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

Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;

This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.

And thy

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.

My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

Bitter

Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

And that my

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

General references

So the children of Israel took off their ornaments at Mount Horeb, and did not put them on again.

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.

And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

In the measure of their unclean ways and their sins, so I did to them; and I kept my face covered from them.