Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash — As a means to prevent the judgments that are impending. Vain thoughts — Vain fancies of safety.
Wash — As a means to prevent the judgments that are impending. Vain thoughts — Vain fancies of safety.
Verse Jeremiah 4:14. _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 p...
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 (Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:8, ......
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _ 2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5) 3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14) 4. The desolation of I
THE ENEMY'S APPROACH. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to bring (their families) into safety (not flee for safety). Th...
Jeremiah 4:5-31. Impending judgements. National disaster This section and the two that follow it (viz. chs. 5 and 6) are somewhat later than the preceding, as presenting a more definite description o...
As the burning sirocco, the dense clouds accompanied by the whirlwind, or the savage creatures of the air, so shall the enemy prove to be, as they descend on Judah in doom. Let her even now seek to av...
_How long_, etc.] Cp. Hosea 8:5....
DISCOURSE: 1037 IMPORTANCE OF SUPPRESSING VAIN THOUGHTS Jeremiah 4:14. _O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?_...
3. _The third figure: the keepers_ (Jeremiah 4:14-18) TRANSLATION (14) Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, that you might be saved. How long will you harbor in your midst wicked thoughts? (15) Fo...
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? WASH THINE HEART FROM WICKEDNESS, THAT THOU MAYEST BE SAVED. Only one mea...
THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6) This section furnishes us with the g...
5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
ONE OF.. TWO OF, etc.] A 'city' might be a mere village. A 'family,' i.e. descendants of a common ancestor, suggested a larger number. There were, e.g., only four or five families in the whole tribe o...
O JERUSALEM. — The prophet’s answer to the cry that comes from the city. In that “washing of the heart” which had seemed impossible before (Jeremiah 2:22), but is thought of now as “possible with God,...
כַּבְּסִ֨י מֵ רָעָ֤ה לִבֵּךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן...
Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would under
Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
Under those strong images, of a dry wind and a full wind, and a whirlwind, are set forth the judgments of the Lord. But under all, I pray the Reader to observe, how the Lord fully proves, that the evi...
Here now the Prophet expressly and avowedly exhorts the people to repent. By bidding Jerusalem to _wash from wickedness her heart, _that she might be _saved, _he shews that there was no remedy, except...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be unto th...
O JERUSALEM, WASH THINE HEART FROM WICKEDNESS,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of God by the prophet, showing the cause of all their ruin and destruction, the wickedness of their hearts; an...
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Ver. 14. _O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness._] Which defileth...
_O Jerusalem, wash thy heart_ O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, cleanse your inward parts; not your hands only, as hypocrites do, but your hearts, James 4:8; _from wickedness_ Namely, fr...
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, for a mere outward change of behavior is not sufficient, heart and mind and soul must undergo a complete transformation, THAT THOU MAYEST BE SAVED, for o...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is desc...
O JERUSALEM, WASH THINE HEART; cleanse your inward parts, O ye men of Jerusalem; not your hands only, as hypocrites do, but your hearts, JAMES 4:8. The same exhortation with JEREMIAH 4:3,4, only in an...
Jeremiah 4:14 Jerusalem H3389 wash H3526 (H8761) heart H3820 wickedness H7451 saved H3467 (H8735) evil H205 thought
JUDAH ARE CALLED TO REPENTANCE AS WELL AS ISRAEL FOR THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR LAND, AND, IF THEY WILL ONLY TRULY TURN TO HIM WITH GENUINELY CHANGED HEARTS, CAN STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN HOPE....
YHWH WARNS JUDAH THAT IF THEY WILL NOT REPENT FOR THEM TOO INVASION BY A FIERCE ADVERSARY IS THREATENING AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS (JEREMIAH 4:3). If Judah will not respond to th...
Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir, novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
_Wash thine heart from wickedness._ PURITY NECESSARY TO SALVATION I. The natural depravity of the human heart. 1. This doctrine requires definition. Depravity of the heart includes-- (1) The entir...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter, _Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced cities_....
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, _If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto me_;_ and if thou wilt...
But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
1 Corinthians 3:20; Acts 8:22; Ezekiel 18:31; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 55