Jeremiah 4:1–7

4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,

a“Return to Me;

And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,

Then you shall not be moved.

2 bAnd you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’

cIn truth, in 1judgment, and in righteousness;

dThe nations shall bless themselves in Him,

And in Him they shall eglory.”

3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

f“Break up your 2fallow ground,

And gdo not sow among thorns.

4 hCircumcise yourselves to the Lord,

And take away the foreskins of your hearts,

You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Lest My fury come forth like fire,

And burn so that no one can quench it,

Because of the evil of your doings.”

An Imminent Invasion

5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:

i“Blow the trumpet in the land;

Cry, ‘Gather together,’

And say, j‘Assemble yourselves,

And let us go into the fortified cities.’

6 Set up the 3standard toward Zion.

Take refuge! Do not delay!

For I will bring disaster from the knorth,

And great destruction.”

7 lThe lion has come up from his thicket,

And mthe destroyer of nations is on his way.

He has gone forth from his place

nTo make your land desolate.

Your cities will be laid waste,

Without inhabitant.