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Jeremiah 4:20

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Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.

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Jeremiah 4:20 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 4:20 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 4:20 in context

  1. 18“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
  2. 19My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
  3. 20Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
  4. 21How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
  5. 22“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”