Jeremiah 4:8
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.”Jeremiah 4:8
What Does Jeremiah 4:8 Mean?
Jeremiah 4:8 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 4, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, Judgment, Repentance, and Suffering.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 4:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Joel 1:13“Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.”Isaiah 22:12“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”Jeremiah 6:26“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”Isaiah 3:24“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”Isaiah 5:25“Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Isaiah 10:4“Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Isaiah 32:11“Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.”Jeremiah 25:36“A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.”Jeremiah 49:3“Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.”Joel 1:5“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”Habakkuk 1:6“For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.”Romans 4:15“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Numbers 25:4“And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.”Psalms 78:49“He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.”Isaiah 9:12“The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Isaiah 9:17“Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Isaiah 9:21“Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Isaiah 13:6“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”Isaiah 15:2“He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.”
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