Jeremiah 4:18

Jeremiah 4:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”

Context of Jeremiah 4:18

16Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah. 17They 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!” 19My 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. 20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:18 word by word

דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ עָשׂ֥וֹ אֵ֖לֶּה לָ֑ךְ זֹ֤את רָעָתֵךְ֙ כִּ֣י מָ֔ר כִּ֥י נָגַ֖ע עַד־לִבֵּֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

• Your waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• and deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• have broughtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thisאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• Thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• is your punishmentרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• how bitter it isמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• how bitter it isכִּיkîy · forH3588
• it piercesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• to theעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:18

• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
• Jeremiah 5:19And 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.’”
• Jeremiah 6:19Hear, 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.
• Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
• Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• Isaiah 50:1This 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.
• Jeremiah 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Thy wickedness - This siege is thy wickedness, i. e., in its results; or better, this is thy wretchedness, this army and thy approaching ruin is thy misery. Because - “For.” To feel that one‘s misery is the result of one‘s own doings adds bitterness to the anguish, and makes it reach, penetrate to the heart.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 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 calamities do not rouse sinners…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Foreign armies had already surrounded the capital city. The attack was coming because the people rebelled against the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Jr 2:17, 19; Psa 107:17). this is thy wickedness--that is, the fruit of thy wickedness.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:18

• Condescension of God
• Heart
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jeremiah
• Sin

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings