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Jeremiah 2:9 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.Jeremiah 2:9 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:9 in context
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.
10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- children'sbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- pleadrîybproperly, to tossH7378 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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The prophet, having shown their base ingratitude in forsaking God, here shows their unparalleled fickleness and folly (Jer 2:9): I will yet plead with you. Note, Before God punishes sinners he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13