Jeremias 4:18

18 “A sua própria conduta e as suas açõestrouxeram isso sobre você.Como é amargo esse seu castigo!Ele atinge até o seu coração!”

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 4:18 In-Context

16 “Relatem isto a esta naçãoe proclamem contra Jerusalém:Um exército inimigo está vindo de uma terra distante,dando seu grito de guerra contra as cidades de Judá.

17 Eles a cercam como homens que guardam um campo,pois ela se rebelou contra mim”,declara o SENHOR.

18 “A sua própria conduta e as suas açõestrouxeram isso sobre você.Como é amargo esse seu castigo!Ele atinge até o seu coração!”

19 Ah, minha angústia, minha angústia!Eu me contorço de dor.Ó paredes do meu coração!O meu coração dispara dentro de mim;não posso ficar calado.Ouvi o som da trombeta,ouvi o grito de guerra.

20 Um desastre depois do outro;toda a minha terra foi devastada.Num instante as minhas tendas foram destruídas;e os meus abrigos, num momento.