Jeremiah 4

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."

KJV: Jeremiah 4

1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

5Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

9And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

10Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

12Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

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