Jeremiah 4:14
Wash from wickedness thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved,—How long, shall lodge within thee thy wicked devices?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15For a voice, declareth from Dan,—And publisheth trouble from the hill country of Ephraim.
Cross References
Psalms 66:18If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Isaiah 55:7Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,—And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 18:11Now, therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the men of Judah and concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, Thus, saith Yahweh,—Lo! I am fashioning against you calamity, and devising against you, a device,—Return I pray you every man from his wicked way, And amend your ways and your doings.
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known.
Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! cleanse, first, the inside, of the cup [and of the dish], that, the outside thereof, may become, clean.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:6-19
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,… Read the whole commentary →