Verse 6
Jeremiah 2:6
World English Bible, British Edition
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They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the
land of Egypt,
who 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 one passed through,
and where no man lived?’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹ֣א אָמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הַ/מַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖/נוּ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַ/מּוֹלִ֨יךְ אֹתָ֜/נוּ בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֗ר בְּ/אֶ֨רֶץ עֲרָבָ֤ה וְ/שׁוּחָה֙ בְּ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ צִיָּ֣ה וְ/צַלְמָ֔וֶת בְּ/אֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא עָ֤בַר בָּ/הּ֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְ/לֹֽא יָשַׁ֥ב אָדָ֖ם שָֽׁם
English Translation
And they did not say, "Where is Yahweh who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land where no man passed through and where no human dwelt?"
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Chapter 2 Context
1
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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2
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says,
“I remember for you the kindness...
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3
Israel was holiness to the LORD,
the first fruits of his increase.
All who devour him will be held g...
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4
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of
the house of Israel!
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5
The LORD says,
“What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me,
that they have gone far from me,...
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6
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the
land of Egypt,
who led us through t...
7
I brought you into a plentiful land
to eat its fruit and its goodness;
but when you entered, you def...
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8
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
and those who handle the law didn’t know me.
The rulers...
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9
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD,
“and I will contend with your children’s chi...
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10
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see.
Send to Kedar, and consider diligently,
and see if...
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11
Has a nation changed its gods,
which really are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory for...
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12
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this
and be horribly afraid.
Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
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13
“For my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
and cut...
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14
Is Israel a slave?
Is he born into slavery?
Why has he become a captive?
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15
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices.
They have made his land waste.
His citie...
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16
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken
the crown of your head.
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17
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself,
in that you have forsaken the LORD your God (Elohim), when he...
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18
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of
the Shihor?
Or why do you to go on th...
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19
“Your own wickedness will correct you,
and your backsliding will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see...
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20
“For long ago I broke off your yoke,
and burst your bonds.
You said, ‘I will not serve;’
for on ever...
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21
Yet I had planted you a noble vine,
a pure and faithful seed.
How then have you turned into the dege...
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22
For though you wash yourself with lye,
and use much soap,
yet your iniquity is marked before me,” sa...
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23
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled.
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley.
K...
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24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving.
When she is in heat, who...
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25
“Keep your feet from being bare,
and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is in vain.
No, for...
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26
As the thief is ashamed when he is found,
so the house of Israel is ashamed—
they, their kings, thei...
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27
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’
and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’
for they have turned...
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28
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise, if they can save you in...
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29
“Why will you contend with me?
You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
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30
“I have struck your children in vain.
They received no correction.
Your own sword has devoured your...
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31
Generation, consider the LORD’s word.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
Or a land of thick darknes...
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32
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me for days...
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33
How well you prepare your way to seek love!
Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your way...
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34
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in
your skirts.
You didn’t find them break...
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35
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent.
Surely his anger has turned away from me.’
“Behold, I will judge you,...
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36
Why do you go about so much to change your ways?
You will be ashamed of Egypt also,
as you were asha...
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37
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head;
for the LORD has rejected those in whom...
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