Jeremiah 2:6

They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt? 1 Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits, 1 in a land of drought and deep darkness, 1 a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?' 1

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Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

In Context

5Yahweh says this, “What did your fathers find wrong with me, that they went far from following me? 1 That they went after useless idols and became useless themselves? 1

7But I brought you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and other good things! 1 Yet when you came, you defiled my land, you made my inheritance an abomination! 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:1Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, 1 and in the barren and howling wilderness; 1 he shielded him and cared for him, 1 he guarded him as the apple of his eye. 1

2 Kings 2:14He struck the water with Elijah's cloak that had fallen and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he had struck the waters, they divided on both sides and Elisha crossed over.

Job 10:21before I go from where I will not return, 1 to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death, 1

Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through a valley of darkest shadow, 1 I will not fear harm since you are with me; 1 your rod and your staff comfort me. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:2-9

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord , and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord . 4 Hear ye the word of the… Read the whole commentary →

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