Jeremiah 2:17
Is it not this that doth cause it unto thee, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when He led thee by the way?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
16The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed upon the crown of thy head.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:15and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant;
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the 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 the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking 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, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
Psalms 77:20(77-21) Thou didst lead 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 →