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Jeremiah 4

Jer. 4:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Destruction
sheber (Hebrew #7667)
from 7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Pronounce: sheh'-ber
Origin: or sheber {shay'-ber}
x upon destruction
sheber (Hebrew #7667)
from 7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Pronounce: sheh'-ber
Origin: or sheber {shay'-ber}
is cried
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
; for the whole land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
is spoiled
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
: suddenly
pith'owm (Hebrew #6597)
from 6621; instantly
KJV usage: straightway, sudden(-ly).
Pronounce: pith-ome'
Origin: or pith.om {pith-ome'}
are my tents
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
spoiled
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and my curtains
yriy`ah (Hebrew #3407)
a hanging (as tremulous)
KJV usage: curtain.
Pronounce: yer-ee-aw'
Origin: from 3415
in a moment
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
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Psa. 42:7• 7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me. (Psa. 42:7)
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Ezek. 7:26• 26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. (Ezek. 7:26)

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Cross References

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upon destruction.
Jer. 4:6• 6Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction. (Jer. 4:6)
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Jer. 17:18• 18Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking. (Jer. 17:18)
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Lev. 26:18,21,24,28• 18And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,
 21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins.
 24then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.
 28then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins. (Lev. 26:18,21,24,28)
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Psa. 42:7• 7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me. (Psa. 42:7)
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Isa. 13:6• 6Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty. (Isa. 13:6)
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Lam. 3:47• 47Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin. (Lam. 3:47)
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Ezek. 7:25‑26• 25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
 26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. (Ezek. 7:25‑26)
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Ezek. 14:21• 21For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! (Ezek. 14:21)
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Joel 1:15• 15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (Joel 1:15)
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Matt. 10:28• 28And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt. 10:28)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
suddenly.
Jer. 10:19‑20• 19Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is my grief, and I will bear it.
 20My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. (Jer. 10:19‑20)
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Isa. 33:20• 20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken; (Isa. 33:20)
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Isa. 54:2• 2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. (Isa. 54:2)
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Lam. 2:6‑9• 6And he hath violently cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger king and priest.
 7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath rejected his sanctuary; he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as on the day of a set feast.
 8Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languish together.
 9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah. (Lam. 2:6‑9)
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Hab. 3:7• 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. (Hab. 3:7)
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Ex. 33:5• 5Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee. (Ex. 33:5)
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Num. 16:21,45• 21Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
 45Get you up from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces. (Num. 16:21,45)
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Psa. 72:19• 19And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 72:19)
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Isa. 47:9• 9yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.