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Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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ASV

O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

KJV

O 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?

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַדּ֗וֹרha.DorO generationH1755 →
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859 →
רְא֣וּre.'UconsiderH7200 →
דְבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.Bar¿ a wildernessH4057 →
הָיִ֙יתִי֙ha.Yi.tihave I beenH1961 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'Elto IsraelH3478 →
אִ֛ם'imor?H518 →
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retza land ofH776 →
מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑הma'.Pe.le.YahdarknessH3991 →
מַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
אָמְר֤וּ'a.me.Ruhave they saidH559 →
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
רַ֔דְנוּRad.nuwe have roamedH7300 →
לֽוֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
נָב֥וֹאna.Vo'we will comeH935 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃'e.Lei.khato youH413 →

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Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!2 Samuel 12:7–9Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.Matthew 25:24Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?Revelation 3:15–17I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.2 Chronicles 31:10and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.Malachi 3:9–11You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.Amos 1:1These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.Hosea 2:7–8She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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