Jeremiah 4:18 ““Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishme…”

Jeremiah 4:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy wayes and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, such is thy wickednesse: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall perce vnto thine heart.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

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Cross references

“Thy way”

Jeremiah 2:19 Psalm 107:17 Jeremiah 2:17 Proverbs 1:31 Isaiah 50:1 Jeremiah 6:19

Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB

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.

Psalm 107:17 · BSB

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Jeremiah 2:17 · BSB

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

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

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

Isaiah 50:1 · BSB

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…

Jeremiah 6:19 · BSB

Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

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

In context

17They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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