The Lord Says, Put Your False gods Out of My Sight & Return Back to Me |
Jeremiah 4:1-31 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
The Lord says, If you will return, O Israel, return to Me. And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, then you shall not [be] removed. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made] of their own hands.] |
And you shall swear, The Lord lives, in Truth, [Justice] & Righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in Him & shall [boast] themselves in Him. [Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring them & they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem & they shall be My people & I will be their God, in Truth & in Righteousness.] |
For the Lord says [this] to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break up your fallow, [unused] ground & [don't] sow [seed] among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart, you men of Judah & [residents] of Jerusalem: lest My fury [comes out] like fire & [burns, so] that none can [put it out,] because of the evil of your [actions.] |
You declare in Judah & [proclaim] in Jerusalem & say, You, blow the trumpet in the land & cry [out] & gather together & say, Assemble yourselves & let us go into the [fortified] cities. [Put] up the [banner] toward Zion. [Withdraw & don't] stay: for I will bring [disaster] from the North & great destruction. |
The lion [has] come up from his [dense wooded area] & the [Gentiles'] destroyer is on his way. He [has] gone [out] from his place to make your land desolate. And your cities shall be [wastelands,] without [inhabitants.] [Ezekiel 26:9-10 And he shall [put battering rams for] war against your walls. |
And he shall break down your towers with his axes. [Because] of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you. Your walls shall shake at the [sound] of the [galloping] horsemen & [of wagon] wheels & chariots, when he [enters] into your gates, [like] men enter into a city [in which there's] a [gap.] |
[Because of] this, [strap yourselves] with sackcloth, [mourn] & howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord [hasn't] turned [away] from us. The Lord says, And it shall [happen on] that day, that the [king's] heart shall perish & the [hearts] of the princes & priests shall be astonished & the prophets shall wonder. |
Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! Surely, You have greatly deceived this people & Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace, [while] the sword reaches to the soul. At that time, it shall be said to this people & Jerusalem, A dry wind [from] the high places in the wilderness, [shall come] toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse. |
A full wind from those places shall even come to Me. Now I will also give [a] sentence against them. [Look,] he shall come up [like] clouds & his chariots shall be [like] a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! |
For we are [plundered.] O Jerusalem, [cleanse] your heart from wickedness, [so] that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts [stay] within you? [James 4:8 Draw [close] to God & He will draw [close] to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners & purify your hearts, you [two-faced.] |
For a voice declares from Dan & [proclaims] affliction from Mount Ephraim. [Jeremiah 50:17 Israel [are] scattered sheep & the lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria has devoured him & last, this [Nebuchadnezzar,] has broken his bones.] |
You mention to the nations; [Look & proclaim] that watchers come from a far country against Jerusalem & their [voices cry] out against the cities of Judah. They [surround] against her, [like] keepers of the field; because she has been rebellious against Me, says the Lord. |
Your [path] & your [actions] have [acquired] these things [for] you. This is because your wickedness is bitter, because it reaches into your heart. My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained [within] my heart. My heart makes a [sound within] me. |
O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you have heard, the trumpet sound the alarm of war. Destruction is cried [out,] upon destruction, for the whole land is [plundered.] My tents are [plundered] suddenly & my curtains [are plundered] in a moment. |
How long shall I see the [banner] & hear the sound of the trumpet? For My people [are] foolish & they haven't known Me. They are [ignorant] children & they have [no] understanding & they are wise [at doing what is] evil, but they have no knowledge [about doing what is] good. |
I [saw] the earth & lo, it was without form & void. And [saw] the heavens & they had no light. I [looked at] the mountains & [look,] they trembled & all the hills moved [slightly.] |
[Isaiah 5:25 Therefore, the anger of the Lord [grew] against His people & He stretched [out] His hand against them & has [struck] them. And the hills [trembled] & their [corpses] were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger isn't turned away, but His hand is still out stretched.] |
I [looked,] & there wasn't [any] man & all the birds of the heavens [had] fled. [Zephaniah 1:3 I will consume man & [animals.] I will consume the [birds] of the heaven & the fishes of the sea & the stumbling blocks of the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the land, says the Lord.] |
I [saw] & [looked,] the [once] fruitful place was a wilderness & all [its] cities were broken down by the [Lord's] fierce anger & His presence. For the Lord has said [this,] The whole land shall be desolate, yet I will not make a [total] end [of it.] [Jeremiah 5:10-13 You go up upon her walls & destroy. |
Take away her [fortifications,] for they aren't the Lord's; but [don't] make a [total] end [of it.] For the [houses] of Israel & Judah have [behaved] very treacherously against Me, says the Lord. |
They have [lied against] the Lord & said, It isn't He & Neither shall evil come upon us & Neither shall we see [the] sword, nor famine. And the [Lord's] Word isn't in them & [these] shall be done to them & the prophets shall become wind.] |
For the earth & the heavens above shall [be] black & mourn this: because I have spoken it. I have [intended] it & won't [withdraw,] neither will I turn back from it. The whole city shall flee, [because of the sound] of the horsemen & [archers.] They shall go into the [dense wooded area] & climb up upon the rocks. |
Every city shall be [abandoned,] & [no] man [shall] dwell [there.] And what will you do, when you are [plundered?] [Although] you clothe yourself with crimson, [decorate] yourself with gold ornaments & [paint] your face, you shall make yourself [attractive] in vain. Your lovers will despise you & they will seek your life. |
[Ezekiel 6:9 And [those who] escape of you shall remember Me among the nations [where] they shall be carried [captive,] because I am [shattered] by their [unfaithful] heart, [that] has departed from Me. And go after their idols, with their eyes, [like unfaithful harlots.] And they shall loathe themselves for the [evil] they have committed [through] all their abominations.] |
For I have heard a voice [like] of a woman in [labor] & [like] the anguish of her, [who delivers] her 1st child. The voice of the daughter of Zion, [who,] herself [grieves] & [spreads] her hands [out,] saying, Woe is me now! For my soul is weared because of the murderers. |
[Psalm 106:36-38 And they served their idols: [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons] & shed the blood [of] the innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan & the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.] |