Jeremiah 2:29
27 say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
- KJV
- Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
- WEB
- “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
- ASV
- Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- BLB
- Why do you⁺ contend with Me? You⁺ all have transgressed against Me,” a declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Hvorfor tretter dere med meg? dere er alle sammen falt fra meg, sier Herren.
- OTB
- "Hvorfor bringer du anklager mot meg? Dere har alle gjort opprør mot meg," erklærer Herren.
- B1930
- Hvorfor tretter I med mig? I er alle sammen falt fra mig, sier Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 9:11
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:13
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:1
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:35
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:2–6
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:23
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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