Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4

115 catchwords993 parallels

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Jeremiah 4 . 1 , God calls Israel by his promise; Jeremiah 4 . 3 , He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments; Jeremiah 4 . 19 , A grievous lamentation for Judah.

Jeremiah 4:1

“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,

Jeremiah 4:1 · BSB

wilt return3 parallels

return6 parallels

put away15 parallels

then shalt6 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:2

and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

Jeremiah 4:2 · BSB

shalt swear6 parallels

in truth5 parallels

and the nations4 parallels

and in him5 parallels

Reciprocal31 parallels

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

Jeremiah 4:3 · BSB

Break11 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

Jeremiah 4:4 · BSB

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lest23 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:5

Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB

Declare ye3 parallels

Blow5 parallels

Assemble3 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:6

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

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the standard5 parallels

for I will5 parallels

and a great2 parallels

destruction1 parallel

Heb. breaking

Reciprocal10 parallels

retire or , strengthen

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Jeremiah 4:7 · BSB

lion8 parallels

destroyer7 parallels

to8 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:8

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB

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Jeremiah 4:9

“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

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that the heart14 parallels

and the priests8 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Jeremiah 4:10 · BSB

Ah4 parallels

surely10 parallels

Ye shall have6 parallels

the sword3 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;

Jeremiah 4:11 · BSB

A10 parallels

daughter10 parallels

not4 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:12

a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

Jeremiah 4:12 · BSB

give sentence5 parallels

Heb. utter judgments

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a full wind from those or , a fuller wind than those

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

Jeremiah 4:13 · BSB

Behold5 parallels

his chariots4 parallels

his horses5 parallels

Woe2 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

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wash10 parallels

How long7 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:15

For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 4:15 · BSB

a voice4 parallels

mount Ephraim2 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:16

Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 4:16 · BSB

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Jeremiah 4:17

They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 4:17 · BSB

keepers7 parallels

because9 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:18

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

Jeremiah 4:18 · BSB

Thy way10 parallels

it reacheth1 parallel

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Jeremiah 4:19

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

Jeremiah 4:19 · BSB

My bowels27 parallels

O my8 parallels

sound5 parallels

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my very Heb. the walls of my

Jeremiah 4:20

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 · BSB

upon destruction15 parallels

suddenly6 parallels

in5 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

Jeremiah 4:21 · BSB

How long1 parallel

shall I10 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

For my18 parallels

they have5 parallels

they are wise6 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Jeremiah 4:23 · BSB

the earth4 parallels

the heavens18 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Jeremiah 4:24 · BSB

mountains16 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:25

I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

Jeremiah 4:25 · BSB

there was no man3 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:26

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

Jeremiah 4:26 · BSB

the fruitful9 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:27

For this is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

Jeremiah 4:27 · BSB

The11 parallels

yet12 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:28

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back."

Jeremiah 4:28 · BSB

the earth8 parallels

the heavens9 parallels

because14 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:29

Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

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shall flee5 parallels

they shall go5 parallels

every1 parallel

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Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

Jeremiah 4:30 · BSB

And when6 parallels

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face1 parallel

Heb. eyes

in vain13 parallels

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Jeremiah 4:31

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

Jeremiah 4:31 · BSB

I have heard12 parallels

the voice3 parallels

spreadeth2 parallels

Woe7 parallels

for my2 parallels

because8 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web8 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Jeremiah 4:23 → Genesis 1:2-3, Jeremiah 4:23-28 → Genesis 1:3-25
Echoes Jeremiah 4:4 → Deuteronomy 6:5
Trajectories
New Creation (Cosmic Redemption), New Moons (Renewal and Rest)
Longitudinal Themes
Creation and New Creation
Chiasms
Shaped Jeremiah 3:12–4:2, Jeremiah 4:19–21
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