Jeremiah 4:18
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.
Jeremiah 4:18 in other translations
| BSB | “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck 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. |
| BBE | Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart. |
| Webster | Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart. |
What does Jeremiah 4:18 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…
Jeremiah 4:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 4:18
- Psalms 107:17
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
- Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Jeremiah 5:19
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
- Job 20:5-16
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. …
- Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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Context
- Jeremiah 4:17
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 4:18
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.
- Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 4:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tu camino y tus obras te hicieron esto, ésta tu maldad: por lo cual amargura penetrará hasta tu corazón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ta voie et tes actions ont amené sur toi ces choses, c’est là ton iniquité; oui, c’est une chose amère; oui, elle pénètre jusqu’à ton cœur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dein Weg und deine Handlungen haben dir solches bewirkt; dies ist deine Bosheit ja, es ist bitter, ja, es dringt bis an dein Herz. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Viæ tuæ et cogitationes tuæ fecerunt hæc tibi: ista malitia tua, quia amara, quia tetigit cor tuum. |