8 So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lordhas not turned away from us.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
8 For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us."
8 Dress in funereal black. Weep and wail, For God's sledgehammer anger has slammed into us head-on.
8 For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.
8 So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord is still upon us.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 4:8
Commentary on Jeremiah 4:5-18
(Read Jeremiah 4:5-18)
The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners and reform nations, sentence will be given against them. The Lord's voice declares that misery is approaching, especially against wicked professors of the gospel; when it overtakes them, it will be plainly seen that the fruit of wickedness is bitter, and the end is fatal.