## Jeremiah Chapter 4

###### Jeremiah 4:1
[Jeremiah 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:1)

אִם־תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י תָּשׁ֑וּב וְאִם־תָּסִ֧יר שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ מִפָּנַ֖י וְלֹ֥א תָנֽוּד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou wilt return, O Yisra᾽el, says the Lord, return to me: and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, without wavering,


###### Jeremiah 4:2
[Jeremiah 4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:2)

וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ חַי־יְהֹוָ֔ה בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה וְהִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֛וֹ גּוֹיִ֖ם וּב֥וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and wilt swear, As the Lord lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.


###### Jeremiah 4:3
[Jeremiah 4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:3)

כִּי־כֹ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה לְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־תִּזְרְע֖וּ אֶל־קֹצִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord to the men of Yehuda and Yerushalayim, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.


###### Jeremiah 4:4
[Jeremiah 4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:4)

הִמֹּ֣לוּ לַיהֹוָ֗ה וְהָסִ֙רוּ֙ עׇרְל֣וֹת לְבַבְכֶ֔ם אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם פֶּן־תֵּצֵ֨א כָאֵ֜שׁ חֲמָתִ֗י וּבָֽעֲרָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין מְכַבֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Yehuda and inhabitants of Yerushalayim: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.


###### Jeremiah 4:5
[Jeremiah 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:5)

הַגִּ֣ידוּ בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ הַשְׁמִ֔יעוּ וְאִמְר֕וּ (ותקעו) [תִּקְע֥וּ] שׁוֹפָ֖ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ קִרְא֤וּ מַלְאוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ הֵאָסְפ֥וּ וְנָב֖וֹאָה אֶל־עָרֵ֥י הַמִּבְצָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Declare in Yehuda, and publish in Yerushalayim; and say, Blow the shofar in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.


###### Jeremiah 4:6
[Jeremiah 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:6)

שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס צִיּ֔וֹנָה הָעִ֖יזוּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ כִּ֣י רָעָ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא מִצָּפ֖וֹן וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Set up the standard toward Żiyyon: seek cover, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.


###### Jeremiah 4:7
[Jeremiah 4:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:7)

עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of nations is on his way; he is gone out of his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.


###### Jeremiah 4:8
[Jeremiah 4:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:8)

עַל־זֹ֛את חִגְר֥וּ שַׂקִּ֖ים סִפְד֣וּ וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־שָׁ֛ב חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For this gird on sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.


###### Jeremiah 4:9
[Jeremiah 4:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:9)

וְהָיָ֤ה בַיּוֹם־הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה יֹאבַ֥ד לֵב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְלֵ֣ב הַשָּׂרִ֑ים וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים יִתְמָֽהוּ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass on that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king shall fail, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.


###### Jeremiah 4:10
[Jeremiah 4:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:10)

וָֽאֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה אָכֵן֩ הַשֵּׁ֨א הִשֵּׁ֜אתָ לָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וְלִירוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁל֖וֹם יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָגְעָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב עַד־הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then said I, Ah, Lord God surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Yerushalayim, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.


###### Jeremiah 4:11
[Jeremiah 4:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:11)

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָעָם־הַזֶּה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם ר֣וּחַ צַ֤ח שְׁפָיִם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר דֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּת־עַמִּ֑י ל֥וֹא לִזְר֖וֹת וְל֥וֹא לְהָבַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
At that time shall it be said of this people and of Yerushalayim, A dry wind of the high hills in the wilderness towards the daughter of my people, not a wind to winnow, nor to cleanse the corn,


###### Jeremiah 4:12
[Jeremiah 4:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:12)

ר֧וּחַ מָלֵ֛א מֵאֵ֖לֶּה יָ֣בוֹא לִ֑י עַתָּ֕ה גַּם־אֲנִ֛י אֲדַבֵּ֥ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים אוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but a wind stronger than those shall come for me: now also will I give sentence against them.


###### Jeremiah 4:13
[Jeremiah 4:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:13)

הִנֵּ֣ה**׀** כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים יַעֲלֶ֗ה וְכַסּוּפָה֙ מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יו קַלּ֥וּ מִנְּשָׁרִ֖ים סוּסָ֑יו א֥וֹי לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a storm wind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.


###### Jeremiah 4:14
[Jeremiah 4:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:14)

כַּבְּסִ֨י מֵרָעָ֤ה לִבֵּךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם לְמַ֖עַן תִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִי עַד־מָתַ֛י תָּלִ֥ין בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךְ מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת אוֹנֵֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Yerushalayim, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayst be saved. How long shall thy thoughts of calamity lodge within thee?


###### Jeremiah 4:15
[Jeremiah 4:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:15)

כִּ֛י ק֥וֹל מַגִּ֖יד מִדָּ֑ן וּמַשְׁמִ֥יעַ אָ֖וֶן מֵהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes calamity from mount Efrayim.


###### Jeremiah 4:16
[Jeremiah 4:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:16)

הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ לַגּוֹיִ֗ם הִנֵּה֙ הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם נֹצְרִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ הַמֶּרְחָ֑ק וַֽיִּתְּנ֛וּ עַל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה קוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make mention to the nations; behold, publish against Yerushalayim, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Yehuda.


