Jeremiah 4:18
16 Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
17 They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- KJV
- Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- WEB
- “Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
- ASV
- Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.
- DARBY
- Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
- BLB
- “Your way and your deeds have made these [things] for you. This [is] your evil—how bitter [it is], how it reaches as far as your heart!”
- ÅB
- Din ferd og dine gjerninger har voldt deg dette; dette er frukten av din ondskap, at det er bittert, at det når like til ditt hjerte.
- OTB
- «Dine handlinger og gjerninger har brakt dette over deg. Dette er din straff. Hvor bitter den er! Hvor den trenger inn til hjertet!»
- B1930
- Din ferd og dine gjerninger har voldt dig dette; dette er frukten av din ondskap, at det er bittert, at det når like til ditt hjerte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 107:17
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:19
And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
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