Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 2:7
7I brought you to a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled my land; you made my inheritance detestable.
Jeremiah 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
- New International Version (NIV)I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.
Context of Jeremiah 2:7
5This is what the Lord says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves? 6They stopped asking, “Where is the Lord who brought us from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, through a land of drought and darkness, a land no one traveled through and where no one lived?” I brought you to a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled my land; you made my inheritance detestable. 8The priests quit asking, “Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols. 9Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will bring a case against your children’s children.
Read all of Jeremiah 2Jeremiah 2:7 word by word
וָאָבִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל לֶאֱכֹ֥ל פִּרְיָ֖הּ וְטוּבָ֑הּ וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ אֶת־אַרְצִ֔י וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- you into a plentifulכַּרְמֶלkarmel · plantationH3759
- countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
- thereof and the goodnessטוּבţûb · goodnessH2898
- thereof; but when ye enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- ye defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- and madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- mine heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- an abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:7
- Numbers 13:27They reported to Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit.
- Numbers 14:7and said to the entire Israelite community, “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.
- Deuteronomy 6:10“When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you — a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 11:11But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.
- Nehemiah 9:25They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took possession of well-supplied houses, cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate, were filled, became prosperous, and delighted in your great goodness.
- Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
- Jeremiah 3:1If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners — can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Jeremiah 16:18I will first repay them double for their iniquity and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.”
- Leviticus 18:24“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
- Numbers 35:33“Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
- Deuteronomy 21:23you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Psalms 78:58They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.
- Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood — the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood.
- Ezekiel 36:17“Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before me was like menstrual impurity.
- Micah 2:10Get up and leave, for this is not your place of rest because defilement brings destruction — a grievous destruction!
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And I brought you into a plentiful country - The land of Canaan. My land - The particular property of God, which he gave to them as an inheritance, they being his peculiar people.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7A plentiful country - literally, “a land of the Carmel,” a Carmel land (see 1 Kings 18:19, note; Isaiah 29:17, note).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7defiled...detestable: See Deuteronomy 4:25–28.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. plentiful--literally, "a land of Carmel," or "well-cultivated land": a garden land, in contrast to the "land of deserts" (Jr 2:6). defiled--by idolatries (Jud 2:10-17; Psa 78:58, 59; 106:38). you ... ye--change to the second person from the third, "they" (Jr 2:6), in order to bring home the guilt to the living generation.Read the comment
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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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