a4:23-26
b10:10
c12:4
dIsa 5:25
e24:19
fEzek 38:20
gZeph 1:3
hGen 1:2-3
i4:28
jIsa 5:30
k50:3
lJer 5:10
m30:11
oIsa 5:30
p46:10-11
q4:29
r6:23-24
s4:30
t22:20
v2 Kgs 9:30
wIsa 22:13
xLam 1:2
zEzek 23:9-10
ab40-42
ac4:31
ad13:21
ae23:23
af30:6
agIsa 1:15
ah42:14
aiLam 1:17

‏ Jeremiah 4:23-31

Summary for Jer 4:23-26: 4:23-26  a In Jeremiah’s vision, the Lord’s fierce anger took precedence over his creative love (10:10  b; 12:4  c; Isa 5:25  d; 24:19  e; Ezek 38:20  f; Zeph 1:3  g). He was undoing the order of creation (see Gen 1:2-3  h).
4:28  i At funerals in Hebrew society, it was customary for people to mourn and be draped in black (cp. Isa 5:30  j; 50:3  k). The Lord had determined the people’s guilt, and he promised to be true to his word (Jer 5:10  l; 30:11  m, 24  n; Isa 5:30  o; 46:10-11  p).
4:29  q flee ... hide ... run: Panic gripped the people of Judah in reaction to the horrors of war. Their arrogance and smug confidence disappeared (see 6:23-24  r).
4:30  s Strangely, some people acted as if nothing serious were happening. They tried to ignore the enemy, but their future was bleak. The enemy would kill them (22:20  t, 22  u; 2 Kgs 9:30  v; Isa 22:13  w; Lam 1:2  x, 19  y; Ezek 23:9-10  z, 22  aa, 40-42  ab).
4:31  ac The people in Jerusalem felt such intense anguish that Jeremiah likened their pain to the agony of a woman giving birth to her first child. Like such women, beautiful Jerusalem was desperate (13:21  ad; 23:23  ae; 30:6  af; Isa 1:15  ag; 42:14  ah; Lam 1:17  ai).
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