Jeremiah 4:18 meaning and explanation
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
Jeremiah 4:18, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah to Judah and Jerusalem as Babylon's army approaches from the north. The coming siege is not random misfortune but the consequence of the people's own "ways and deeds," a phrase the prophets use for the whole pattern of a life turned from God.
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