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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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upon destruction.
Jer. 4:6• 6{i}Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.{/i} (Jer. 4:6)
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Jer. 17:18• 18{i}Let 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{/i}. (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 to 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 to you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.
28then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you sevenfold for your sins.
(Lev. 26:18,21,24,28)
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Psa. 42:7• 7Deep is calling unto deep at the voice of thy waterfalls;{HR}All thy waves and thy billows have passed over me. (Psa. 42:7)
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Isa. 13:6• 6Howl ye; for the day of Jehovah [is] at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (Isa. 13:6)
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Lam. 3:47• 47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. (Lam. 3:47)
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Ezek. 7:25‑26• 25{i}Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.{/i}
26{i}Mischief 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.{/i}
(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 noisome 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 a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (Joel 1:15)
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Matt. 10:28• 28{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 10:28)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
suddenly.
Jer. 10:19‑20• 19{i}Woe 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.{/i}
20{i}My 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.{/i}
(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 plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof 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 taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden:{HR}He hath destroyed his places of the assembly.{HR}Jehovah hath caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,{HR}And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary,{HR}He hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces;{HR}They have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion:{HR}He hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying:{HR}Therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars:{HR}Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles:{HR}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 Chushan in affliction: (Hab. 3:7)
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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)