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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?

KJV

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

Vulgate

ἀπόπλυνε ἀπὸ κακίας τὴν καρδίαν σου, Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἵνα σωθῇς· ἕως πότε ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν σοὶ διαλογισμοὶ πόνων σου;

LXX

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

ASV

כַּבְּסִ֨י מֵ/רָעָ֤ה לִבֵּ/ךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן תִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִי עַד מָתַ֛י תָּלִ֥ין בְּ/קִרְבֵּ֖/ךְ מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת אוֹנֵֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְכַבֵּ֧ס
ykbs
verb · 51×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יָלִ֣ין
ylyn
verb · 86×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
מָתַ֖י
mty
particle · 43×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. A great thing is love, and stronger than fire itself, and it goes up to the very heaven; there is no hindrance which can restrain its tearing force. And so the most fervent Peter, when he hears, Whither I go ye cannot come, what says he? Lord, where are you going? and this he said, not so much from wish to learn, as from desire to follow. To say openly, I go, he dared not ye…
1. Paul wishing to show the difference between the New and Old [Covenant], scatters it everywhere; and shoots from afar, and noises it abroad, and prepares beforehand. For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that to them indeed He spoke by prophets, but to us by the Son c. i. 1, 2, and to them at sundry times and in various manners, but to us through t…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:20 — And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
  • 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  • Acts 8:22 — Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
  • Deut 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
  • Deut 30:2 — And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
  • Ezek 18:31 — Cast 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?
  • Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Isa 55:7 — Let 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.
  • Isa 55:7 — Let 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.
  • Isa 65:2 — I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
  • Jas 4:8 — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  • Jas 4:8 — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  • Jer 13:27 — I 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
  • Jer 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
  • Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: fo
  • Luke 11:39 — And 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.
  • Luke 11:39 — And 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.
  • Luke 24:38 — And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
  • Mark 7:4 — And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Matt 6:21 — For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  • Matt 12:33 — Either 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.
  • Matt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Matt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Matt 17:17 — Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  • Matt 23:26 — Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  • Matt 23:26 — Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  • Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
  • Prov 6:18 — An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 12:5 — The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
  • Prov 15:26 — The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
  • Prov 24:9 — The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
  • Prov 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.