God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 2:7
7I brought them into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its produce. They came and made my land unclean. They made my property disgusting.
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 did your ancestors find wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. 6They didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord, who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.” I brought them into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its produce. They came and made my land unclean. They made my property disgusting. 8The priests didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord?” Those who deal with my teachings didn’t know me. The rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and followed statues that couldn’t help them. 9“That is why I am bringing charges against you,” declares the Lord, “and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.
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 13:27This is what they reported to Moses: “We went to the land where you sent us. It really is a land flowing with milk and honey. Here’s some of its fruit.
- Numbers 14:7They said to the whole community of Israel, “The land we explored is very good.
- Deuteronomy 6:10The Lord your God will bring you into the land and give it to you, as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This land will have large, prosperous cities that you didn’t build.
- Deuteronomy 8:7The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land. It is a land with rivers that don’t dry up. There are springs and underground streams flowing through the valleys and hills.
- Deuteronomy 11:11The land you’re about to enter is a land with hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.
- Nehemiah 9:25The Israelites captured fortified cities and a rich land. They took possession of houses filled with all sorts of good things, cisterns, vineyards, olive trees, and plenty of fruit trees. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat. They enjoyed the vast supply of good things you gave them.
- Ezekiel 20:6At that time I promised to bring them out of Egypt to a land that I had chosen for them. This land is the most beautiful land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Jeremiah 3:1A saying: If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again. The land would become thoroughly polluted. “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers. And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 16:18First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.”
- Leviticus 18:24“Do not become unclean in any of these ways. By these practices all the nations which I am forcing out of your way have become unclean.
- Numbers 35:33“You must not pollute the land where you live. Murder is what pollutes the land. The land where a murder was committed can never make peace with the Lord except through the death of the murderer.
- Deuteronomy 21:23never leave his dead body hung on a pole overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone whose body is hung on a pole is cursed by God. The land that the Lord your God is giving you must never become unclean.
- Psalms 78:58They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
- Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood.
- Ezekiel 36:17“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they dishonored it by the way they lived and by everything they did. Their ways were as unclean as a woman’s menstrual period.
- Micah 2:10Get up, and go away! This is not a place to rest! It will be destroyed, completely destroyed, because it offends me.
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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