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Jeremiah 2:27 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 27
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.Jeremiah 2:27 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:27 in context
25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- troubleraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- Sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- turnedpânâhto turnH6437 →
- stockʻêtsa treeH6086 →
- stoneʼebena stoneH68 →
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In these verses the prophet goes on with his charge against this backsliding people. Observe here, I. The sin itself that he charges them with - idolatry, that great provocation which they were so notoriously guilty of. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-28