Jeremiah 2:9

Jeremiah 2:9 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the Lord. “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord, and with your children's children I will contend.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord, “And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, I will bring my case against you,” says the Lord. “I will even bring charges against your children’s children in the years to come.

Context of Jeremiah 2:9

7And 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. 8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead. 10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Jeremiah 2:9 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן עֹ֛ד אָרִ֥יב אִתְּכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בְנֵיכֶ֖ם אָרִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• Wherefore I will yet pleadרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• with you, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and with your children’sבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:9

• Jeremiah 2:29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
• Isaiah 3:13The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
• Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
• Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
• Hosea 2:2Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
• Micah 6:2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
• Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
• Leviticus 20:5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will yet plead with you - אריב arib, I will maintain my process, vindicate my own conduct, and prove the wickedness of yours.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Plead - The word used by the plaintiff setting forth his accusation in a law-court (see Job 33:13 note). With you - The present generation, who by joining in Manasseh‘s apostasy have openly violated Yahweh‘s covenant. The fathers made the nation what it now is, the children will receive it such as the present generation are now making it to be, and God will judge it according as the collective working of the past, the present, and the future tends to good…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the portion of those who throw themselves out of God's grace and favour. Grace in Christ is compared to water from a fountain, it being cooling and refreshing, cleansing and making fruitful: to living water, because it quickens dead sinners, revives…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Therefore often means the Lord was about to make a decision (for example, Jeremiah 5:14; 6:21). The Hebrew word translated bring a case can mean "strive" or "contend." It might also suggest combat, like a fight, a verbal argument, or a legal case in court. Because the nation's leaders (Jeremiah 2:8) did not guide the people to him, the Lord planned to present his case against them. He was creating a court where he would be both the plaintiff and the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. yet plead--namely, by inflicting still further judgments on you. children's children--Three manuscripts and Jerome omit "children's"; they seem to have thought it unsuitable to read "children's children," when "children" had not preceded. But it is designedly so written, to intimate that the final judgment on the nation would be suspended for many generations [Horsley]. (Compare Eze 20:35, 36; Mi 6:2).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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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