The Consequence of Israel’s Sin
Jeremiah 2:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- KJV
- Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- WEB
- “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
- ASV
- Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- LSV
- Do you not do this to yourself? [By] your forsaking your God YHWH, || At the time He is leading you in 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?
- DBY
- 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?Elohim
- DRC
- Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?
- GNV
- Hast not thou procured this vnto thy selfe, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- JPS
- Is it not this that doth cause it unto thee, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when He led thee by the way?
- LXXE
- Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֲלוֹא־זֹ֖את תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עָזְבֵךְ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ בְּעֵ֖ת מוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἐποίησέ σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ; λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Deuteronomy 28:15–68If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and…
- Psalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Leviticus 26:15–46and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease,…
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Hosea 13:9You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
- Psalms 107:7He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
- Psalms 78:53–54He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19–20But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from…
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
- Psalms 136:16He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
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