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Jeremiah 17:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee” at Jeremiah 17:4 as part of “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 17:1–4
Read Jeremiah 17:4 with 17:1–4. By itself, “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Iron engraving, heart tablets, remembered altars, forfeited inheritance, and foreign service summarize entrenched covenant breach.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This received unit develops “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land” through its own speaker, addressee, date, oracle, sign, lament, or historical scene. Its non-interchangeable movement is: Iron engraving, heart tablets, remembered altars, forfeited inheritance, and foreign service summarize entrenched covenant breach. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee” at Jeremiah 17:4 as part of “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land.”
What Remains True
Worship, truth, justice, and treatment of neighbors belong together. In Jeremiah 17:4, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee” at Jeremiah 17:4 as part of “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Name the concrete conduct and power relations before drawing a limited present analogy; refuse ethnic stigma and coercion. This response follows Jeremiah 17:1–4's specific concern, “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee” at Jeremiah 17:4 as part of “Judah's Engraved Sin Reaches Altars and Land.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Jeremiah 17:1–4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
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