Jeremiah 2 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 2:10

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Jeremiah 2:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 2:10 in other translations

BSBCross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
WEBFor pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
ASVFor pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
YLTFor, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:
DARBYFor pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.
BBEFor go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.
WebsterFor pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.

What does Jeremiah 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. pass over the isles--rather, "cross over to the isles." Chittim ... Kedar--that is, the heathen nations, west and east. Go where you will, you cannot find an instance of any heathen nation forsaking their own for other gods. Israel alone does this. Yet the heathen gods are false gods; whereas Israel, in forsaking Me for other gods, forsake their "glory" for unprofitable idols. Chittim--Cyprus, colonized by Phoenicians, who built in it the city of Citium, the modern Chitti. Then the term came to be applied to all maritime coasts of the Mediterranean, especially Greece (Nu 24:24; Is 23:1; Da 11:30). Kedar--descended from Ishmael; the Bedouins and Arabs, east of Palestine.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The isles of Chittim - This is the island of Cyprus, according to Josephus. In 1 Maccabees 8:5, it is taken for Macedonia. Besides this, how they (the Romans) had discomfited in battle Philip and Perseus, king of the Chittims. Chittim was the grandson of Japhet; and Bochart has made it appear that the countries inhabited by the Chittim were Italy and the adjacent provinces of Europe, lying along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; and probably this is the prophet's meaning. Send unto Kedar - The name of an Arabian tribe. See if nations either near or remote, cultivated or stupid, have acted with such fickleness and ingratitude as you have done! They have retained their gods to whom they had no obligation; ye have abandoned your God, to whom ye owe your life, breath, and all things!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 2:9-13

Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the portion of those who throw themselves out of God's grace and favour. Grace in Christ is compared to water from a fountain, it being cooling and refreshing, cleansing and making fruitful: to living water, because it quickens…

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Jeremiah 2:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
עִבְר֞וּ'iv.Rupass overH5674
אִיֵּ֤י'i.Yei[the] coasts ofH339
כִתִּיִּים֙khi.ti.YimCyprusH3794
וּרְא֔וּu.re.'Uand seeH7200
וְקֵדָ֛רve.ke.Darand KedarH6938
שִׁלְח֥וּshil.ChusendH7971
וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּve.hit.bo.Nuand consider carefullyH995
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
וּרְא֕וּu.re.'Uand seeH7200
הֵ֥ןhenthere!H2005
הָיְתָ֖הha.ye.Tahit has happenedH1961
כָּזֹֽאת\׃ka.Zotlike thisH2063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 2:10

  • Psalms 120:5

    Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

  • Numbers 24:24

    And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

  • Genesis 10:4-5

    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:1

    It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:1

    So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:12

    The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:7

    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

  • Judges 19:30

    And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

  • Daniel 11:30

    For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

  • Ezekiel 27:6

    Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

  • Jeremiah 18:13-14

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

  • Isaiah 21:16

    For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
over. or, over to. the isles.
Ge 10:4,5; Nu 24:24; 1Ch 1:7; 23:1,12; Ps 120:5; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30
Kedar.
Ge 25:13
and see.
18:13,14; Jud 19:30; 1Co 5:1

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Context

  • Jeremiah 2:9

    Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

  • Jeremiah 2:10

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

  • Jeremiah 2:11

    Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

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Jeremiah 2:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque pasad á las islas de Chîttim y mirad; y enviad á Cedar, y considerad cuidadosamente, y ved si se ha hecho cosa semejante á ésta:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car passez par les îles de Kittim, et voyez; et envoyez en Kédar, et considérez bien, et voyez s’il y a eu rien de tel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn gehet hinüber zu den Inseln der Kittäer und sehet, und sendet nach Kedar und merket wohl auf; und sehet, ob dergleichen geschehen ist!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Transite ad insulas Cethim, et videte: et in Cedar mittite, et considerate vehementer: et videte si factum est hujuscemodi: