Jeremiah 2:7
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?
6 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?
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.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- ASV
- And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- DARBY
- And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- BLB
- “And I brought you⁺ into a land of fertility, to eat its fruit and its goodness; and you⁺ came [in], and you⁺ defiled My land and made My inheritance into an abomination!
- ÅB
- Og jeg førte dere inn i et land med fruktbare marker, så dere fikk spise av dets frukt og dets gode ting; men da dere kom inn, gjorde dere mitt land urent og min arv til en styggedom.
- OTB
- Jeg førte dere inn i et fruktbart land for å spise dets frukt og gode ting. Men dere kom og vanhelliget mitt land og gjorde min arv avskyelig.
- B1930
- Og jeg førte eder inn i et land med fruktbare marker, så I fikk ete av dets frukt og dets gode ting; men da I kom inn, gjorde I mitt land urent og min arv til en vederstyggelighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 8:7–9
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Read in contextJeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Read in contextNumbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:17
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Read in contextPsalms 106:38–39
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:24–28
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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