Jeremiah 17:4 “And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I wi…”

Jeremiah 17:4

And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”

American Standard Version

And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt rest, and in thee shall be a rest from thine heritage that I gaue thee, and I will cause thee to serue thine enemies in the land, which thou knowest not: for yee haue kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burne for euer.

Darby Translation

And of thyself thou shalt let go thine inheritance which I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in a land that thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, — it shall burn for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

And thou hast let go — even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn.

Bible in Basic English

And your hand will have to let go your heritage which I gave you; and I will make you a servant to your haters in a land which is strange to you: for you have put my wrath on fire with a flame which will go on burning for ever.

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Cross references

“shalt”

Jeremiah 16:13 Jeremiah 25:9–11 Leviticus 26:31–34 Deuteronomy 28:25 1 Kings 9:7 2 Kings 25:21

Jeremiah 16:13 · BSB

So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

Jeremiah 25:9–11 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Leviticus 26:31–34 · BSB

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Kings 25:21 · BSB

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

“and I”

Isaiah 14:3 Jeremiah 5:29 Nehemiah 9:28 Jeremiah 27:12 Jeremiah 27:13 Deuteronomy 28:47

Isaiah 14:3 · BSB

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

Jeremiah 5:29 · BSB

Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Nehemiah 9:28 · BSB

But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered…

Jeremiah 27:12 · BSB

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 27:13 · BSB

Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

Deuteronomy 28:47 · BSB

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

“for”

Jeremiah 15:14 Jeremiah 7:20 Isaiah 5:25 Mark 9:43–49 Deuteronomy 29:26–28 Deuteronomy 32:22–25

Jeremiah 15:14 · BSB

Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

Jeremiah 7:20 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Isaiah 5:25 · BSB

Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turne…

Mark 9:43–49 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Deuteronomy 29:26–28 · BSB

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

Deuteronomy 32:22–25 · BSB

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Also

Lamentations 5:2 Jeremiah 12:7

Lamentations 5:2 · BSB

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

Jeremiah 12:7 · BSB

I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

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