Bible Chapter Summary
Jeremiah 4 Summary
Call to Repentance and Coming Invasion
The Lord calls Israel to return to Him, break up their fallow ground, and circumcise their hearts, else His fury will burn unquenchably. He warns them to flee to defenced cities as evil breaks forth from the north, with the destroyer of the Gentiles coming like a lion to lay waste their land. Jeremiah laments the deception of false peace while the sword reaches unto the soul, and he describes a vision where the earth becomes formless and void. The Lord determines the whole land shall be desolate, yet He will not make a full end.
Key themes
Key verses
Jeremiah 4:1
“If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.”
Jeremiah 4:4
“Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”
Jeremiah 4:6
“Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
Jeremiah 4:27
“For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.”
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