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 go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill. 3So I will hand over my holy mountain— along with all your wealth and treasures and your pagan shrines— as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land. The wonderful possession I have reserved for you will slip from your hands. I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land. For my anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.” 5This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. 6They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.

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 and send you into a foreign land where you and your ancestors have never been. There you can worship idols day and night—and I will grant you no favors!’
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Leviticus 26:31I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of pagan worship. I will take no pleasure in your offerings that should be a pleasing aroma to me.
• Deuteronomy 4:26“Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You will attack your enemies from one direction, but you will scatter from them in seven! You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Joshua 23:15But as surely as the Lord your God has given you the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey him. He will completely destroy you from this good land he has given you.
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
• 2 Kings 25:21And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.
• Jeremiah 5:29Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
• Jeremiah 27:12Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. “If you want to live, submit to the yoke of the king of Babylon and his people.
• Deuteronomy 28:47If you do not serve the Lord your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received,
• Nehemiah 9:28“But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!
• Isaiah 14:3In that wonderful day when the Lord gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,
• Jeremiah 7:20So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”
• Jeremiah 15:14I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land. For my anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.”
• Deuteronomy 29:26Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before, gods that were not from the Lord.

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