Jeremiah 2:17
in Jeremiah 2Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
KJV
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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This verse in Jeremiah 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"Has not this procured (it, that is, the impending calamity) unto thee, that hast forsaken?" &c. (Jer 4:18). led-- (De 32:10). the way--The article expresses the right way, the way of the Lord: namely, the moral training which they enjoyed in the Mosaic covenant.
This site's exposition
Is Israel a slave
on Jeremiah 2:14-19
The LORD asks of Israel, “Was he born into slavery”, since a free heir should not be plundered like property. The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved his head. The sharpest question follows, “what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile”.
This site's exposition
when He led you in the way
The Hebrew has the way, with the article, the one road the LORD had marked out in His covenant. Deuteronomy 32:10 pictures Him leading Israel through the desert and guarding it as the apple of His eye. Jeremiah 4:18 repeats the charge.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 16, 17.) The sons of Memphis and Taphne have defiled you, even to the crown. Is it not because you abandoned the Lord your God at the time when He was leading you along the way? This that we have said, is not found in the Septuagint at the time when He was leading you along the way.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself,....
"Then when he was leading thee on to a happy peace and settlement, and thou wast within a step of it, then thou forsookest him, and so didst put a bar in thy own door." II. Their neighbours, that were their pretended friends, deceived them, distressed them, and helped them not, and this also was owing to their sin.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The way - Either, the journey through the wilderness, or the way of holiness.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֲלוֹא־ | halo'- | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| זֹ֖את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂה־ | taaseh- | have you done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָּ֑ךְ | lakh | to <the> yourself | ||
| עָזְבֵךְ֙ | ʾazevekh | by forsaking you | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ | ʾelohayikh | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּעֵ֖ת | beet | at [the] time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| מוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְ | molikhekh | [one who] led you | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ | badarekh | in the way | H1870 → | 707 times |
הֲלוֹא־¿ not
halo'-H3808 →5168 times
זֹ֖אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
תַּעֲשֶׂה־have you done
taaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לָּ֑ךְto <the> yourself
lakh
עָזְבֵךְ֙by forsaking you
ʾazevekhH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְGod your
ʾelohayikhH430 →2601 times
בְּעֵ֖תat [the] time of
beetH6256 →296 times
מוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְ[one who] led you
molikhekhH1980 →1546 times
בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃in the way
badarekhH1870 →707 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
it leads to
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
- Revelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Psalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- John 4:14
Through
Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Jeremiah 4:18
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- Isaiah 3:9
Through
Jeremiah 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
- Jeremiah 2:19
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.