and wail
Mourning and wailing were common expressions of grief and distress in the ancient Near East. These actions were often accompanied by loud cries and lamentations, as seen in the book of Lamentations, which details the sorrow of Jerusalem's destruction. The call to mourn and wail in this context is a response to the impending judgment of God due to the people's persistent sin and rebellion. It reflects a recognition of the seriousness of their situation and the need for genuine repentance.

for the fierce anger of the LORD
The phrase "fierce anger of the LORD" underscores the intensity of God's righteous indignation against sin. Throughout the Old Testament, God's anger is depicted as a response to covenant unfaithfulness and idolatry, as seen inDeuteronomy 29:24-28. This anger is not capricious but is a just response to the people's persistent disobedience. The prophets often warned of God's anger as a means to call the people back to faithfulness and obedience.

has not turned away from us.
This phrase indicates that the consequences of the people's sin are imminent and unavoidable unless there is true repentance. The idea of God's anger not turning away is echoed in other prophetic writings, such asIsaiah 9:12, where repeated warnings are given, yet the people do not return to God. It serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for a heartfelt return to God. Theologically, it points to the necessity of atonement, which Christians believe is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who bore the wrath of God on behalf of humanity.

Persons / Places / Events

1.Jeremiah
A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and a profound sense of duty to convey God's words.

2.Judah
The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.

3.The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant God of Israel, who is expressing His righteous anger towards Judah's sin and calling them to repentance.

4.Sackcloth
A coarse material worn as a sign of mourning and repentance. It symbolizes humility and a contrite heart before God.

5.The Fierce Anger of the LORD
Represents God's righteous judgment against sin. It is a call to recognize the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.

Teaching Points

The Seriousness of Sin
Sin provokes the fierce anger of the LORD. We must recognize the gravity of sin in our lives and communities.

Call to Repentance
The act of putting on sackcloth and mourning is a call to genuine repentance. It is not merely an outward act but a reflection of a heart turned back to God.

God's Righteous Judgment
Understanding that God's anger is righteous and just should lead us to a deeper reverence for His holiness and a desire to align our lives with His will.

The Role of the Prophet
Jeremiah's role as a prophet reminds us of the importance of listening to God's messengers and heeding their warnings.

Hope in Repentance
While the verse speaks of God's anger, it also implies hope—repentance can lead to restoration and a turning away of God's wrath.

Lists and Questions

Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4

Jeremiah 4:5–9: What solid proof exists for the invasion from the north that supposedly led to widespread panic and ruin?

Psalm 30:11-12: If mourning is truly turned to dancing, why do faithful believers throughout history often remain in prolonged suffering?

Jeremiah 14:1-6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time?

What do sackcloth and ashes symbolize?

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(8)Gird you with sackcloth.--From the earliest times the outward sign of mourning, and therefore of repentance (Joel 1:8;Isaiah 22:12).

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. -Is not turned back from us. As we in our folly believed (Jeremiah 2:35).

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

So
עַל־(‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921:Above, over, upon, against

put on
חִגְר֥וּ(ḥiḡ·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2296:To gird, gird on, gird oneself

sackcloth,
שַׂקִּ֖ים(śaq·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8242:A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

mourn
סִפְד֣וּ(sip̄·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5594:To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail

and wail,
וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ(wə·hê·lî·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3213:To howl, make a howling

for
כִּ֥י(kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588:A relative conjunction

the fierce
חֲר֥וֹן(ḥă·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2740:A burning of anger

anger
אַף־(’ap̄-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 639:The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

of the LORD
יְהֹוָ֖ה(Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has not
לֹא־(lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808:Not, no

turned away
שָׁ֛ב(šāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725:To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from us.”
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃(mim·men·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 4480:A part of, from, out of

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