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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 4:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 4:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Thy way [01870] and thy doings [04611] have procured [06213] these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness [07451], because it is bitter [04751], because it reacheth [05060] unto thine heart [03820]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Jer 2:17, Jer 2:19; Psa 107:17).
this is thy wickedness--that is, the fruit of thy wickedness. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thy wickedness - This siege is thy wickedness, i. e., in its results; or better, this is thy wretchedness, this army and thy approaching ruin is thy misery.
Because - "For." To feel that one's misery is the result of one's own doings adds bitterness to the anguish, and makes it reach, penetrate to the heart. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bitter - Thy wickedness hath been the cause of bringing such a bitter enemy against thee, which hath reached unto thy very heart. |
17 Fools [0191] because [01870] of their transgression [06588], and because of their iniquities [05771], are afflicted [06031].
19 Thine own wickedness [07451] shall correct [03256] thee, and thy backslidings [04878] shall reprove [03198] thee: know [03045] therefore and see [07200] that it is an evil [07451] thing and bitter [04751], that thou hast forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and that my fear [06345] is not in thee, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635].
17 Hast thou not procured [06213] this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], when [06256] he led [03212] thee by the way [01870]?