Jeremiah 2:19 meaning and explanation

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 2:19, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah to the people of Judah, who have abandoned him for foreign gods and looked to Egypt and Assyria for safety instead of trusting him. Here God says their own evil will discipline them and their apostasies will reprimand them, as though sin itself becomes the teacher.

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