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Jeremiah 2:17

Sin

15 The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
KJV
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
WEB
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
ASV
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
DARBY
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?
BLB
Have you not done this to yourself, [by] your forsaking YHWH your God in the time He led you in the way?
ÅB
Mon ikke det at du forlot Herren din Gud den tid han ville lede deg på veien, har voldt deg dette?
OTB
Er det ikke du som har brakt dette over deg selv ved å forlate Herren din Gud da han ledet deg på veien?
B1930
Mon ikke det at du forlot Herren din Gud den tid han vilde lede dig på veien, har voldt dig dette?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:18

    “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

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  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 2:13

    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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  • Leviticus 26:15–46

    and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

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  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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  • Hosea 13:9

    You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

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  • Psalms 77:20

    You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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