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Jeremiah Chapter 4

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Jeremiah

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In this chapter Jeremiah records God’s declaration that He will punish Jerusalem severely because of its rebellion, and that the city will face destruction and exile. He emphasizes that the punishment is not for the people’s fault alone but a consequence of their disobedience. The chapter sets the tone for the prophet’s call to repentance and warning of divine judgment.

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(1) If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
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Jeremiah 4:4Jeremiah 3:12Jeremiah 3:22Jeremiah 3:1Jeremiah 3:14Isaiah 31:6Hosea 7:16Hosea 14:1Joel 2:12Genesis 35:2Deuteronomy 27:15Joshua 24:14

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Song of Solomon 6:13II Kings 8:12Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(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.
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Jeremiah 5:2Deuteronomy 10:20Isaiah 45:23Isaiah 48:1Isaiah 48:2Isaiah 65:16Jeremiah 9:24I Kings 3:6Psalms 99:4Hosea 2:19Zechariah 8:8Genesis 22:18

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Isaiah 65:16Jeremiah 12:16Amos 8:14Psalms 115:12Psalms 99:4Psalms 119:142

(3) For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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Genesis 3:18Hosea 10:12Matthew 13:7Matthew 13:22Mark 4:7Mark 4:18Mark 4:19Luke 8:7Luke 8:14Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:8

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Hosea 10:12Isaiah 28:24Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(4) Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
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Jeremiah 9:26Deuteronomy 10:16Deuteronomy 30:6Ezekiel 18:31Romans 2:28Romans 2:29Colossians 2:11Jeremiah 21:5Jeremiah 21:12Jeremiah 23:19Jeremiah 36:7Leviticus 26:28

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Jeremiah 21:12Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Exodus 34:12Joshua 6:18

(5) Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
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Jeremiah 5:20Jeremiah 9:12Jeremiah 11:2Jeremiah 6:1Ezekiel 33:2Ezekiel 33:3Ezekiel 33:4Ezekiel 33:5Ezekiel 33:6Hosea 8:1Amos 3:6Amos 3:8

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Jeremiah 6:1Ezekiel 39:17Joel 3:11Numbers 10:4Ezekiel 22:20Joel 2:16

(6) Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
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Jeremiah 4:21Jeremiah 50:2Jeremiah 51:12Jeremiah 51:27Isaiah 62:10Jeremiah 1:13Jeremiah 1:14Jeremiah 1:15Jeremiah 6:1Jeremiah 6:22Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 25:9

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Ezekiel 8:5

(7) The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 5:6Jeremiah 25:38Jeremiah 49:19Jeremiah 50:17Jeremiah 50:44II Kings 24:1II Kings 25:1Daniel 7:4Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 27:8Ezekiel 21:19Ezekiel 21:20

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Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 29:12Isaiah 15:1Ezekiel 19:7Ezekiel 12:20Amos 7:9

(8) For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
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Jeremiah 6:26Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 22:12Isaiah 32:11Joel 2:12Joel 2:13Amos 8:10Jeremiah 48:20Isaiah 13:6Isaiah 15:2Ezekiel 21:12Ezekiel 30:2

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II Kings 1:5Jeremiah 49:3Joel 1:13Numbers 25:4Psalms 78:57Isaiah 5:25

(9) And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
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Jeremiah 39:4Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 52:7I Samuel 25:37I Samuel 25:38II Kings 25:4Psalms 102:4Isaiah 19:3Isaiah 19:11Isaiah 19:12Isaiah 19:16Isaiah 21:3

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Psalms 68:27

(10) Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
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Jeremiah 1:6Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 32:17Ezekiel 11:13Jeremiah 14:14I Kings 22:20I Kings 22:21I Kings 22:22I Kings 22:23Isaiah 63:17Ezekiel 14:9Ezekiel 14:10

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Jeremiah 22:18Jeremiah 44:25

(11) At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
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Jeremiah 8:19Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:7Jeremiah 14:17Isaiah 22:4Lamentations 2:11Lamentations 3:48Lamentations 4:3Lamentations 4:6Lamentations 4:10Jeremiah 51:2Isaiah 41:16

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Hosea 13:15Deuteronomy 28:56I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17

(12) Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
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Jeremiah 1:16Ezekiel 5:8Ezekiel 6:11Ezekiel 6:12Ezekiel 6:13Ezekiel 7:8Ezekiel 7:9

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I Kings 19:11

(13) Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
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Isaiah 13:5Isaiah 19:1Nahum 1:3Matthew 24:30Revelation 1:7Isaiah 5:28Isaiah 66:15Nahum 2:3Nahum 2:4Deuteronomy 28:49Lamentations 4:19Daniel 7:4

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Isaiah 33:1II Samuel 8:4I Chronicles 18:4Isaiah 31:1I Kings 10:26Revelation 8:13

(14) O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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Isaiah 1:16Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:19Isaiah 55:7Ezekiel 18:31Matthew 12:33Matthew 15:19Matthew 15:20Matthew 23:26Matthew 23:27Luke 11:39

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Jeremiah 44:9Deuteronomy 30:20Revelation 3:18

(15) For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
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Jeremiah 6:1Jeremiah 8:16Judges 18:29Judges 20:1Joshua 17:15Joshua 20:7

