Jeremiah 2:29

Jeremiah 2:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 2:29

27saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! 28Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah. Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. 30In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?

Jeremiah 2:29 word by word

לָ֥מָּה תָרִ֖יבוּ אֵלָ֑י כֻּלְּכֶ֛ם פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם בִּ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• contendרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• transgressedפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:29

• Jeremiah 2:23How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done — a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
• Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.
• Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.
• Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
• Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
• Daniel 9:11And all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside so as not to listen unto thy voice. And the curse hath been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God: for we have sinned against him.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:29

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-37Verses 29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God, but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of darkness; but those who dwell in God, have the lines fallen to them in pleasant places. Here is the language of presumptuous sinners. The Jews had long thrown off serious thoughts of God. How many days of our lives pass without suitable remembrance of him!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-37Israel did not act like a loyal wife. Instead, she acted like: A wild animal in heat (Jeremiah 2:23–25) A thief (Jeremiah 2:26–30) A prostitute (Jeremiah 2:31–3:5)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. plead with me--that is, contend with Me for afflicting you (Jr 2:23, 35).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:29

• Church
• Depravity of Man

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Bitter
• Cry
• Degenerate
• Handle
• Hold
• Holiness
• Noble
• vain, vanity

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