New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Jeremiah 3
23 "Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the Lord our God Is the salvation of Israel.
24 "But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God."
Jeremiah 4
1 "If you will return, O Israel," declares the Lord, "Then you should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things from My presence, And will not waver,
2 And you will swear, ’As the Lord lives,’ In truth, in justice and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless themselves in Him, And in Him they will glory."
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.
4 "Circumcise yourselves to the Lord And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds."
5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, ’Assemble yourselves, and let us go Into the fortified cities.’
6 "Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.
7 "A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins Without inhabitant.
8 "For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us."
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