Jeremiah 2:19

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wickedness	רָעָתֵ֗ךְ ra.'a.Tekh	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
correct	תְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְ te.ya.se.Rekh	H3256	to chastise · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
backslidings	וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ u.me.shu.vo.Ta.yikh	H4878	apostasy · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
reprove	תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְ to.khi.Chukh	H3198	to be right (i.e. correct) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
know	וּדְעִ֤י u.de.'I	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
see	וּרְאִי֙ u.re.'I	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
evil	רַ֣ע ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
bitter	וָמָ֔ר va.Mar	H4751	bitter (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
forsaken	עָזְבֵ֖ךְ 'a.ze.Vekh	H5800	to loosen · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ 'e.lo.Ha.yikh	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
fear	פַחְדָּתִי֙ fach.da.Ti	H6345	alarm (i.e. awe) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֥י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֖ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָאֽוֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for the…
Psalms 36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jeremiah 2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Jeremiah 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine he…
Hosea 5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them…
Hosea 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: ev…
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness u…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:14-19

The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon themselves by so doing; it had already cost them dear, for to this were owing all the calamities their country was now groaning under, which were but an earnest of more and greater if they repented not. See how they smarted for their folly. I. Their neighbours, who were their professed enemies, prevailed against them, and this was owing to their sin. 1. They were enslaved and lost their liberty (Jer 2:14): Is Israel a servant? No; Israel is my son, my first-born, Exo 4:22. They are children; they are heirs. Nay, their extraction is noble; they are the seed of Abraham, God'…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:19

correct . . . reprove--rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER]. backslidings--"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pro 1:31; Isa 3:9; Hos 5:5). know . . . see--imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost. my fear--rather, "the fear of Me."

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:19

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,.... That is, either their wickedness in going to Egypt and Assyria, and the ill success they had in so doing might be an instruction to them to act otherwise, and a correction of their sin and folly; or that their wickedness was a reason, and a very just one, why they were chastened and corrected of the Lord: and thy backslidings shall reprove thee; or be the cause why they were reproved of God; or their ill success in turning their backs on him, and going to the creature for help, was a severe rebuke of their sin and madness. The Targum is, "I have brought afflictions upon thee, and thou hast not refrained from thy wickedness; and, because thou art…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:19

The Church Fathers

This then is that body of death from which we cannot escape, confined in those who are perfect, who have tested "how gracious the Lord is," daily feel with the prophet "how bad for himself and bitter it is for a man to depart from the Lord his God."
— John Cassian, CONFERENCE 3:23.16

When he does not convince with his word, God many times permits the experience of things to be the teaching, something that he also said to the Jews. When he expended myriads of words though the prophets, he neither persuaded nor embraced the Jews. Allowing them to be educated through punishment, he said to them, "Your apostasy shall correct you, and wickedness shall reprove you."
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON REPENTANCE AND ALMSGIVING 1:4.27

So also that unwearied goodness of God and his unchanging nature hurt no one indeed, but we ourselves by falling from on high and tending to the depths are the authors of our own death, or rather the very fall becomes death to the one who falls.… For "your own wickedness shall reprove you, and your apostasy shall rebuke you. Know and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for you to have left the Lord your God"; for "everyone is bound by the cords of his sins."
— John Cassian, CONFERENCE 3:23.9

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Dictionary and topics

Backsliding · Brings its own punishment — Brings its own punishment
Fear, Godly · The wicked destitute of — The wicked destitute of
Tobiah · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:14-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:19

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:19

John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:14-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:19

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:19

John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 2:14-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 2:19

Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19