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Jeremiah 4:18 KJV
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.Jeremiah 4:18 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:18 in context
16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- procuredʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- reachethnâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- doingsmaʻălâlan actH4611 →
- bittermarbitterH4751 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-18