Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend.
Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.
Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile