Jeremiah 2:29

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 2:29

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 2

²⁷ say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

²⁸ But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

²⁹ Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

³⁰ “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

³¹ You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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