Jeremiah 2:17
Didn't you bring this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God when he was leading you in the right way?
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16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved your heads.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:15if you reject my laws, hate my regulations, and refuse to follow my commandments, and consequently break my agreement,
Deuteronomy 28:15But if you don't obey the Lord your God by following carefully all his commandments and regulations I'm giving you today, then you will experience all the following curses and more:
Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord rejected them when he saw this; his sons and daughters made him angry.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and ignore the laws and the commandments I have given you, and if you go and serve and worship other gods,
Job 4:8From what I've seen it's those who plant evil and sow trouble who reap the same!
Psalms 77:20You led your people like a flock, shepherded by 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 →