Jeremiah 14:10Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~605 BC. God's response to Jeremiah's prayer is harsh reality — the drought is judgment for persistent rebellion in modern Israel/Palestine...
The emotion here: divine heartbreak mixed with holy justice
The original word
ḥāšaḵ (חשך) — to restrain, withhold, hold back with deliberate choice
Why it matters
The phrase 'loved to wander' uses the Hebrew word for sexual unfaithfulness to other gods
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 14:10
God says 'this people' not 'my people' — He's distancing Himself from them
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about individual sins, but it's about national patterns — when a whole culture refuses to turn back to God.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 14:10
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 14:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 14:10 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The setting is the Temple. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine rejection, persistent sin, wandering metaphor. Notable phrases: loved to wander; not refrained their feet; Yahweh does not accept. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
Your reflection
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