Jeremiah 2:29 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 2:29

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

WEB

Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

YLT

Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

DBT

Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

About this book

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Cross-references

12 verses on the floor

Daniel 9:11
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Jeremiah 2:9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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