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Jeremiah 4:8

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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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  1. Isaiah 22:12Rank 1 from verse 8
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    12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

  2. Jeremiah 6:26Rank 2 from verse 8
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    26¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

  3. Isaiah 10:4Rank 3 from verse 8
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    4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  4. Isaiah 32:11Rank 4 from verse 8
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    11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

  5. Isaiah 5:25Rank 5 from verse 8
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    25Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  6. Amos 8:10Rank 6 from verse 8
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    10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  7. Ezekiel 21:12Rank 7 from verse 8
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    12Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

  8. Ezekiel 30:2Rank 8 from verse 8
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    2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

  9. Isaiah 13:6Rank 9 from verse 8
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    6¶ Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  10. Isaiah 15:2–3Rank 10 from verse 8
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    2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

    3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  11. Isaiah 9:12Rank 11 from verse 8
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    12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  12. Isaiah 9:17Rank 12 from verse 8
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    17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  13. Isaiah 9:21Rank 13 from verse 8
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    21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  14. Jeremiah 30:24Rank 14 from verse 8
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    24The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

  15. Jeremiah 48:20Rank 15 from verse 8
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    20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

  16. Joel 2:12–13Rank 16 from verse 8
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    12¶ Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  17. Numbers 25:4Rank 17 from verse 8
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    4And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

  18. Psalms 78:49Rank 18 from verse 8
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    49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

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Jeremiah 4:8

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

gird

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1. To fasten clothing or another object around the body. 2. By extension, to prepare or make ready for action.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lament

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To mourn, grieve, weep, wail, or express sorrow; an expression or song of grief.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:3¶ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

4:4Circumcise 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.

4:5Declare 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.

4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

4:7The 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.

4:8For 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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4:9And 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.

4:10Then 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.

4:11At 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,

4:12Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

4:13Behold, 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.

4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

4:16Make 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.

4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

4:18Thy 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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