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Jeremiah 2:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.Jeremiah 2:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:7 in context
5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6Neither 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?
7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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Key words (Strong's)
- plentifulkarmela planted fieldH3759 →
- goodnessṭûwbgood , in the widest sense, especially goodness , beauty, gladness, welfareH2898 →
- heritagenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- countryʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- defiledṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
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Here is, I. A command given to Jeremiah to go and carry a message from God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He was charged in general (Jer 1:17) to go and speak to them; here he is particularly charged to go and speak this to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8