Jeremiah 2:7

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 the Lord's message to you: ‘I had done nothing wrong against your ancestors, but they turned away from me. Instead, they worshipped useless idols. So they themselves became useless. 6They did not think to themselves, “Where is the Lord? We should ask him to help us. He brought us safely out of Egypt. He led us through the wilderness. It was a place with dry sand and deep holes. There was no water there and it was dangerous. Nobody lives in that desert, and nobody even travels through it.” But I, the Lord, brought you to a good land. It was a place where fruit grew on trees. You could eat all those good things, as well as the crops that you grew there. You came into the land that I had promised to give to you. But you spoiled it with your sins. You made it a disgusting place. 8Your priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” The people who taught my laws did not know me. Your leaders turned against me. Your prophets spoke messages from Baal. They worshipped useless idols.’ 9So the Lord says this: ‘Because of your sins, I will speak against you in court. I will show that you are guilty, as well as your children and your grandchildren.

Jeremiah 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 said to Moses, ‘We went to look at the land where you sent us. It is certainly a land where there is plenty of food and drink, enough for everyone. This is some of its fruit.
• Numbers 14:7Joshua and Caleb said to all the Israelites, ‘The land that we travelled through to explore is a very good land.
• Deuteronomy 6:10The Lord your God will soon bring you into a land that has large, beautiful cities that you did not build. That is the land that he promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 8:7Remember that the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land. It is a land that has many streams, pools and springs of water. There is water that runs in the valleys and in the hills.
• Deuteronomy 11:11But now you are going across the Jordan River into a different kind of land. It has hills and valleys. Rain falls from the sky and makes the ground wet.
• Nehemiah 9:25They took their strong cities and their good land for themselves. The houses of those people were full of many good things. Your people could use the things that were already there. They had their wells, their vineyards, their olive trees and other fruit trees. They had as much food as they could eat, so they became fat. The many good things that you gave them made them very happy.
• Ezekiel 20:6On that day, I promised them that I would bring them out of Egypt. I promised to take them to a land that I had chosen for them. That land would give them plenty of good food and drink, enough for everyone. It was more beautiful than any other land.
• Jeremiah 3:1The Lord says this: ‘If a man sends his wife away, she may leave him and marry another man. Then her first husband may not take her as his wife again. That would be a sin against the land where you live. But you have left me to live with other gods. You have lived like a prostitute, but you still think that you can return to me.
• Jeremiah 16:18I will punish them for their sins. I will make them pay twice for the wrong things that they have done. That is because they have spoiled my land. They have made it unclean with their disgusting idols that have no life. They have filled my special land with the evil things that they have done.’
• Leviticus 18:24Do not do any of these things. They would make you unclean. The people who live in Canaan do these things. It made them unclean. God will send those people out of their country.
• Numbers 35:33Murder causes the land where you live to become unclean. You have to make it clean again. You must kill anyone who murders another person. That is the only way to make the land clean again.
• Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave it there during the night. Be careful to bury it on the same day that he died. If someone's body is hanging on a tree, it shows that God has cursed him. So do not leave it there. The Lord your God is giving the land to you so that it belongs to you. So do not let evil things spoil your land.
• Psalms 78:58The places where they worshipped their idols made God very angry.
• Psalms 106:38Their sons and their daughters did not deserve to die, but they killed them as sacrifices for the idols of Canaan. Those murders made the land unclean.
• Ezekiel 36:17‘Son of man, Israel's people made their own land unclean when they lived there. They lived in a bad way and they did bad things. It made them unclean, like a woman when she bleeds each month.
• Micah 2:10Get up and go away! You cannot remain in this place because you have made it bad. It is so bad that it will completely destroy you.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:7

• Canaan
• Church
• Ingratitude

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• Baal

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