Jeremiah 4:20
Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment — my curtains.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
Cross References
Exodus 33:5And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye [are] a stiff-necked people; one moment — I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'
Leviticus 26:21'And if ye walk with Me [in] opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,
Leviticus 26:28then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.
Numbers 16:45'Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,
Psalms 72:19And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!
Isaiah 33:20See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My 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. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →