Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,
That watchers come from a afar country
And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”
Sorrow for the Doomed Nation
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly bmy tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
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Jeremiah 4:18
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 is the result of one' s own doings adds bitterness to the anguish, and makes it reach, penetrate to the heart.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 4:18:
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