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Jeremiah 4:20

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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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  1. Jeremiah 4:18

    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.

  2. Jeremiah 4:19

    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.

  3. Jeremiah 4:21

    How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

  4. Jeremiah 4:22

    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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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.