Jeremiah 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Thine

Hosea 5:5

And thy

Zechariah 7:11

Bitter

Jeremiah 4:18

Job 20:11

Amos 8:10

And that my

General references

Ezekiel 39:24

Bible References

Thine

You have done this to yourself by abandoning Jehovah your God when he led you on his way.

Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.

The expression on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins! They are like those of the people of Sodom. They do not even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people. They have brought disaster on themselves.

Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

This is what Jehovah says: Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

The pride of Israel testifies about them. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah will also stumble with them.

And thy

During the reign of King Josiah, Jehovah asked me: Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She went up every high mountain and under every large tree, and she acted like a prostitute there.

That is why lions from the forest will kill them. Wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

For Israel behaved stubbornly like a stubborn heifer. Will Jehovah now feed them as a lamb in a large place.

My people are determined to turn (apostatize) from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

Return, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Bitter

You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart.

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of a bitter day.

And that my

Do you not reverence (respect) me? Asks Jehovah. Do you not tremble [with awe] in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they cannot break through. Although they roar, they cannot cross it.

As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the whole scroll was burned up.

([Psalm of David]) Sin speaks to the ungodly deep within his heart. There is no reverence for God before his eyes.

There is no respect (reverence) for God before their eyes. (Psalm 36:1)

General references

The Israelites no longer wore their jewelry after they left Mount Horeb.

Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

Your wickedness has turned these things away. Your sins have kept good things away from you.

They will answer: 'Because they abandoned the covenant of Jehovah their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'

I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins. I hid my face from them.'