Jeremiah 4:14

Translations

Modern

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Traditional

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Literal

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Latin

Lava a malitia cor tuum, Jerusalem, ut salva fias: usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiæ?

Original

Hebrew

English

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Notes

Jeremiah 4:14–15

Jeremiah still hoped his people would purify their hearts, abandon their evil thoughts, and completely reject idolatry. Otherwise, they would face God's judgment (Jeremiah 4:1; 6:19; 13:27; 50:17; Proverbs 1:22; Isaiah 1:16; James 4:8).

Jeremiah 4:3–18

These verses focus on the kingdom of Judah and its capital, Jerusalem, in God's courtroom. The Lord declared he would judge Jerusalem through the Babylonians.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Luke 11:39
Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Acts 8:22
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Matthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
Isaiah 1:16–19
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
Psalm 66:18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Jeremiah 13:27
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
Matthew 15:19–20
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Bathe, Bathing Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) John the Baptist

Topics

Backsliders: Promises To Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Full of Vain Thoughts Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Heart: The Unregenerate is Full of Iniquity Jeremiah: The Prophet: Over Jerusalem Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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