Jeremiah 2:10

Jeremiah 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
• New International Version (NIV)Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:
• English Standard Version (ESV)For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this?

Context of Jeremiah 2:10

8The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit. 9“Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord, “And against your children’s children I will bring charges. For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing. 11Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit. 12Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:10 word by word

כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• of Chittimכִּתִּיkittîy kittîyîy · CyprusH3794
• and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• unto Kedarקֵדָרqêdâr · KedarH6938
• and considerבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• diligentlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:10

• Genesis 10:4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• Numbers 24:24But ships shall come from the coasts of Cyprus, And they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Eber, And so shall Amalek, until he perishes.”
• 1 Chronicles 1:7The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.
• 1 Chronicles 23:1So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
• Psalms 120:5Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
• Ezekiel 27:6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus.
• Daniel 11:30For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. “So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
• Genesis 25:13And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
• Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus says the Lord: “Ask now among the Gentiles, Who has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
• Judges 19:30And so it was that all who saw it said, “No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!”
• 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The isles of Chittim - This is the island of Cyprus, according to Josephus. In 1 Maccabees 8:5, it is taken for Macedonia. Besides this, how they (the Romans) had discomfited in battle Philip and Perseus, king of the Chittims. Chittim was the grandson of Japhet; and Bochart has made it appear that the countries inhabited by the Chittim were Italy and the adjacent provinces of Europe, lying along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; and probably this is the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Kedar signifies the whole East, and the isles of Chittim (Isaiah 23:12 note) the West. If then you traverse all lands from west to east, it will be impossible to find any nation guilty of such apostasy as that committed by Israel.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. 10Kedar, an Arabic tribe that came from Ishmael, lived in the desert east of the Jordan River Valley (see Jeremiah 49:28–33; Isaiah 21:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. pass over the isles--rather, "cross over to the isles." Chittim ... Kedar--that is, the heathen nations, west and east. Go where you will, you cannot find an instance of any heathen nation forsaking their own for other gods. Israel alone does this. Yet the heathen gods are false gods; whereas Israel, in forsaking Me for other gods, forsake their "glory" for unprofitable idols. Chittim--Cyprus, colonized by Phoenicians, who built in it the city of…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