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Jeremiah 2:6

Egypt
God's faithfulness

4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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?

7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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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, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:14–16

    Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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  • Hosea 13:4

    Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

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  • Isaiah 63:11–13

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

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  • Jeremiah 2:8

    The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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  • Job 10:21–22

    Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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  • Matthew 4:16

    The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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  • Hosea 12:13

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

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