Jeremiah 4:14 KJV
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Thou and Ye
- thine, thou, thy, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Judgements denouncedThe fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false...
Thompson Chains
- Spir. CleansingLink 2 of 7 · next Acts 22:16
- Salvation PromisedSee the chain from Psalms 91:16 · 4 links
- Evil ThoughtsLink 7 of 9 · next Matthew 9:4
Cross References
- James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
- Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
- Acts 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
- Psalms 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
- Psalms 119:113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
- Isaiah 1:16–19 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …
- Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
- Matthew 15:19–20 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: …
- Matthew 23:26–27 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. …
- Luke 11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
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Topics
- Backsliders Promises to Backsliders
- Condescension of God Expostulates with backsliding Israel
- Heart Is full of iniquity
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
- Jeremiah Over Jerusalem
- Repentance Unclassified scriptures relating to Repentance
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Places
- JerusalemTown · Location well established
- Places in Jeremiah 4 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- O Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַם yĕrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name
- wash כַּבְּסִי kabbĕsî כָּבַס Verb · piel imperative, second person feminine singular
- thine heart לִבֵּךְ libbēk לֵב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- from wickedness מֵרָעָה mērāʿâ רַע Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
- that thou mayest be saved לְמַעַן lĕmaʿan Preposition תִּוָּשֵׁעִי tiwwāšēʿî יָשַׁע Verb · niphal imperfect, second person feminine singular עַד ʿad Preposition
- How long shall thy vain מָתַי mātay Interrogative אוֹנֵךְ ʾônēk אָוֶן Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- thoughts מַחְשְׁבוֹת maḥšĕbôt מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct
- lodge תָּלִין tālîn לוּן Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
- within בְּקִרְבֵּךְ bĕqirbēk קֶרֶב Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person feminine singular
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