Jeremiah 4 · Verse 4

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 4:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 4:4 in other translations

BSBCircumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
WEBCircumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
ASVCircumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
YLTBe circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
DARBYCircumcise yourselves for Jehovah, 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, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
BBEUndergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
WebsterCircumcise 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.

What does Jeremiah 4:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Remove your natural corruption of heart (De 10:16; 30:6; Ro 2:29; Col 2:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Circumcise yourselves - Put away every thing that has a tendency to grieve the Spirit of God, or to render your present holy resolutions unfruitful.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Jeremiah 4:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִמֹּ֣לוּhi.Mo.lucircumcise yourselvesH4135
לַיהֹוָ֗הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
וְהָסִ֙רוּ֙ve.ha.Si.ruand removeH5493
עָרְל֣וֹתa.re.Lot[the] foreskins ofH6190
לְבַבְכֶ֔םle.vav.Khemheart yourH3824
אִ֥ישׁ'ishO man ofH376
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.Veiand [the] inhabitants ofH3427
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תֵּצֵ֨אte.Tze'it should go forthH3318
כָאֵ֜שׁkha.'Eshlike <the> fireH784
חֲמָתִ֗יcha.ma.Tirage myH2534
וּבָעֲרָה֙u.va.'a.Rahand it will burnH1197
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
מְכַבֶּ֔הme.kha.Beh[will be one who] extinguishesH3518
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
רֹ֥עַRo.a'[the] wickedness ofH7455
מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם\׃ma.'a.lei.Khemdeeds yourH4611

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Cross references for Jeremiah 4:4

  • Deuteronomy 10:16

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  • Romans 2:28-29

    For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  • Deuteronomy 30:6

    And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  • Colossians 2:11

    In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  • Jeremiah 9:26

    Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

  • Jeremiah 21:12

    O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

  • Mark 9:43-50

    And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. …

  • Ezekiel 20:33

    As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

  • Amos 5:6

    Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.

  • Zephaniah 2:2

    Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

  • Ezekiel 24:13

    In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

  • Leviticus 26:28

    Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take.
9:26; De 10:16; 30:6; Eze 18:31; Ro 2:28,29; Col 2:11
lest.
21:5,12; 23:19; 36:7; Le 26:28; De 32:22; Isa 30:27,28; 51:17
La 4:11; Eze 5:13-15; 6:12; 8:18; 16:38; 20:33,47,48; 21:17; 24:8,13
Am 5:6; Zep 2:2; Mr 9:43-50

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 4:3

    For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • 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 4:5

    Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

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Jeremiah 4:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Circuncidaos á Jehová, y quitad los prepucios de vuestro corazón, varones de Judá y moradores de Jerusalem; no sea que mi ira salga como fuego, y se encienda y no haya quien apague, por la malicia de vuestras obras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Circoncisez-vous pour l’ Éternel, et ôtez le prépuce de vos cœurs, hommes de Juda et habitants de Jérusalem, de peur que ma fureur ne sorte comme un feu et ne brûle, sans qu’il y ait personne pour l’éteindre, à cause de l’iniquité de vos actions.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Beschneidet euch für Jehova und tut hinweg die Vorhäute eurer Herzen, ihr Männer von Juda und ihr Bewohner von Jerusalem, damit mein Grimm nicht ausbreche wie ein Feuer und unauslöschlich brenne wegen der Bosheit eurer Handlungen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Circumcidimini Domino, et auferte præputia cordium vestrorum, viri Juda, et habitatores Jerusalem: ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea, et succendatur, et non sit qui extinguat, propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum.