Jeremiah 17:4

Jeremiah 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Through your own fault you will lose the inheritance I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have kindled my anger, and it will burn forever.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you, even yourself, Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you; And I will cause you to serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”

Context of Jeremiah 17:4

2Even their children always think about their altars where they worship false gods. They have put up their Asherah poles under the big trees and on the high hills. 3They also worship their false gods on the mountains and in the fields. So I will cause enemies to take all your valuable things. They will take your riches for themselves. That will be the price that you pay for your sins. You have done evil things everywhere in the land. I gave you this land to be your home for ever. But it will no longer belong to you. Your enemies will take you to a land that you do not know. You will be their slaves. You have made me very angry, like a fire that nobody can stop.’ 5The Lord says, ‘I will curse those who only trust people to help them. They think that human strength will save them, and they turn away from me, the Lord. 6They will be like a bush that grows in the desert. It grows in a place where nobody can live. The ground is very dry and is spoiled by salt. Even when good times come, those people will not receive any good thing.

Jeremiah 17:4 word by word

וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּבְךָ֙ מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קְדַחְתֶּ֥ם בְּאַפִּ֖י עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinueשָׁמַטshâmaţ · to releaseH8058
• from thine heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• that I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee; and I will cause thee to serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• which thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not: for ye have kindledקָדַחqâdach · to kindleH6919
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• in mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• shall burnיָקַדyâqad · to burnH3344
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Jeremiah 17:4

• Jeremiah 16:13So I will throw you out of this land. I will send you away to a land that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship other gods, as much as you like. I will no longer help you.” ’
• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, tell you that I will call the nations in the north to come. I will call my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to come. I will bring them to attack this land and the people who live here. They will also attack all the nations that are around you. I will completely destroy this land, its people and all the nations around it. Their houses will become heaps of stones for ever. The land will become a terrible place. People will always see how foolish my people are.
• Leviticus 26:31He will destroy the cities. He will destroy the places for wrong worship. Nobody will burn incense to give the Lord pleasure.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I am warning you today, as everyone on earth and everyone in heaven hears what I say. If you do not obey this command, you will soon die. You will not live long in the land that is your home on the other side of the Jordan River. You will die very soon.
• Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will let your enemies knock you down. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run away from them in seven directions. When the people of other nations see what has happened to you, they will see it is a terrible thing.
• Joshua 23:15The Lord has given to you every good thing that he has promised. But if you refuse to obey him, he will also punish you in every way that he has promised. He will destroy you so that you no longer live in this good land that he has given to you.
• 1 Kings 9:7Then I will remove the Israelite people from the land that I have given to them. I will turn away from this temple that I have made a special place for people to worship me. People from all the other nations will insult the Israelites and they will laugh at them.
• 2 Kings 25:21There, at Riblah, the king of Babylon commanded his soldiers to punish them all with death. That was how Judah's people went into exile, away from their own land.
• Jeremiah 5:29The Lord says, ‘I will certainly punish them for what they have done. I will pay back this wicked nation for their sins.
• Jeremiah 27:12I gave the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. I told him, ‘Put the yoke of the king of Babylon around your neck. Agree to work for him and for his people. Then you will continue to live.
• Deuteronomy 28:47The Lord has given you many good things. But you have not agreed to serve the Lord your God with joy.
• Nehemiah 9:28But when your people were living safely again, they did evil things again. So you left them to the power of their enemies. Your people called to you again for help. You heard them again from your home in heaven. Because you are so kind, you rescued them like that many times.
• Isaiah 14:3At that time, the Lord will let you live safely, without trouble and without pain. You will no longer have to work for cruel people, as their slaves.
• Jeremiah 7:20The Lord God says, ‘Because I am so angry, I will punish this land very much. It will be like a fire that nobody can stop. My punishment will destroy people, animals, trees and crops.’
• Jeremiah 15:14Your enemies will make you their slaves in a land that you do not know. I will punish you as if in a hot fire, because I am very angry with you.’
• Deuteronomy 29:26But they turned away from him and they worshipped other gods. They served gods that they had not known before. They were gods that the Lord did not give them to worship.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 17:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The verb rendered “discontinue” is that used of letting the land rest Exodus 23:11, and of releasing creditors Deuteronomy 15:2 in the sabbatical year. As Judah had not kept these sabbatical years she must now discontinue the tillage of God‘s inheritance until the land had had its rest. “Even thyself may mean and that through thyself,” through thine own fault.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The wonderful possession, the Promised Land, would be lost by Judah when the people were taken captive to Babylon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. even thyself--rather, "owing to thyself," that is, by thy own fault (Jr 15:13). discontinue from--be dispossessed of. Not only thy substance, but thyself shall be carried off to a strange land (Jr 15:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 17:4

• Anger
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Discontinue
• Hallow
• Hatch
• Salt
• Sit

Commentaries on Jeremiah 17

• 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