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Jeremiah 2:29

in Jeremiah 2

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

KJV

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

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This verse in Jeremiah 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 29) What do you want to contend with me in judgment? You all have forsaken me, says the Lord. Human perversity is inclined to make excuses for itself, so that whatever it rightfully endures, it may seem to endure unjustly; and it may attribute its own fault to the judgment of God. Therefore, in vain, you present complaints, and an unjust cause to the judge, when it is because of your impiety that you suffer. And what follows: And you have all acted unjustly against me, is added by the Septuagint.

This site's exposition

Why do you bring a case against Me

on Jeremiah 2:29-32

The LORD turns the plea back, “You have all rebelled against Me”, and says correction has failed, since their sons “accepted no discipline”. A maiden does not forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash, yet “My people have forgotten Me for days without number”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Wherefore will ye plead with me?....

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • לָ֥מָּה<to> why?

    lamahH4100 →752 times

  • תָרִ֖יבוּdo you contend

    tarivuH7378 →67 times

  • אֵלָ֑יagainst me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • כֻּלְּכֶ֛םall of you

    kulekhemH3605 →5413 times

  • פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םyou have rebelled

    pesha'temH6586 →41 times

  • בִּ֖יagainst <the> me

    bi

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Daniel 9:11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.4 worksJeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.4 worksJeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.4 worksJeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.3 worksJeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.2 worksJeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.2 worksJeremiah 9:2–6If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.2 worksJeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,2 worksEphesians 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 5:1

    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 18:23–32

      Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

    • 2 Chronicles 16:9

      For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…

    • Ezekiel 22:30

      I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 6:13

    “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 23:11

      “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

    • Jeremiah 8:10

      Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all…

    • Micah 3:11

      Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…

  • Through

    Daniel 9:11

    All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 8:5–10

      Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

    • Isaiah 1:4–6

      Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 2 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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