Yēlìmǐshū 4:18

18 Nǐde xíngdòng , nǐde zuòwéi , zhāo rĕ zhè shì . zhè shì nǐ zuìè de jié guǒ , shízaì shì kǔ , shì haì jí nǐ xīn le .

Yēlìmǐshū 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:18

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee,
&c.] The way in which they walked, which was an evil one; and the actions which they committed; their idolatries, backslidings, and rebellions, before spoken of in this and the preceding chapter, were the cause of this siege, and those calamities coming upon them; they had none to blame but themselves; it was their own sinful ways and works which brought this ruin and destruction on them: this is thy wickedness;
the fruit of thy wickedness; or, "this thy calamity"; that is, is owing to these things; so the word is rendered in ( Psalms 141:5 ) : because it is bitter;
not sin, as in ( Jeremiah 2:19 ) , but the punishment of it; the calamity before mentioned; which was hard and heavy, and grievous to be borne, and yet very just; it was by way of retaliation; "they had bitterly provoked the Lord", as the word may be rendered in the preceding verse; and now he sends them a bitter calamity, and a heavy judgment: because it reacheth unto thine heart;
into the midst of them, and utterly destroyed them. The two last clauses may be rendered, "though it is bitter, though it reacheth unto thine heart" ^F4; though it is such a sore distress, and such an utter destruction, yet it was to be ascribed to nothing else but their own sins and transgressions.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (egn yk rm yk) "quamvis amarum sit, quamvis pertigerit", Calvin.

Yēlìmǐshū 4:18 In-Context

16 Nǐmen dāng chuán gĕi liè guó , bàogào gōngjī Yēlùsǎlĕng de shì shuō , yǒu tàn wàng de rén cóng yuǎnfāng lái dào , xiàng Yóudà de chéngyì dàshēng nè hǎn .

17 Tāmen zhōuwéi gōngjī Yēlùsǎlĕng , hǎoxiàng kānshǒu tián yuán de , yīnwei tā beìpàn le wǒ . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

18 Nǐde xíngdòng , nǐde zuòwéi , zhāo rĕ zhè shì . zhè shì nǐ zuìè de jié guǒ , shízaì shì kǔ , shì haì jí nǐ xīn le .

19 Wǒde feì fǔ a , wǒde feì fǔ a , wǒ xīn téngtòng . wǒ xīn zaì wǒ lǐmiàn fán zào bú ān . wǒ bùnéng jìngmò bù yán , yīnwei wǒ yǐjing tīngjian jiǎo shēng hé dǎzhàng de hǎn shēng .

20 Huǐhuaì de xìnxī lián luò bù jué , yīnwei quán dì huāng feì . wǒde zhàngpéng hūrán huǐhuaì . wǒde mànzǐ qǐng kè pòliè .