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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 4:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 4:14 |
Strong Concordance |
O Jerusalem [03389], wash [03526] thine heart [03820] from wickedness [07451], that thou mayest be saved [03467]. How long shall thy vain [0205] thoughts [04284] lodge [03885] within [07130] thee? |
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King James |
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Only one means of deliverance is left to the Jews--a thorough repentance.
vain thoughts--namely, projects for deliverance, such as enlisting the Egyptians on their side. GESENIUS translates, "How long wilt thou harbor vain thoughts?" |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Thy vain thoughts - "Thy" iniquitous "thoughts." "Aven," the word used here, is especially applied to the sin of idolatry: thus Bethel is generally called Bethaven by Hosea (Hos 4:15; Hos 5:8, ...), because instead of being the house of God, El, it was the house of an iniquity, Aven, the golden calf. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wash - As a means to prevent the judgments that are impending. Vain thoughts - Vain fancies of safety. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| O Jerusalem, wash thine heart - Why do ye not put away your wickedness, that ye may be saved from these tremendous judgments? How long shall thy vain thoughts of safety and prosperity lodge within thee? Whilst thou continuest a rebel against God, and provokest him daily by thy abominations! |
8 Blow [08628] ye the cornet [07782] in Gibeah [01390], and the trumpet [02689] in Ramah [07414]: cry aloud [07321] at Bethaven [01007], after [0310] thee, O Benjamin [01144].
15 Though thou, Israel [03478], play the harlot [02181], yet let not Judah [03063] offend [0816]; and come [0935] not ye unto Gilgal [01537], neither go ye up [05927] to Bethaven [01007], nor swear [07650], The LORD [03068] liveth [02416].