Jeremiah 2:19 Douay-Rheims

Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1871 Reformed

correct . . . reprove--rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER]. backslidings--"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pro 1:31; Isa 3:9; Hos 5:5). know . . . see--imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost. my fear--rather, "the fear of Me."

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