Jeremiah 4:14

Jeremiah 4:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
• New Living Translation (NLT)O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?

Context of Jeremiah 4:14

12a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.” 13Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined! Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts? 15A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim. 16“Tell this to the nations, proclaim concerning Jerusalem: ‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 4:14 word by word

כַּבְּסִ֨י מֵרָעָ֤ה לִבֵּךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן תִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִי עַד־מָתַ֛י תָּלִ֥ין בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךְ מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת אוֹנֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• from wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• that thou mayest be savedיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• How long shall thy vainאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• lodgeלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:14

• Isaiah 1:16Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
• Ezekiel 18:31Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?
• Matthew 12:33“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
• Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
• Luke 11:39Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
• James 4:8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Jeremiah 13:27your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”
• Psalms 66:18If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
• Psalms 119:113I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
• Proverbs 1:22“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• Acts 8:22Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.
• Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
• 1 Corinthians 3:20and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart - Why do ye not put away your wickedness, that ye may be saved from these tremendous judgments? How long shall thy vain thoughts of safety and prosperity lodge within thee? Whilst thou continuest a rebel against God, and provokest him daily by thy abominations!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Thy vain thoughts - “Thy” iniquitous “thoughts.” “Aven,” the word used here, is especially applied to the sin of idolatry: thus Bethel is generally called Bethaven by Hosea (Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:8, … ), because instead of being the house of God, El, it was the house of an iniquity, Aven, the golden calf.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. 14-15Jeremiah still hoped his people would purify their hearts, abandon their evil thoughts, and completely reject idolatry. Otherwise, they would face God's judgment (Jeremiah 4:1; 6:19; 13:27; 50:17; Proverbs 1:22; Isaiah 1:16; James 4:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Only one means of deliverance is left to the Jews--a thorough repentance. vain thoughts--namely, projects for deliverance, such as enlisting the Egyptians on their side. Gesenius translates, "How long wilt thou harbor vain thoughts?"Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:14

• Backsliders
• Condescension of God
• Heart
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jeremiah
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Bless
• Fallow
• Pain
• Wise
• Backslide
• Genesis
• Jeremiah (2)
• Lodge
• Wash; Washing

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