Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Jeremiah 2:9

Judgment

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.

Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Read the whole chapter

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
Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
KJV
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
WEB
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
ASV
Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children`s children will I contend.
DARBY
Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.
BLB
Therefore still I will contend with you⁺,” a declaration of YHWH, “And with the sons of your⁺ sons I will contend.
ÅB
Derfor vil jeg fremdeles gå i rette med dere, sier Herren; ja, med deres barnebarn vil jeg gå i rette.
OTB
"Derfor bringer jeg anklager mot dere igjen," erklærer Herren. "Og jeg vil kjempe med deres barns barn.
B1930
Derfor vil jeg fremdeles gå i rette med eder, sier Herren; ja, med eders barnebarn vil jeg gå i rette.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 20:35–36

    And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 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 context

  • Micah 6:2

    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

    Read in context

  • Leviticus 20:5

    then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 43:26

    Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

    Read in context

  • Hosea 2:2

    Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 2:29

    Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

    Read in context