Jeremiah 4:18
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Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.

Thy way.

Jeremiah 2:17,19 Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way? . . .

Jeremiah 5:19 And if you shall say: Why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.

Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast away my law.

Jeremiah 26:19 Did Ezechias king of Juda, and all Juda, condemn him to death? did they not fear the Lord, and beseech the face of the Lord: and the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them? therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls.

Job 20:5-16 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. . . .

Psalm 107:17 He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.

Proverbs 1:31 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.

it reacheth.

Jeremiah 4:10 And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?

Context
Disaster from the North
17They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord. 18Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.
Cross References
Psalm 107:17
He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.

Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.

Jeremiah 2:17
Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?

Jeremiah 2:19
Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Jeremiah 5:25
Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

Ezekiel 39:24
I have dealt with them according to their uncleanness, and wickedness, and hid my face from them.

Hosea 7:2
And lest they may say in their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness: their own devices now have beset them about, they have been done before my face.

Lexicon
Your ways
דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ (dar·kêḵ)
Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and your deeds
וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ (ū·ma·‘ă·lā·la·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4611: A deed, practice

have brought
עָשׂ֥וֹ (‘ā·śōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this upon you.
אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

This
זֹ֤את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

is your punishment.
רָעָתֵךְ֙ (rā·‘ā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

How bitter it is,
מָ֔ר (mār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

it pierces
נָגַ֖ע (nā·ḡa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

to the
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

heart!”
לִבֵּֽךְ׃ (lib·bêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

Thy ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has reached to thy heart.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thine heart.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart.

"Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."

Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.
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