Jeremiah 4 · Verse 8

Jeremiah 4:8

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, King James Version

Jeremiah 4:8 in other translations

BSBSo put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
WEBFor this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back from us.
ASVFor this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
YLTFor this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.
DARBYFor this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.
BBEFor this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.
WebsterFor this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

What does Jeremiah 4:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Nothing is left to the Jews but to bewail their desperate condition. anger ... not turned back--(Is 9:12, 17, 21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Lament and howl - הילילו heililu. The aboriginal Irish had a funeral song called the Caoinian, still continued among their descendants, one part of which is termed the ulaloo: this is sung responsively or alternately, and is accompanied with a full chorus of sighs and groans. It has been thought that Ireland was originally peopled by the Phoenicians: if so, this will account for the similarity of many words and customs among both these people.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 4:5-18

The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser…

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Jeremiah 4:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

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

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 4:8

  • Jeremiah 6:26

    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.

  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

  • Isaiah 10:4

    Without 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.

  • Isaiah 5:25

    Therefore 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.

  • Isaiah 32:11

    Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

  • Amos 8:10

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 15:2-3

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

  • Isaiah 13:6

    Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Jeremiah 30:24

    The 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.

  • Psalms 78:49

    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

  • Joel 2:12-13

    Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And 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.

  • Isaiah 9:17

    Therefore 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gird.
6:26; Isa 15:3; 22:12; 32:11; Joe 2:12,13; Am 8:10
howl.
48:20; Isa 13:6; 15:2,3; Eze 21:12; 30:2
the.
Isa 5:25; 9:12,17,21; 10:4

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Context

  • Jeremiah 4:7

    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.

  • Jeremiah 4:8

    For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

  • Jeremiah 4:9

    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 4:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por esto vestíos de saco, endechad y aullad; porque la ira de Jehová no se ha apartado de nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi ceignez-vous de sacs, lamentez-vous, et hurlez; car l’ardeur de la colère de l’ Éternel ne s’est point détournée de nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum gürtet euch Sacktuch um, klaget und jammert! denn die Glut des Zornes Jehovas hat sich nicht von uns abgewendet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis; plangite, et ululate: quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.