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Jeremiah 2:17

Is not this what thou wast certain to do for thyself,—in that thou didst forsake Yahweh thy God, when he was leading thee by the way?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 been crushing the crown of the head.

18Now, therefore what hast thou to do with the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? Or what hast thou to do with the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River [="Euphrates"]?

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:15And if, my statutes, ye refuse, And, my regulations, your souls shall abhor,—So that ye will not do all my commandments, But shall break my covenant

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, then shall come in upon thee all these curses and shall reach thee:—

Deuteronomy 32:19When Yahweh saw, he derided,—Because his sons and his daughters gave provocation.

2 Chronicles 7:19But, if, ye yourselves, shall turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you,—and shall go and serve other gods, and bow down to them,

Job 4:8So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:

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

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