King James Version
Jeremiah 4:18 in the King James Version says “Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it re...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Make 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.
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
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.
My 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. my very: Heb. the walls of my heart
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thy way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“these things unto thee this is thy wickedness”
H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because it is bitter”
H4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because it reacheth”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto thine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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