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.”

"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
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What does Jeremiah 4:8 mean?

Jeremiah 4:8 (KJV) states, "For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us." This verse comes from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament of the Bible. Jeremiah was a prophet who lived during the time of the fall…

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The Call to Mourning: Embracing God's Warning

In the book of Jeremiah, particularly in Jeremiah 4:8, we encounter a powerful directive from God: "For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us" (KJV). This verse unravels layers of divine warning, heartache, and…

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A Prayer of Lamentation and Humility

O Sovereign Lord, our God, we come before You with heavy hearts and open spirits, acknowledging the weight of Your Word as spoken through Your prophet Jeremiah. In Jeremiah 4:8, You have called us to gird ourselves with sackcloth, to lament and howl under the fierce anger that…

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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 8:4 - "¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?"
Jeremiah 43:8 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,"
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Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 20:4
Jeremiah 37:4 - "Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison."
Jeremiah 36:8 - "And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house."
Jeremiah 13:8 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 8:20 - "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 10:8 - "But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities."
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying," - Jeremiah 43:8
Jeremiah 29: 4-14
Jeremiah 29: 4-14
Jeremiah 36:4 - "Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book."
Jeremiah 29: 4-14
Jeremiah 29: 4-14
Jeremiah 29: 4-14
Jeremiah 8:8 - "How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain."
"¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?" - Jeremiah 8:4
Jeremiah 7:8 - "¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit."
Jeremiah 34:8 - "¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;"
Jeremiah 1:4 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 8:15 - "We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!"
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