King James Version
Jeremiah 4:8 in the King James Version says “For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.”
Jeremiah 4:8 · KJV
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. retire: or, strengthen destruction: Heb. breaking
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.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
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.
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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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“you with sackcloth”
H8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai
“lament”
H5594properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“is not turned back”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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