Jeremiah 4:8

4:8 So put on sackcloth!

Mourn and wail, saying,

‘The fierce anger of the Lord

has not turned away from us!’” ¹ 

Jeremiah 6:26

6:26 So I said, ²  “Oh, my dear people, ³  put on sackcloth

and roll in ashes.

Mourn with painful sobs

as though you had lost your only child.

For any moment now ⁴  that destructive army ⁵ 

will come against us.”

¹ tn Or “wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.” The translation does not need to assume a shift in speaker as the alternate reading does.

² tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the context.

³ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the translator’s note there.

⁴ tn Heb “suddenly.”

⁵ tn Heb “the destroyer.”