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

2So their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by leafy trees on the high hills. 3My mountain in the country, your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, along with your high places for sin within all your borders. So you, on your own, let go of your heritage that I gave you. So I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in My nose that will burn forever.” 5Thus says Adonai: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, and depends on flesh as his arm, and whose heart turns from Adonai. 6For he will be like a bush in the desert. He cannot see goodness when it comes, but will dwell in parched places in the wilderness— a salt land where no one lives.

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 cast you out of this land into a land that you have not known—neither you nor your fathers—and there you will serve other gods day and night. For I will give you no grace.’
• Jeremiah 25:9I will soon send for and bring all the families of the north”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“and I will send for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, and a hissing, an enduring desolation.
• Leviticus 26:31I will lay waste your cities and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell your soothing aromas.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will certainly be carried off quickly from the land you are crossing over the Jordan to possess. You will not prolong your days on it, for you will certainly be destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“Adonai will bring you to defeat before your enemies. You will go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Joshua 23:15Now it will be that just as all the good things which Adonai your God has spoken to you have come upon you, so all the evil things will Adonai bring upon you, until He has wiped you off this good land which Adonai your God has given you.
• 1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this House which I have consecrated for My Name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• 2 Kings 25:21The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was exiled from its land.
• Jeremiah 5:29Should I not punish them?” says Adonai. “On such a nation should I not avenge Myself?
• Jeremiah 27:12Then I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah with all these same words, saying: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people—and live.
• Deuteronomy 28:47Instead of serving Adonai your God with joy and goodness of heart, out of the abundance of everything,
• Nehemiah 9:28“But as soon as they were at rest, they returned to doing evil before You. Therefore You abandoned them into the hand of their enemies who ruled over them. When they repented and cried out to You, You heard from heaven, and according to Your compassion You delivered them many times.
• Isaiah 14:3Now in the day when Adonai will give you rest from your sorrow and your turmoil, and from the hard service you were forced to do,
• Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “My anger and My wrath is about to be poured out on this place—on man and beast, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the land—and it will burn and not be quenched.”
• Jeremiah 15:14I will take you away with your enemies into a land you do not know, for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which will burn against you.”
• Deuteronomy 29:26So Adonai’s anger burned against that land, bringing on it every curse written in this scroll.

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