Jeremiah 4:1-31 The Lord Says, Put Your False gods Out of My Sight & Return Back to Me

The Lord Says, Put Your False gods Out of My Sight & Return Back to Me

Jeremiah 4:1-31                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord [says,] If you [will] return, O Israel, return to Me. And if you [will] put away your abominations out of My sight, then you [shall] not [be] [removed.]  [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them, [about] all their wickedness, who have [abandoned] Me, & have burned incense to other gods, & worshiped the works [made] [from] their own hands.]

And you [shall] swear, The Lord [Lives,] in Truth, Judgment, [a.k.a. Justice,] & Righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in Him, & they shall [boast] in Him. [Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring them, & they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, & they shall be My people, & I will be their God, in Truth, & in Righteousness.]

For the Lord [says this] to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break up your fallow, [a.k.a. unused,] ground, & [don't] sow [seeds] among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart.   [Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them one heart, & I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, & I will give them [a] heart of flesh; [so] that they may walk, [a.k.a. follow,] in My [mandates,] & keep My [rules,] & do them. And they shall be My people, & I will be their God.]

Lest My fury [comes out] like fire, & [burns, so] that none can quench, [a.k.a. put it out,] you men of Judah, & [residents] of Jerusalem, because of the evil of your [actions.]

You declare in Judah, & [proclaim] in Jerusalem, & say, You, blow the trumpet in the land, & cry [out,] & gather together, & say, Assemble yourselves, & let's go into the [fortified] cities. [Put] up the [banner] toward Zion. [Withdraw, & don't] stay: for I will bring [disaster] from the North, & great destruction.

The lion [has] come up from his thicket, [a.k.a. dense wooded area,] & the [Gentiles'] destroyer is on his way. He [has] gone [out] from his place to make your land desolate. And your cities shall be [wastelands,] without [inhabitants.] [Ezekiel 26:9-10 And he shall [put battering rams for] war against your walls.

And he shall break down your towers with his axes. [Because] of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you. Your walls shall shake at the noise of the [galloping] horsemen, & [wagon] wheels, & of the chariots, when he [enters] into your gates, [like] men enter into a city [in which] a [gap] is made.]

[Because of] this, [strap yourselves] with sackcloth, [mourn] & howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord [hasn't] turned [away] from us. The Lord [says,] And it shall [happen on] that day, that the [king's] heart shall perish, & the [hearts] of the princes, & priests shall be astonished, & the prophets shall wonder.

Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! Surely, You [have] greatly deceived this people, & Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace, [while] the sword [reaches] to the soul. At that time, it shall be said to this people, & Jerusalem, In the high places in the wilderness, a dry wind [will come] toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.

Even a full wind from those places shall come to Me. Now, I will also give [a] sentence against them. [Look,] he shall come up [suddenly] [like] clouds [appear,] & his chariots shall be [like] a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us!

For we are [plundered.] O Jerusalem, [cleanse] your heart from wickedness, [so] that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts [stay] within you? [James 4:8 Draw [close] to God, & He will draw [close] to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, & purify your hearts, you [two-faced.]

For a voice [declares] from Dan, & [proclaims] affliction from Mount Ephraim. [Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is scattered sheep, & the lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria [has] devoured him, & last, this [Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, [has] broken his bones.]

You mention to the nations; [Look, & proclaim] that watchers come from a far country against Jerusalem, & their [voices] [cry out] against the cities of Judah. They [surround] [all around] against her, [like] keepers of the field; because she [has] been rebellious against Me, [says] the Lord.

Your [path,] & your [actions] have [brought about] these things to you. This is because your wickedness is bitter,  because it [reaches into] your heart. My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained [within] my heart. My heart [makes] a [sound within] me.

O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you [have] heard, the trumpet sound the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried [out,] for the whole land is [plundered.] Suddenly, My tents, & My curtains are [plundered,] in a moment.

[Jeremiah 10:19-20 Woe is Me for My [injury!] My wound is grievous: but I said, Truly, this is a grief, & I must bear it. My tabernacle, [a.k.a. tent church, used until Solomon built a stationary house for the Lord God,] is [plundered,] & all My [tent] cords are broken. My children [have] gone [out from] Me, & they are [no longer.] There [are] none to stretch [out] My tent anymore, & to set up My curtains.]

How long shall I see the [banner,] & hear the sound of the trumpet? For My people [are] foolish, & they haven't known Me. They are [ignorant] children, & they have [no] understanding, & they are wise [doing] [what is:] evil, but they have no knowledge [about doing what is:] good.

I [saw] the earth, & [look,] it was without form, & void. And [saw] the heavens, & they had no light. [Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning, God created the heaven & the earth. And the earth was without form, & void; & darkness was upon the [surface] of the deep. And the [Holy] Spirit of God moved upon the [surface] of the waters. And God said, Let there be light & there was light.]

I [looked at] the mountains, & [look,] they trembled, & all the hills moved [slightly.] [Isaiah 5:25 Therefore, the anger of the Lord [has ignited,] against His people, & He [has] stretched [out] His hand against them, & [has struck] them. And the hills [trembled,] & their [corpses] were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger isn't turned away, but His hand is still out stretched.]

I [saw, & looked,] & there [wasn't any] man, & all the birds of the heavens [had] fled. [Zephaniah 1:3 I will consume: man; [animals;] the [birds] of the heaven; & the [fish] of the sea; & the stumbling blocks [of] the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the land, [says] the Lord.]

I [saw,] & [looked,] & the [once] fruitful place was a wilderness, & at the [Lord's] presence, & His fierce anger, all [its] cities were broken down. For the Lord [has] said [this,] The whole land shall be desolate, [still,] I won't make a [total] end [of it.] [Jeremiah 5:10-13 You go up upon her walls, & destroy. Take away her battlements, [a.k.a. fortifications,] for they aren't the Lord's; but [don't] make a [total] end [of it.] For the house of Israel, & the house of Judah have [behaved] very treacherously against Me, [says] the Lord.

They have [given a false impression,] [against] the Lord, & said, Isn't it He, [but the Lord God did not say:] neither shall [disaster] come upon us. Neither shall we see [swords,] nor famine. And the [Lord's] Word isn't in them, & [this] shall be done to them, & the [false] prophets shall become [like:] wind [that disappears.]

For the earth, & the heavens above shall be black, & mourn this: because I have spoken it. I have [intended] it, & won't [withdraw,] & neither will I turn back from it. The whole city shall flee, [because of] the [sound] of the horsemen, & [archers.] They shall go into the [dense wooded area,] & climb up upon the rocks.

Every city shall be [abandoned,] & [no] man [shall] dwell [there.] And what [will] you do, when you [are plundered?] [Although] you: [clothe] yourself with crimson, [decorate yourself] with gold ornaments, & [paint] your face, you [shall] make yourself [attractive,] in vain. Your lovers will despise you, & they will seek your life.

[Ezekiel 23:9 [For this reason,] I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted, [a.k.a. showers her affection.]

For I have heard  a voice [like] of a woman in [labor,] & the anguish of her, [like she who delivers] her 1st child. The voice of the daughter of Zion, [who,] herself [grieves,] & [spreads] her hands [out,] saying, Woe is me now! For my soul is wearied because of the murderers.

[Psalm 106:36-38 And they served their idols: [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons,] & shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons, & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, & the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.]