Jeremiah 2:31
Hear ye the word of the Lord: thus saith the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? wherefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to thee anymore?
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Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;
Deuteronomy 32:15So Jacob ate and was filled, 1 And the beloved one kicked; 1 He grew fat, he became thick and broad: 1 Then he forsook the God that made him, 1 And departed from God his Savior. 1
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Chronicles 31:10And Azariah the priest, the chief over the house of Zadok, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the firstfruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.
Job 21:14Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; 1 I desire not to know thy ways. 1
Psalms 12:4Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: 1 My persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:30-37
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord . 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord . Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people… Read the whole commentary →