Jeremiah 2:27

Overview - Jeremiah 2
God having shewed his former kindness, expostulates with the Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt.
14 They are the causes of their own calamities.
18 The sins and idolatries of Judah.
35 Her confidence is rejected.
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Jeremiah 2:27  (King James Version)
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
 


to a stock
10:8 Psalms 115:4-8 ; Isaiah 44:9-20 ; 46:6-8 Habakkuk 2:18 Habakkuk 2:19

brought me forth
or, begotten me. for they.
Ezekiel 8:16 ; 23:35

their back
Hebrew the hinder part of the neck. but in the
time.
24 ; 22:23 Judges 10:8-16 ; Psalms 78:34-37 ; Isaiah 26:16 ; Hosea 5:15 ; 7:14