Jeremiah 2:19 “Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand…”

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

World English Bible

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

American Standard Version

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine owne wickednes shall correct thee, and thy turnings backe shall reprooue thee: know therefore and beholde, that it is an euil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my feare is not in thee, sayeth the Lord God of hostes.

Darby Translation

Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Young's Literal Translation

Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Bible in Basic English

The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

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Cross references

“Thine”

Isaiah 3:9 Jeremiah 2:17 Hosea 5:5 Proverbs 1:31 Proverbs 5:22 Isaiah 5:5

Isaiah 3:9 · BSB

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Jeremiah 2:17 · BSB

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Hosea 5:5 · BSB

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 5:22 · BSB

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Isaiah 5:5 · BSB

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

“and thy”

Hosea 11:7 Jeremiah 5:6 Jeremiah 3:6–8 Jeremiah 8:5 Hosea 14:1 Zechariah 7:11

Hosea 11:7 · BSB

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious ac…

Jeremiah 3:6–8 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 8:5 · BSB

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Hosea 14:1 · BSB

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Zechariah 7:11 · BSB

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

“bitter”

Jeremiah 4:18 Amos 8:10 Job 20:11–16

Jeremiah 4:18 · BSB

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

Amos 8:10 · BSB

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like…

Job 20:11–16 · BSB

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

“and that my”

Psalm 36:1 Romans 3:18 Jeremiah 5:22 Jeremiah 36:23 Jeremiah 36:24

Psalm 36:1 · BSB

An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Romans 3:18 · BSB

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Jeremiah 36:23 · BSB

And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

Jeremiah 36:24 · BSB

Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

Also

Jeremiah 3:22

Jeremiah 3:22 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

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

In context

18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Read Jeremiah 2