Jer 4:18 | NETfull | STEP | “The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

Jeremiah 4:18

18 “The way you have lived and the things you have done ^{▼▼ Heb “Your way and your deeds.”}
will bring this on you.
This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. ^{▼▼ Heb “How bitter!”}
The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.” ^{▼▼ Heb “Indeed, it reaches to your heart.” The subject must be the pain alluded to in the last half of the preceding line; the verb is masculine, agreeing with the adjective translated “painful.” The only other possible antecedent “punishment” is feminine.}