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Jeremiah 4:18

Jeremiah 4:18
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee,.... The way in which they walked, which was an evil one; and the actions which they committed; their idolatries, backslidings, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thy wickedness - This siege is thy wickedness, i. e., in its results; or better, this is thy wretchedness, this army and thy approaching ruin is thy misery. Because - “For.” To feel that one’s misery…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 4:5-18

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. This…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thy way and thy doings See on Jer 7:3.

wickedness i.e. its result, viz. calamity.