Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,(A)
for the Lord’s burning anger(B)
has not turned away from us.

“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

10 I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived(C) this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’(D) while a sword is at[a] our throats.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Lit sword touches

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