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 King James Version (NKJV)For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.

Context of Jeremiah 2:10

8The kohanim did not ask, ‘Where is Adonai?’ The Torah experts did not know Me. The shepherds rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and went after unprofitable things. 9Therefore I will plead with you again!” It is a declaration of Adonai. “I will contend with your children’s children. Cross to the coasts of Kittim and see! Send to Kedar, and observe carefully. See if there has been anything like this. 11Has a nation changed its gods— even though they are not gods? Yet My people have exchanged their glory for worthless things. 12Be appalled at this, O heavens! Be utterly horrified and dumbfounded.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

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 10:4Javan’s sons were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittites and Dodanites.
• Numbers 24:24Ships will come from Kittim’s shore. They will afflict Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to destruction.”
• 1 Chronicles 1:7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
• 1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
• Psalms 120:5Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech, for I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
• Ezekiel 27:6They made your oars from Bashan’s oaks. Of boxwood from the islands of Kittim they made your decks, inlaid with ivory.
• Daniel 11:30The ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his rage against the holy covenant. When he returns, he will favor those who forsake the holy covenant.
• Genesis 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their descendants: Ishmael’s firstborn, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
• Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus says Adonai: “Ask now among the nations, whoever has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a most terrible thing.
• Judges 19:30So it was, that everyone who saw it said, ‘“Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen, since the day that Bnei-Yisrael came up from the land of Egypt to this day! Think it over, take counsel and speak up!”
• 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that among you there is sexual immorality, and such immorality as is not even among the pagans—that someone 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