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Jeremiah 4:8
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KJ21
For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
ASV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
AMP
“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning], Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail, For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.”
AMPC
For this, gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
BRG
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
CSB
Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.
CSBA
Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.
CEB
So put on funeral clothing. Weep and wail, for the Lord’s fierce anger hasn’t turned away from us.
CJB
So wrap yourselves in sackcloth, lament and wail, for Adonai’s fierce anger has not turned away from us.
CEV
Then I told the people of Israel, “Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, ‘The Lord is still angry with us.’ ”
DARBY
For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.
DRA
For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us.
ERV
The Lord is angry with us, so put on sackcloth and cry out loud!
EASY
So wear rough sackcloth! Weep and cry aloud. Say, “The Lord is still very angry with us.” ’
EHV
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
ESV
For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.”
ESVUK
For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.”
EXB
So put on ·rough cloth [sackcloth; burlap; C mourning clothes], ·show how sad you are [lament; mourn], and ·cry loudly [wail]. The ·terrible [fierce] anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
GNV
Wherefore gird you with sackcloth: lament, and howl, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.
GW
So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry because the Lord’s burning anger hasn’t turned away from us.
GNT
So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from Judah.
HCSB
Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.
ICB
So put on rough cloth, show how sad you are and cry loudly. The terrible anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
ISV
So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”
JUB
For this, gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
KJV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
AKJV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
LSB
For this, I gird myself with sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the burning anger of Yahweh Has not turned back from us.”
LEB
Because of this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the burning anger of Yahweh has not turned back from us.
TLB
Put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not stopped yet.
MSG
“Sound the alarm in Judah, broadcast the news in Jerusalem. Say, ‘Blow the ram’s horn trumpet through the land!’ Shout out—a bullhorn bellow!— ‘Close ranks! Run for your lives to the shelters!’ Send up a flare warning Zion: ‘Not a minute to lose! Don’t sit on your hands!’ Disaster’s descending from the north. I set it off! When it lands, it will shake the foundations. Invaders have pounced like a lion from its cover, ready to rip nations to shreds, Leaving your land in wrack and ruin, your cities in rubble, abandoned. Dress in funereal black. Weep and wail, For God’s sledgehammer anger has slammed into us head-on.
MEV
For this gird yourself with sackcloth, lament and howl. For the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
NOG
So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry because Yahweh’s burning anger hasn’t turned away from us.
NABRE
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail: “The blazing anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”
NASB
For this, put on sackcloth, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned away from us.”
NASB1995
“For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.”
NCB
Therefore, wrap yourselves in sackcloth, beat your breasts and wail, because the blazing anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
NCV
So put on rough cloth, show how sad you are, and cry loudly. The terrible anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
NET
So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!’
NIRV
So put on the clothes of sadness. Mourn and weep over what has happened. The Lord hasn’t turned his great anger away from us.
NIV
So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
NIVUK
So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
NKJV
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.
NLV
Cover yourselves with cloth made from hair because of this. Cry out in sorrow. For the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
NLT
So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord is still upon us.
NRSVA
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.’
NRSVACE
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.’
NRSVCE
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”
NRSVUE
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”
OJB
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the charon af Hashem is not turned away from us.
RGT
Therefore, gird yourself with sackcloth. Lament and howl. For the fierce wrath of the LORD has not turned back from us.
RSV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.”
RSVCE
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.”
TLV
Therefore, put on sackcloth— lament and wail! For the fierce anger of Adonai has not turned away from us.”
VOICE
The time of mourning is here. Put on your sackcloth, and get ready to cry and scream. Since we have not turned from our sin, the blazing anger of the Eternal has not turned away from us.
WEB
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.
WYC
On this thing gird you(rselves) with hair-shirts; wail ye, and yell, for the wrath of the strong vengeance of the Lord is not turned away from you.
YLT
For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.
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