Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Jeremiah 2:17 in other translations
| BSB | Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? |
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| WEB | “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? |
| ASV | Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way? |
| YLT | Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way? |
| DARBY | Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way? |
| BBE | Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way? |
| Webster | Hast thou not procured this to thyself in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? |
What does Jeremiah 2:17 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14-19
Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application…
Jeremiah 2:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 2:17
- Jeremiah 4:18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Deuteronomy 28:15-68
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. …
- Leviticus 26:15-46
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. …
- Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
- Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
- Psalms 77:20
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 107:7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
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Context
- Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
- Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah 2:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No te acarreó esto tu dejar á Jehová tu Dios, cuando te hacía andar por camino? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | N’est-ce pas toi qui t’es fait cela, en ce que tu as abandonné l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, dans le temps où il te faisait marcher dans le chemin? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ist es nicht dein Verlassen Jehovas, deines Gottes, zur Zeit, da er dich auf dem Wege führte, welches dir dieses bewirkt? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid non istud factum est tibi, quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum eo tempore quo ducebat te per viam? |