New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 2:7
7I brought you into the 1fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and 2defiled My land, And you made My inheritance an abomination.
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 injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty? 6They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no person lived?’ I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And you made My inheritance an abomination. 8The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the Law did not know Me; The rulers also revolted against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that were of no benefit. 9“Therefore I will still contend with you,” declares the Lord, “And I will contend with your sons’ sons.
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
- I broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- fruitfulכַּרְמֶלkarmel · plantationH3759
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- To eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- its fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
- and its goodטוּבţûb · goodnessH2898
- But you cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- And you madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- My inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- an abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:7
- Numbers 13:27So they reported to him and said, “We came into the land where you sent us, and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
- Numbers 14:7and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
- Deuteronomy 6:10“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of streams of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 11:11But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
- Nehemiah 9:25They captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Carved out cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and put on fat, And lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.
- Ezekiel 20:6on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands.
- Jeremiah 3:1God says, “If a husband divorces his wife And she leaves him And becomes another man’s wife, Will he return to her again? Would that land not be completely defiled? But you are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 16:18I will first repay them double for their wrongdoing and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and their abominations.”
- Leviticus 18:24‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.
- Numbers 35:33So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- Deuteronomy 21:23his body is not to be left overnight on the tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Psalms 78:58For they provoked Him with their high places And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
- Psalms 106:38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with the blood.
- Ezekiel 36:17“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
- Micah 2:10Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful 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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