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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. Jeremiah 4:6

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jeremiah 4:10

    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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