Jeremiah 4:15-29
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15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
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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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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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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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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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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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21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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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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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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24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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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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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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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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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.