Jeremiah 4:9

Douay-Rheims Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: That the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

Hebrew Names Version
It shall happen at that day, says the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the Kohanim shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

King James Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord , that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

English Standard Version
"In that day, declares the Lord , courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded."

New American Standard Bible
"And it shall come about on that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the hearts of the leaders will fail; and the priests will tremble, and the prophets will be astonished."

New Century Version
"When this happens," says the Lord , "the king and officers will lose their courage. The priests will be terribly afraid, and the prophets will be shocked!"

Amplified Bible
"It shall come about in that day," says the LORD, "that the heart and courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded and horrified."

World English Bible
It shall happen at that day, says Yahweh, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And in that day, saith the Lorde, the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priestes shall be astonished, and the Prophets shall wonder.

Legacy Standard Bible
"It will be in that day," declares Yahweh, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will perish; and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astonished."

Berean Standard Bible
"In that day," declares the LORD, "the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded."

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said, "When all this happens, the king and his officials, the prophets and the priests will be shocked and terrified."

Complete Jewish Bible
"When that day comes," says Adonai , "the king's heart will fail him, likewise the princes'; the cohanim will be appalled and the prophets stupefied."

Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "When this happens, the king and his officers will lose their courage. The priests will be filled with fear, and the prophets will be shocked."

George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass at that day, says the LORD, that the hearts of kings shall fail, and the hearts of princes; and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder.

Good News Translation
The Lord said, "On that day kings and officials will lose their courage; priests will be shocked and prophets will be astonished."

Lexham English Bible
And then on that day," declares Yahweh, "the heart of the king and the heart of the officials will be destroyed, and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astonished."

Literal Translation
And it will be on that day, says Jehovah, the king's heart and the heart of the rulers shall perish. And the priests shall be amazed; and the prophets shall be astounded.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At the same tyme (saieth the LORDE) the hert of the kinge and of the prynces shal be gone, the prestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayed.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Bible in Basic English
And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall fail, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the Princes: and the Priests shalbe astonished, & the prophets shall wonder.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
At the same tyme saith the Lord, the heart of the kyng & of the princes shalbe gone, the priestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, the herte of the king schal perische, and the herte of princis; and the prestis schulen wondre, and the prophetis schulen be astonyed.

Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, says Yahweh, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

New English Translation
"When this happens," says the Lord , "the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment."

New King James Version
"And it shall come to pass in that day," says the LORD, "That the heart of the king shall perish, And the heart of the princes; The priests shall be astonished, And the prophets shall wonder."

New Living Translation
"In that day," says the Lord , "the king and the officials will tremble in fear. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be appalled."

New Life Bible
"In that day," says the Lord, "the heart of the king and the hearts of the rulers will become weak. The religious leaders will be filled with fear. And the men of God will be troubled and filled with wonder."

New Revised Standard
On that day, says the Lord , courage shall fail the king and the officials; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh, That the courage of the king shall fail, And the courage of the princes, - And the priests shall be astonished, And, the prophets, shall be amazed.

Revised Standard Version
"In that day, says the LORD, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded."

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.'

THE MESSAGE
"When this happens" — God 's Decree— "King and princes will lose heart; priests will be baffled and prophets stand dumbfounded."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded."

Contextual Overview

⁵ Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: cry aloud, and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us go into strong cities. ⁶ Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. ⁷ The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant. ⁸ For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us. ⁹ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: That the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed. ¹⁰ And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul? ¹¹ At that time it shall be said to this people, and to Jerusalem: A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse. ¹² A full wind from these places shall come to me: and now I will speak my judgments with them. ¹³ Behold he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles: woe unto us, for we are laid waste. ¹⁴ Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that the heart: Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 52:7, 1 Samuel 25:37, 1 Samuel 25:38, 2 Kings 25:4, Psalms 102:4, Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:12, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 22:3-5

and the priests: Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 37:19, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 29:10, Ezekiel 13:9-16, Acts 13:41

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:28 - General Jeremiah 25:34 - Howl

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.

Genesis 4:14
Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.

Genesis 37:32
Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.

Psalms 9:12
(9-13) For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

Proverbs 28:13
He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord,.... When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem:

that the heart of the king shall perish; meaning Zedekiah king of Judah, who should be in the utmost fright and consternation, not knowing what to do, being devoid both of wisdom and courage; see

Jeremiah 39:4:

and the heart of the princes; who being seized with the same panic, and at their wits' end, would not be able to give any advice and counsel to the king; so that the people would have no help from the king and his nobles, in whom they put their confidence:

and the priests shall be astonished; which Kimchi interprets of the priests of the high places, the idolatrous priests, whose service would now cease, and whose idols would not save them:

and the prophets shall wonder; which he also interprets of the false prophets; as does the Targum; who prophesied peace, and now they shall see it was a lie they prophesied, since sudden destruction now comes upon them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:9. The heart of the king shall perish — Shall lose all courage.