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Jeremiah 4:8

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

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ASV

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

KJV

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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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063 →
חִגְר֥וּchig.Rugird yourselfH2296 →
שַׂקִּ֖יםsa.Kimsackcloth<s>H8242 →
סִפְד֣וּsif.DumournH5594 →
וְהֵילִ֑ילוּve.hei.Li.luand wailH3213 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
שָׁ֛בshavit has turned backH7725 →
חֲר֥וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740 →
אַף־'af-[the] anger ofH639 →
יְהֹוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ פmi.Me.nufrom usH4480 →

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Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.Romans 4:15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Jeremiah 25:36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.Jeremiah 49:3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.Psalms 78:49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.Isaiah 9:21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 15:2–3Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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