Jeremiah 4:13–22

¹³“Behold, he shall come up like clouds,

And ^this chariots like a whirlwind.

^uHis horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us, for we are plundered!”

¹⁴O Jerusalem, ^vwash your heart from wickedness,

That you may be saved.

How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

¹⁵For a voice declares ^wfrom Dan

And proclaims ⁵affliction from Mount Ephraim:

¹⁶“Make mention to the nations,

Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,

That watchers come from a ^xfar country

And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

^17yLike keepers of a field they are against her all around,

Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.

¹⁸“Your ^zways and your doings

Have procured these things for you.

This is your wickedness,

Because it is bitter,

Because it reaches to your heart.”

Sorrow for the Doomed Nation

¹⁹O my ^asoul, my soul!

I am pained in my very heart!

My heart makes a noise in me;

I cannot hold my peace,

Because you have heard, O my soul,

The sound of the trumpet,

The alarm of war.

^20bDestruction upon destruction is cried,

For the whole land is plundered.

Suddenly ^cmy tents are plundered,

And my curtains in a moment.

²¹How long will I see the ⁶standard,

And hear the sound of the trumpet?

²²“For My people are foolish,

They have not known Me.

They are ⁷silly children,

And they have no understanding.

^dThey are wise to do evil,

But to do good they have no knowledge.”