18"Your own conduct and actions have brought this upon you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!"


In Context

15 A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

16 "Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to Jerusalem: 'A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.

17 They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,' " declares the Lord .

18 "Your own conduct and actions have brought this upon you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!"

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.

20 Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thine heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18|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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.