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?
• New International Version (NIV)Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
• 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 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 these will come for Me; Now I will also speak judgment against them.” 13“Behold, he shall come up like clouds, And his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!” O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? 15For a voice declares from Dan And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim: 16“Make mention to the nations, Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem, That watchers come from a far country And raise their voice 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 1:16“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
• Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
• Matthew 12:33“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
• Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
• Luke 11:39Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.
• James 4:8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?”
• Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
• Psalms 119:113I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law.
• Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
• Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
• Romans 1:21because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
• 1 Corinthians 3:20and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they 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