Jeremiah 4:18
Bible › Jeremiah › Chapter 4 › Verse 18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
In other translations
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
Hebrew words
דַּרְכֵּךְdarkekhconduct yourH1870וּמַעֲלָלַיִךְuma'alalayikhand deeds yourH4611עָשׂוֹasothey have brought aboutH6213אֵלֶּה'elehthese [things]H428לָךְlakhto <the> youזֹאתzotthisH2063רָעָתֵךְra'atekh[is] wickedness yourH7451כִּיkiforH3588מָרmarit is bitterH4843כִּיkiforH3588נָגַעnaga'it has reachedH5060עַד־'ad-toH5704לִבֵּךְ׃ סlibekhheart yourH3820
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 107:17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
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- Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
- Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Job 20:5-165 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? 6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, 7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ 8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
- Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
- Jeremiah 5:19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
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