Jeremiah 2:29
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
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
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:2–6
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:23
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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