Jeremiah 2:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 2:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 2

⁷ I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

⁸ The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

⁹ Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

¹⁰ Cross 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:

¹¹ Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

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