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Jeremiah 2:20-28
20“ForH3588 long agoH5769 you brokeH7665 your yokeH5923 and tore offH5423 your chainsH4147, sayingH559, ‘I will notH3808 serveH5647!’ IndeedH3588, onH5921 everyH3605 highH1364 hillH1389 and underH8478 everyH3605 greenH7488 treeH6086 youH859 lay downH6808 as a prostituteH2181.21IH595 had planted youH5193 like a choiceH3605 vineH8321 from the very bestH571 seedH2233. HowH349 could you turn yourselfH2015 before Me into a rottenH5494, wildH5237 vineH1612?22AlthoughH3588H518 you washH3526 with lyeH5427 and use an abundanceH7235 of soapH1287, the stainH3799 of your guiltH5771 is still before MeH6440,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069.
23“HowH349 can you sayH559, ‘I am notH3808 defiledH2930;I have notH3808 runH1980 afterH310 the BaalsH1168’?LookH7200 at your behaviorH1870 in the valleyH1516;acknowledgeH3045 whatH4100 you have doneH6213.You are a swiftH7031 young she-camelH1072galloping here and thereH8308H1870,24a wild donkeyH6501 at home inH3928 the wildernessH4057,sniffingH7602 the windH7307 in the heatH8385 of herH5315 desireH185.WhoH4310 can restrain her passionH7725?AllH3605 who seek herH1245 need notH3808 weary themselvesH3286;in mating seasonH2320 they will find herH4672.25You should have keptH4513 your feetH7272 from going bareH3182and your throatH1637 from being thirstyH6773.But you saidH559, ‘It is hopelessH2976H3808!ForH3588 I loveH157 foreignH2114 gods,and I must go afterH310 themH1980.’
26As the thiefH1590 is ashamedH1322 whenH3588 he is caughtH4672,soH3651 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 is disgracedH954.TheyH1992, their kingsH4428, their officialsH8269,their priestsH3548, and their prophetsH503027sayH559 to a treeH6086, ‘YouH859 are my fatherH1,’and to a stoneH68, ‘YouH859 gave me birthH3205.’They have turnedH6437 their backsH6203 to MeH413and notH3808 their facesH6440.Yet in the timeH6256 of troubleH7451, they sayH559,‘Rise upH6965 and save usH3467!’28But whereH346 are the godsH430 you madeH6213 for yourselves?Let them rise upH6965 in your timeH6256 of troubleH7451and save youH3467 if they canH518;forH3588 your godsH430 areH1961 as numerousH4557as your citiesH5892, O JudahH3063.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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