Jeremiah 2:17
Have thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou have forsaken LORD thy God when he led thee by the way?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16The sons also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:15and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou will not hearken to the voice of LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 32:19And LORD saw, and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them,
Job 4:8According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Psalms 77:20Thou led thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:15-20
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled? 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what… Read the whole commentary →