Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD of Hosts addresses Israel during a prophetic indictment of their political alliances with Egypt and Assyria, positioned between rhetorical questions about foreign reliance and a condemnation of spiritual adultery.

The words — תְּיַסְּרֵ֣/ךְ (te.ya.se.Re/kh) means "it will punish/ you," and רָעָתֵ֗/ךְ (ra.'a.Te/kh) translates as "wickedness/ your."

The thread — The text links apostasy to self-inflicted consequences in Jeremiah 2:17 and echoes the theme of unhidden transgression in Isaiah 3:9.

Why it lands — The passage demands acknowledgment that abandoning God and His fear yields self-administered discipline and bitter outcomes rather than freedom.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

Cross-references

Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Psalms 36:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jeremiah 2:17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Jeremiah 4:18 “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
Hosea 5:5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
Hosea 11:7 My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Jeremiah 5:6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Amos 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Jeremiah 3:6 Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Jeremiah 8:5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.