Verse 1
Jeremiah 4:1
World English Bible, British Edition
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“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and
if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל נְאֻם יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖/י תָּשׁ֑וּב וְ/אִם תָּסִ֧יר שִׁקּוּצֶ֛י/ךָ מִ/פָּנַ֖/י וְ/לֹ֥א תָנֽוּד
English Translation
If you return, Israel, declares the Lord, to Me you will return; and if you remove your abominations from My presence and do not waver.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1
“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and
if you will put away you...
2
and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in
righteousness. The nations wil...
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3
For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break
up your fallow ground, and don’t sow...
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4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your
heart, you men of Judah and i...
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5
Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet
in the land!’ Cry aloud and s...
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6
Set up a standard towards Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will
bring evil from the north, a...
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7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations.
He is on his way. He has gone out f...
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8
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce
anger of the LORD hasn’t t...
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9
“It will happen at that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart of the king
will perish, along with the...
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10
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived
this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You...
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11
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem,
“A hot wind blows from the bare height...
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12
A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgements
against them.”
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13
Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as
the whirlwind. His horses are swifter...
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14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How
long will your evil thoughts...
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15
For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of
Ephraim:
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16
“Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come
from a far country, and raise t...
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17
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she
has been rebellious against me,’...
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18
“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is
your wickedness, for it is bitte...
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19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart
trembles within me. I can’t hold my p...
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20
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are destr...
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21
How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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22
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish
children, and they have no understa...
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23
I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens,
and they had no light.
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24
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved
back and forth.
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25
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had
fled.
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26
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its
cities were broken down at the p...
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27
For the LORD says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will
not make a full end.
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28
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because
I have spoken it. I have plan...
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29
Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They
go into the thickets and climb up o...
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30
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe
yourself with scarlet, though y...
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31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of
her who gives birth to her firs...
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