Jer 4:13-22 | ESV | STEP | Behold , he comes up like clouds ; his chariots like the whirlwind ; his horses are swifter than eagles

Jeremiah 4:13-22

13 Behold, he comes up like clouds;
^ahis chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are ^bswifter than eagles—
woe to us, ^cfor we are ruined!
14 O Jerusalem, ^dwash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
15 For a voice ^edeclares from Dan
and proclaims trouble from ^fMount Ephraim.
16 Warn the nations that he is coming;
announce to Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come ^gfrom a distant land;
they shout against the cities of Judah.
17 Like keepers of a field ^hare they against her all around,
because she has rebelled against me,

declares the Lord.
18 Your ways and your deeds
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and ⁱit is bitter;
it has reached your very heart.”

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 ^jMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
20 ^kCrash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
^lSuddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.
21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “For ^mmy people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
ⁿThey are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”