Jeremiah 4:4-6

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⁴Become the Lord’s people.
    Change your hearts.^[a]
Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, if you don’t change,
    then I will become very angry.
My anger will spread fast like a fire,
    and it will burn you up.
No one will be able to put out that fire
    because of the evil you have done.”

Disaster From the North

⁵“Give this message to the people of Judah:

Tell everyone in the city of Jerusalem:
    ‘Blow the trumpet all over the country.’
Shout out loud and say,
    ‘Come together!
    Let us all escape to the strong cities for protection.’
⁶Raise the signal flag toward Zion.
    Run for your lives! Don’t wait!
Do this because I am bringing disaster from the north.^[b]
    I am bringing terrible destruction.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 4:4 Change your hearts Literally, “Be circumcised to the Lord. Cut away the foreskin of your hearts.” See “circumcise, circumcision” in the Word List. Jeremiah is saying that real circumcision must be from inside a person’s heart (mind).
Jeremiah 4:6 north The Babylonian army came from this direction to attack Judah. Armies from countries north and east of Israel often came this way to attack Judah and Israel.