Gen Z: Jeremiah 4
1If you’re gonna bounce back, Israel, the Lord’s like, "Come back to me." Ditch your bad vibes, and you’ll be chill.
2Swear on it, the Lord’s alive, for real, keeping it 100; nations gonna vibe with Him and flex that glory.
3The Lord’s telling Judah and Jerusalem, "Time to till that soil, fam, don’t be planting in thorns, that’s sus."
4Get your hearts right with the Lord, Judah and Jerusalem peeps: cut out the bad stuff or my anger’s gonna pop off like fire, and ain’t nobody putting that out.
5Shout it out in Judah, spread the word in Jerusalem; blow that trumpet, fam, gather up, and let’s hit those strong cities.
6Set the standard for Zion, don’t sleep on it; I’m bringing some serious heat from the north, and it’s gonna be a whole mess.
7The lion's outta his den, and the destroyer’s rolling in; he’s coming to wreck your land, and your cities gonna be ghosted.
8So throw on that sackcloth and mourn, fam; the Lord’s fierce anger ain’t backing down from us.
9On that day, the Lord’s saying, the king’s heart gonna fade, and the princes gonna be shook; priests will be like, "Wait, what?" and the prophets gonna be mind-blown.
10Then I was like, "Yo, Lord God! You totally played this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You’ll be good,' while the sword’s coming for the soul."
11Yo, people are gonna say to Jerusalem, "This dry wind from the wild is sus for the fam, not here to vibe or clean up."
12A full wind from those spots is rollin’ my way; I'm about to drop some truth on them, no cap.
13Check it, he’s coming in like clouds, his chariots are wild like a whirlwind, and his horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, we’re totally wrecked!
14O Jerusalem, clean your heart from all that wickedness, so you can be saved. How long you gonna keep those sus thoughts in your head?
15A voice is calling out from Dan, spreading the drama from mount Ephraim, fr.
16Shout out to the nations; peep this, warn Jerusalem, watchers are coming from way far, bringing the noise against the cities of Judah.
17They’re like the keepers of a field, surrounding her; she’s been acting rebellious against me, says the Lord.
18Your choices and actions have brought this on you; it's your wickedness, it's bitter, it hits deep in your heart.
19My insides, my insides! I’m hurting at my core; my heart is making noise, I can’t keep quiet, 'cause you’ve heard, O my soul, the trumpet blaring, the war alarm.
20Destruction on destruction is the vibe; the whole land is wrecked: my tents are spoiled outta nowhere, and my curtains are done in a flash.
21How long I gotta peep the vibes and hear the horn blast?
22My peeps are wildin', they don’t even know me; they actin' like kids with no rizz, smart at being sus but clueless on the good stuff.
23I looked at the earth, and no cap, it was a total mess, and the skies had zero light.
24I peeped the mountains, and for real, they were shook, while all the hills were just vibin’ lightly.
25I checked it out, and dang, there was no one around, and all the birds were ghosting.
26I looked again, and fr, the once lit places were now a desert, all the cities were wrecked 'cause of the Lord's fierce energy.
27The Lord's like, "This whole land is about to be a ghost town, but I ain't done yet."
28The earth's gonna mourn, and the skies gonna be dark: I said it, I meant it, and I ain't changing my mind.
29The whole city’s gonna dip from the noise of the riders and archers; they’ll hide in the bushes and scale the rocks: every city will be empty, no one chillin’ there.
30When you get wrecked, what’s the move? Even if you drape yourself in red, flex gold bling, or paint your face, it’s all for nothing; your lovers will ghost you, and they’ll be coming for your life.
31I heard a girl in distress, like she's about to drop her first baby, vibes are heavy. The daughter of Zion is out here like, "Woe is me! I'm so exhausted from these savage murderers."