###### Jeremiah 4:17
[Jeremiah 4:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:17)

כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י שָׂדַ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ מִסָּבִ֑יב כִּי־אֹתִ֥י מָרָ֖תָה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, says the Lord.


###### Jeremiah 4:18
[Jeremiah 4:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:18)

דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ עָשׂ֥וֹ אֵ֖לֶּה לָ֑ךְ זֹ֤את רָעָתֵךְ֙ כִּ֣י מָ֔ר כִּ֥י נָגַ֖ע עַד־לִבֵּֽךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy way and thy doings have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, and it is bitter; it reaches to thy heart.


###### Jeremiah 4:19
[Jeremiah 4:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:19)

מֵעַ֣י**׀** מֵעַ֨י׀[אוֹחִ֜ילָה] (אחולה) קִיר֥וֹת לִבִּ֛י הֹמֶה־לִּ֥י לִבִּ֖י לֹ֣א אַחֲרִ֑שׁ כִּ֣י ק֤וֹל שׁוֹפָר֙ (שמעתי) [שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ] נַפְשִׁ֔י תְּרוּעַ֖ת מִלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My bowels, my bowels! I am shaken in the chambers of my heart; my heart moans within me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the alarm of war.


###### Jeremiah 4:20
[Jeremiah 4:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:20)

שֶׁ֤בֶר עַל־שֶׁ֙בֶר֙ נִקְרָ֔א כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פִּתְאֹם֙ שֻׁדְּד֣וּ אֹֽהָלַ֔י רֶ֖גַע יְרִיעֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Destruction follows upon destruction; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.


###### Jeremiah 4:21
[Jeremiah 4:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:21)

עַד־מָתַ֖י אֶרְאֶה־נֵּ֑ס אֶשְׁמְעָ֖ה ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the shofar?


###### Jeremiah 4:22
[Jeremiah 4:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:22)

כִּ֣י**׀** אֱוִ֣יל עַמִּ֗י אוֹתִי֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְלֹ֥א נְבוֹנִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ לְהָרַ֔ע וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my people is foolish, they do not know me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.


###### Jeremiah 4:23
[Jeremiah 4:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:23)

רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹ֖הוּ וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ין אוֹרָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.


###### Jeremiah 4:24
[Jeremiah 4:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:24)

רָאִ֙יתִי֙ הֶהָרִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֖ה רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים וְכׇל־הַגְּבָע֖וֹת הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.


###### Jeremiah 4:25
[Jeremiah 4:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:25)

רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣ין הָאָדָ֑ם וְכׇל־ע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נָדָֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.


###### Jeremiah 4:26
[Jeremiah 4:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:26)

רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְכׇל־עָרָ֗יו נִתְּצוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down, at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.


###### Jeremiah 4:27
[Jeremiah 4:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:27)

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה שְׁמָמָ֥ה תִֽהְיֶ֖ה כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכָלָ֖ה לֹ֥א אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.


###### Jeremiah 4:28
[Jeremiah 4:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:28)

עַל־זֹאת֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְקָדְר֥וּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם מִמָּ֑עַל עַ֤ל כִּֽי־דִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ זַמֹּ֔תִי וְלֹ֥א נִחַ֖מְתִּי וְלֹא־אָשׁ֥וּב מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, neither will I turn back from it.


###### Jeremiah 4:29
[Jeremiah 4:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:29)

מִקּ֨וֹל פָּרָ֜שׁ וְרֹ֣מֵה קֶ֗שֶׁת בֹּרַ֙חַת֙ כׇּל־הָעִ֔יר בָּ֚אוּ בֶּעָבִ֔ים וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים עָל֑וּ כׇּל־הָעִ֣יר עֲזוּבָ֔ה וְאֵין־יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בָּהֵ֖ן אִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The whole city flees at the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.


###### Jeremiah 4:30
[Jeremiah 4:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:30)

(ואתי) [וְאַ֨תְּ] שָׁד֜וּד מַֽה־תַּעֲשִׂ֗י כִּֽי־תִלְבְּשִׁ֨י שָׁנִ֜י כִּֽי־תַעְדִּ֣י עֲדִֽי־זָהָ֗ב כִּֽי־תִקְרְעִ֤י בַפּוּךְ֙ עֵינַ֔יִךְ לַשָּׁ֖וְא תִּתְיַפִּ֑י מָאֲסוּ־בָ֥ךְ עֹגְבִ֖ים נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְ יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou, O ruined one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thyself with ornaments of gold, though thou enlarge thy eyes with paint, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.


###### Jeremiah 4:31
[Jeremiah 4:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/4:31)

כִּי֩ ק֨וֹל כְּחוֹלָ֜ה שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי צָרָה֙ כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה ק֧וֹל בַּת־צִיּ֛וֹן תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַ תְּפָרֵ֣שׂ כַּפֶּ֑יהָ אֽוֹי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־עָיְפָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י לְהֹרְגִֽים׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Żiyyon, sobbing and spreading out her hands, saying, Woe is me, now! for my soul faints before the slayers.