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Jeremiah 2:9

Judgment

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.

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth 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
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 people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Micah 6:2

    Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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  • Leviticus 20:5

    Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

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  • Isaiah 43:26

    Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

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  • Hosea 2:2

    Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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  • Jeremiah 2:29

    Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

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