Jeremiah 2:29

Wherefore do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

In Context

28And where are thy gods, which thou madest for thyself? will they arise and save in the time of thine affliction? for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.

30In vain have I smitten your children; ye have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet ye feared not.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, whereas thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Jeremiah 5:1Run ye about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find one, if there is anyone that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:2And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:21-29

Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God . 23 How canst thou… Read the whole commentary →

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