Verse 2
Jeremiah 4:2
King James Version
2
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתָּ֙ חַי יְהוָ֔ה בֶּ/אֱמֶ֖ת בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט וּ/בִ/צְדָקָ֑ה וְ/הִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֛/וֹ גּוֹיִ֖ם וּ/ב֥/וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ
English Translation
And you shall swear, "As the LORD lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness," and in Him shall the nations be blessed, and in Him shall they praise.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abomi...
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2
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations...
3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not...
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4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and in...
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5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather...
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6
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great...
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7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone fo...
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8
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned ba...
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9
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD,
that
the heart of the king shall perish, and...
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10
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye s...
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11
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the...
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12
Even
a full wind from those
places
shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
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13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots
shall be
as a whirlwind: his horses are swifte...
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14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain th...
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15
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
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16
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem,
that watchers come from a far cou...
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17
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me...
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18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these
things unto thee; this
is thy wickedness, because it is b...
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19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my...
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20
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled,...
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21
How long shall I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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22
For my people
is foolish, they have not known me; they
are sottish children, and they have none unde...
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23
I beheld the earth, and, lo,
it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they
had no light.
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24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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25
I beheld, and, lo,
there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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26
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place
was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down...
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27
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
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28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken
it, I have pur...
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29
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and...
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30
And
when thou
art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou...
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31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail,
and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her...
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