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This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings have procured these <i>things</i> unto thee; this <i>is</i> thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Your ways and your doings Have procured these <i>things</i> for you. This <i>is</i> your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things upon you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your ways and your deeds Have done these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things on you. This is your tragedy <i>and</i> doom; how bitter, How it has touched your heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your way and your actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. It is very bitter, because it has reached your heart!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your way of life and your actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. It is very bitter, because it has reached your heart! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"People of Judah, your hearts will be in pain, but it's your own fault that you will be punished." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity—it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Your way and your doings have done these to you, "" This [is] your distress, for [it is] bitter, "" For it has struck to your heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings did these things to thee; this thine evil, for it was bitter because it reached even to thy heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you. This is your own wickedness. And it is bitter, because it has touched your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your conduct, your deeds, have done this to you; how bitter is this evil of yours, how it reaches to your very heart! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ways and your doings have brought this upon you. This is your doom; how bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your ways and your doings have brought these things upon you; this is your wickedness; it is bitter, it has reached to your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your ways and your works have produced these things for you. This is your evil which has been bitter and it has come unto your heart”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy way and thy doings have procured These things unto thee; This is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, Yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thy ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for <i>it is</i> bitter, for it has reached to thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1180" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Disaster from the North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·kêḵ (N-csc:: 2fs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">“Your ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/4611.htm" title="4611: ū·ma·‘ă·lā·la·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A deed, practice. From alal; an act.">and deeds</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śōw (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">upon you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">is your punishment;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: mār (Adj-ms) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">how bitter it is,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: nā·ḡa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">it pierces</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to the</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart!”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8-9</a></span><br />Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. / Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a></span><br />Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Hosea 13:9</a></span><br />You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Ezekiel 7:3-4</a></span><br />The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Proverbs 1:31</a></span><br />So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Isaiah 59:12</a></span><br />For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-6</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Isaiah 50:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Hosea 4:9</a></span><br />And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.</p><p class="hdg">Thy way.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm">Jeremiah 2:17,19</a></b></br> Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Jeremiah 5:19</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these <i>things</i> 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 <i>that is</i> not yours.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19</a></b></br> Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, <i>even</i> the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.</p><p class="hdg">it reacheth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a></b></br> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-8.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/psalms/92-11.htm">Doom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm">Procured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Reaches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Reacheth</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Doom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Procured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-13.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Reaches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Reacheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">God calls Israel by his promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">A grievous lamentation for Judah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes personal responsibility and accountability. In the context of Jeremiah, the Israelites are facing impending judgment due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's covenant. This reflects the Deuteronomic principle found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are contingent upon obedience to God's law. The historical context involves the Babylonian threat, which was a direct consequence of the nation's spiritual and moral decline. This principle of reaping what one sows is echoed in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>, where Paul warns that God is not mocked, and individuals will harvest what they plant.<p><b>This is your punishment;</b><br>The punishment referred to is the Babylonian exile, a significant event in Jewish history where Jerusalem was destroyed, and many were taken captive. This serves as a fulfillment of prophetic warnings given by earlier prophets like Isaiah and Hosea. Theologically, it underscores God's justice and holiness, as He cannot overlook sin. The exile also serves as a type of spiritual discipline, intended to bring the people back to repentance and reliance on God, similar to the way a loving father disciplines his children (<a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6</a>).<p><b>how bitter it is,</b><br>The bitterness of the punishment reflects the severe consequences of sin. In the ancient Near Eastern context, bitterness often symbolized deep sorrow and distress. This phrase captures the emotional and physical suffering that accompanies divine judgment. The bitterness can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the ultimate bitterness of separation from God, which is the essence of spiritual death. This is contrasted with the sweetness of reconciliation and redemption found in Christ, as described in <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Revelation 10:9-10</a>, where the scroll is sweet in the mouth but bitter in the stomach, symbolizing the dual nature of God's word as both judgment and salvation.<p><b>because it pierces to the heart!</b><br>The piercing to the heart signifies the profound impact of God's judgment, reaching the innermost being of the people. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a>, where the word of God is described as sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating to the soul and spirit. The heart, in biblical terms, is the center of will and emotion, and this piercing indicates a deep conviction and realization of sin. It also points to the need for a new heart, a theme found in <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26</a>, where God promises to give His people a heart of flesh instead of stone, symbolizing transformation and renewal through the new covenant in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his message.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that Jeremiah warns about, which is a consequence of the people's sinful actions and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real and tangible consequences. Just as Judah's actions led to their punishment, our own sinful choices can lead to spiritual, emotional, and even physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_bitterness_of_rebellion.htm">The Bitterness of Rebellion</a></b><br>Rebellion against God leads to bitterness and heartache. The piercing of the heart mentioned in the verse symbolizes the deep sorrow and regret that comes from turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a></b><br>We are responsible for our actions. <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18</a> emphasizes that the people brought the punishment upon themselves through their own deeds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>This verse serves as a call to examine our lives and turn back to God. Repentance is the first step in restoring our relationship with Him and avoiding the bitter consequences of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of judgment, it also implies the possibility of redemption. God's warnings are often accompanied by the opportunity for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_18_25__are_god's_ways_truly_fair.htm">Ezekiel 18:25 - How can God declare His ways fair when the reality of suffering and injustice seems to contradict this claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._3_6_align_with_a_loving_god.htm">How does Deuteronomy 3:6, which recounts total destruction of entire populations, reconcile with the idea of a just and loving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_land_with_israel's_claim.htm">If the land truly belongs to God (Lev 25:23), how do we reconcile this with later claims of permanent territorial inheritance for Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">This is thy wickedness.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">this is thy evil. </span>She was reaping the fruit of her own doing, and this gave her sorrows a fresh bitterness. The Hebrew word, like the English "evil," includes both guilt and its punishment.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is thy wickedness</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. the effect of thy wickedness. (For the following words, comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">Because</span>; rather, truly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your ways</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכֵּךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(dar·kêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your deeds</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ma·‘ă·lā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4611.htm">Strong's 4611: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deed, practice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have brought</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this upon you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֤את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is your punishment.</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָתֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘ā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">How bitter it is,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(mār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bitter, bitterness, bitterly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it pierces</span><br /><span class="heb">נָגַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heart!”</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבֵּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:18 Your way and your doings have procured (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>