Jeremiah 17:4

² Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

³ O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”

⁵ This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

⁶ He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
KJV: And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
WEB: You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”
ASV: And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.
DARBY: And of thyself thou shalt let go thine inheritance which I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in a land that thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, it shall burn for ever.
BLB: And you shall let go—even you—of your inheritance that I gave to you. And I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you have not known. For you⁺ have kindled a fire in My nose; it will burn even to forever!”

ÅB: Og du skal, og det ved din egen skyld, la din arv som jeg gav deg, hvile etter deg[^2], og jeg vil la deg tjene dine fiender i et land du ikke kjenner; for en ild har dere tent opp i min vrede, den skal brenne til evig tid.
OTB: Gjennom dine egne handlinger skal du gi avkall på arven jeg ga deg; jeg vil få deg til å tjene dine motstandere i et land ukjent for deg, for du har tent en ild av sinne i meg som vil brenne evig.
B1930: Og du skal, og det ved din egen skyld, la din arv som jeg gav dig, hvile efter dig, og jeg vil la dig tjene dine fiender i et land du ikke kjenner; for en ild har I optendt i min vrede, den skal brenne til evig tid. / < 3MO 26, 33 fg. JER 5, 19. 5MO 32, 22.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 15:14
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
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Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
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Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
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Mark 9:43–49
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
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Jeremiah 27:12–13
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
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Isaiah 14:3
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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Deuteronomy 4:26–27
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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