KJV King James Version
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
WEB World English Bible
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
ASV American Standard Version
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 4
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
12 [Even] a full wind from those [places] shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
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כַּבְּסִ֨יH3526 · ka.vasWasher'sמֵרָעָ֤הH7451 · rabad: harmfulלִבֵּךְ֙H3820 · levheartיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemלְמַ֖עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseתִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִיH3467 · ya.sahto saveעַד־H5704 · adtillמָתַ֛יH4970 · ma.tayhowתָּלִ֥יןH3885 · lunto lodgeבְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךְH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongמַחְשְׁב֥וֹתH4284 · ma.cha.sha.vahplotאוֹנֵֽךְ׃H205 · a.venevil: wickedness
Cross-references
James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Romans 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.1 Corinthians 3:20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.Isaiah 1:16-19Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;Jeremiah 13:27I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, [and] thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when [shall it] once [be]?Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.Psalm 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?Matthew 15:19-20For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Matthew 23:26-27[Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.Psalm 119:113SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
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