Jeremiah 2:17

Hath not this come upon thee, Because thou didst forsake Jehovah thy God, When he would have led thee in the way?

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In The King James Version

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

In Context

16Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have consumed the crown of thy head.

18And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile? Or what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

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Cross References

Job 4:8According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.

Psalms 77:20Thou didst lead thy people like a flock, By the hands 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 →

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