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Jeremiah 2:6

Egypt
God's faithfulness

4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.

5 This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.

8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

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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
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
KJV
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
WEB
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
ASV
Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
DARBY
And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?
BLB
They did not say, ‘Where [is] YHWH who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of desert plain and pit, through a land of drought and darkness, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt there?’
ÅB
Og de sa ikke: Hvor er Herren, som førte oss opp fra Egypt, som ledet oss i ørkenen, i et land med ødemarker, fullt av kløfter, et land med tørke og dødsskygge, et land der ingen mann har faret, og intet menneske har bodd?
OTB
De sa ikke: 'Hvor er Herren som førte oss opp fra Egypt, som ledet oss gjennom den golde ørkenen, gjennom et land av ørkener og groper, et land av tørke og dyp mørke, et land der ingen reiser og ingen bor?'
B1930
Og de sa ikke: Hvor er Herren, som førte oss op fra Egyptens land, som ledet oss i ørkenen, i et land med ødemarker, fullt av kløfter, et land med tørke og dødsskygge, et land der ingen mann har faret, og intet menneske har bodd?

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • Deuteronomy 8:14–16

    then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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  • Hosea 13:4

    Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

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  • Isaiah 63:11–13

    Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

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  • Jeremiah 2:8

    The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

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  • Job 10:21–22

    before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

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  • Matthew 4:16

    the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

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  • Hosea 12:13

    But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

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