Verse 16

Jeremiah 4:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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16 Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda.

Original Language Text

hebrew

הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ לַ/גּוֹיִ֗ם הִנֵּה֙ הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם נֹצְרִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ הַ/מֶּרְחָ֑ק וַֽ/יִּתְּנ֛וּ עַל עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה קוֹלָֽ/ם

English Translation

Declare to the nations, behold, announce concerning Jerusalem: “Nokhriim are coming from a distant land,” and they will give a voice concerning the cities of Judah.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return to me: if thou wilt take away thy stumblingblo... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgement, and in justice: and the Gentil... Focus ↗

3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow... Focus ↗

4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your hearts, ye men of Juda, and ye inhab... Focus ↗

5 Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: c... Focus ↗

6 Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and g... Focus ↗

7 The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth... Focus ↗

8 For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not tu... Focus ↗

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: That the heart of the king shall perish, and... Focus ↗

10 And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God (Elohim), hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem... Focus ↗

11 At that time it shall be said to this people, and to Jerusalem: A burning wind is in the ways that a... Focus ↗

12 A full wind from these places shall come to me: and now I will speak my judgments with them. Focus ↗

13 Behold he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagle... Focus ↗

14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful though... Focus ↗

15 For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and giving notice of the idol from mount Ephraim. Focus ↗

16 Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, a...

17 They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the... Focus ↗

18 They ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it i... Focus ↗

19 My bowels, my bowels are in pain, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my... Focus ↗

20 Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed... Focus ↗

21 How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet? Focus ↗

22 For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to d... Focus ↗

23 I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them... Focus ↗

24 I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled. Focus ↗

25 I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone. Focus ↗

26 I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of t... Focus ↗

27 For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy. Focus ↗

28 The earth shall mourn, and the heavens shall lament from above: because I have spoken, I have purpos... Focus ↗

29 At the voice of the horsemen, and the archers, all the city is fled away; they have entered into thi... Focus ↗

30 But when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do? though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, and pa... Focus ↗

31 For I have heard the voice as of a woman in travail, anguishes as of a woman in labor of a child. Th... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 4 (31 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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