Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:29
“Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:29 Context
26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. 30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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Other Translations
Wherefore will yee plead with me? yee all haue transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Why do you contend with Me? You have all transgressed against Me, declares the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
- World English Bible
Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Why do you contend with Me? You have all transgressed against Me, declares the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
- World English Bible
Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 2:29
2:27 Brought me forth - Or begotten me; so is the word used, #Gen 4:18|. This denotes the sottish stupidity of this people, to take a lifeless stock or stone to be their maker, and to give the honour of God unto them, #Isa 44:17|. Turned - They turn their faces towards their idols.
2:28 For - Thou hast enough of them, imitating the Heathens, who had, according to Varro, above thirty thousand deities. Make trial if any, or all of them together, can help thee.
2:30 Children - Your inhabitants in every city, they being frequently called the children of such a city. Correction - Instruction: though they were corrected, yet they would not be instructed. Your sword - You have been so far from receiving instruction, that you have, by the sword, and other ways of destruction, murdered those that I have sent to reprove you.
2:31 O generation - O ye men of this generation. See - You shall see the thing with your eyes, because your ears are shut against it. A wilderness - Have I been like the wilderness of Arabia, have not I accommodated you with all necessaries? A land of darkness - As it were a land uninhabitable, because of the total want of light. Have I been a God of no use or comfort to them, that they thus leave me? Have they had nothing from me but misery and affliction? We - Words of pride and boasting.