Verse 7

Jeremiah 4:7

Young's Literal Translation

7 Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽ/סֻּבְּכ֔/וֹ וּ/מַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִ/מְּקֹמ֑/וֹ לָ/שׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵ/ךְ֙ לְ/שַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִ/ךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה מֵ/אֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב
English Translation
A lion has come up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone forth from his place to make your land a waste; your cities shall be laid waste without inhabitant.
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Chapter 4 Context
1 If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost tur... Focus ↗
2 And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed them... Focus ↗
3 For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do no... Focus ↗
4 Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabi... Focus ↗
5 Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, 'Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, a... Focus ↗
6 Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from t... Focus ↗
7 Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth...
8 For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back f... Focus ↗
9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: 'Perish doth the heart of the king... Focus ↗
10 And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying,... Focus ↗
11 At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: 'A dry wind of high places in the wilderne... Focus ↗
12 A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them. Focus ↗
13 Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horse... Focus ↗
14 Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy h... Focus ↗
15 For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim. Focus ↗
16 Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar... Focus ↗
17 As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellio... Focus ↗
18 Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This [is] thy vexation, for [it is] bitter, For it h... Focus ↗
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained [at] the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I a... Focus ↗
20 Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have... Focus ↗
21 Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet? Focus ↗
22 For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not in... Focus ↗
23 I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. Focus ↗
24 I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lig... Focus ↗
25 I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled. Focus ↗
26 I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken dow... Focus ↗
27 For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not. Focus ↗
28 For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have... Focus ↗
29 From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have... Focus ↗
30 And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself [wit... Focus ↗
31 For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The vo... Focus ↗