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Joshua 19:47Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24Judges 18:2II Chronicles 13:4

(16) Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
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Jeremiah 6:18Jeremiah 31:10Jeremiah 50:2Isaiah 34:1Jeremiah 4:17Jeremiah 5:6Jeremiah 16:6Jeremiah 39:1Jeremiah 5:15Deuteronomy 28:49Deuteronomy 28:50Deuteronomy 28:51

(17) As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 6:2Jeremiah 6:3II Kings 25:1II Kings 25:2II Kings 25:3II Kings 25:4Isaiah 1:8Luke 19:43Luke 19:44Luke 21:20Luke 21:21Luke 21:22

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Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23

(18) Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
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Jeremiah 2:17Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 5:19Jeremiah 6:19Jeremiah 26:19Job 20:5Job 20:6Job 20:7Job 20:8Job 20:9Job 20:10Job 20:11

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Jeremiah 44:9Hosea 9:15

(19) My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:10Jeremiah 13:17Jeremiah 14:17Jeremiah 14:18Jeremiah 23:9Jeremiah 48:31Jeremiah 48:32Psalms 119:53Psalms 119:136Isaiah 15:5Isaiah 16:11

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II Chronicles 21:15Leviticus 25:9Exodus 32:17Jeremiah 42:14Isaiah 16:11I Kings 1:41

(20) Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
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Jeremiah 4:6Jeremiah 17:18Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:28Psalms 42:7Isaiah 13:6Lamentations 3:47Ezekiel 7:25Ezekiel 7:26Ezekiel 14:21

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Isaiah 33:1Hosea 10:14Amos 5:9Zechariah 11:3Psalms 35:8I Samuel 17:53

(21) How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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Jeremiah 4:5Jeremiah 4:6Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 6:1II Chronicles 35:25II Chronicles 36:3II Chronicles 36:6II Chronicles 36:7II Chronicles 36:10II Chronicles 36:17

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Leviticus 25:9Joshua 6:5

(22) For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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Jeremiah 5:4Jeremiah 5:21Jeremiah 8:7Jeremiah 8:8Jeremiah 8:9Deuteronomy 32:6Deuteronomy 32:28Psalms 14:1Psalms 14:2Psalms 14:3Psalms 14:4Isaiah 1:3

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Proverbs 10:14Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 18:15Proverbs 21:11Isaiah 44:25Daniel 2:21

(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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Jeremiah 9:10Genesis 1:2Isaiah 24:19Isaiah 24:20Isaiah 24:21Isaiah 24:22Isaiah 24:23Revelation 20:11Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 13:10Ezekiel 32:7Ezekiel 32:8

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Psalms 68:33Psalms 148:4

(24) I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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Jeremiah 8:16Jeremiah 10:10Judges 5:4Judges 5:5I Kings 19:11Psalms 18:7Psalms 77:18Psalms 97:4Psalms 114:4Psalms 114:5Psalms 114:6Psalms 114:7

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Psalms 18:7Ezekiel 6:3Ezekiel 36:4Habakkuk 3:6Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1

(25) I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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Hosea 4:3Zephaniah 1:2Zephaniah 1:3

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Psalms 68:33Psalms 148:4Jeremiah 4:23

(26) I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
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Jeremiah 12:4Jeremiah 14:2Jeremiah 14:3Jeremiah 14:4Jeremiah 14:5Jeremiah 14:6Deuteronomy 29:23Deuteronomy 29:24Deuteronomy 29:25Deuteronomy 29:26Deuteronomy 29:27Deuteronomy 29:28

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Isaiah 32:15II Samuel 16:19Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Zephaniah 2:2

(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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Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 7:34Jeremiah 12:11Jeremiah 18:16II Chronicles 36:21Isaiah 6:11Isaiah 6:12Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 24:3Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 24:5Isaiah 24:6

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Jeremiah 12:11Luke 11:36Isaiah 2:7Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 46:28Luke 11:34

(28) For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
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Jeremiah 4:23Jeremiah 4:24Jeremiah 4:25Jeremiah 4:26Jeremiah 12:4Jeremiah 23:10Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 33:8Isaiah 33:9Hosea 4:3Joel 1:10Isaiah 5:30

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Psalms 148:4Nehemiah 12:39Psalms 57:5Psalms 57:11Psalms 108:5Psalms 113:4

(29) The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
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Jeremiah 39:4Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 52:7II Kings 25:4II Kings 25:5II Kings 25:6II Kings 25:7Isaiah 30:17Amos 9:1I Samuel 13:6II Chronicles 33:11

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Revelation 10:6II Kings 7:6Ezra 3:13Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13

(30) And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
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Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 13:21Isaiah 10:3Isaiah 20:6Isaiah 33:14Hebrews 2:3Ezekiel 23:40Ezekiel 23:41Ezekiel 28:9Ezekiel 28:13Revelation 17:4II Kings 9:30

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I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Ecclesiastes 8:17Isaiah 1:18Joshua 17:18Job 16:6

(31) For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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Jeremiah 6:24Jeremiah 13:21Jeremiah 22:23Jeremiah 30:6Jeremiah 48:41Jeremiah 49:22Jeremiah 49:24Jeremiah 50:43Isaiah 13:8Isaiah 21:3Hosea 13:13I Thessalonians 5:3

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