Yēlìmǐshū 2:7

7 Wǒ lǐng nǐmen jìnrù féimĕi zhī dì , shǐ nǐmen dé chī qízhōng de guǒzi hé mĕi wù . dàn nǐmen jìnrù de shíhou jiù diànwū wǒde dì , shǐ wǒde chǎnyè chéngwéi kĕ zēng de .

Yēlìmǐshū 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7

And I brought you into a plentiful country
"Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is,

``into the land of Israel, which was planted as Carmel,''

as the Targum paraphrases it; with wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olives; a land flowing with milk and honey, ( Deuteronomy 8:8 ) , so Ben Melech: to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof;
of vineyards and oliveyards, which they had not planted, and for which they had never laboured, ( Joshua 24:13 ) : but when ye entered ye defiled my land;
which the Lord had chosen above all lands, where he would have a temple built for his worship, and where he would cause his Shechinah or glorious Majesty to dwell; but this they defiled by their sins and transgressions, and particularly by their idolatry, as follows: that made mine heritage an abomination;
by devoting it to the worship of idols, as the Targum paraphrases it.

Yēlìmǐshū 2:7 In-Context

5 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen de lièzǔ jiàn wǒ yǒu shénme bú yì , jìng yuǎn lí wǒ , suícóng xū wú de shén , zìjǐ chéngwéi xūwàng de ne .

6 Tāmen yĕ bú shuō , nà lǐng wǒmen cóng Āijí dì shang lái , yǐndǎo wǒmen jīngguò kuàngyĕ , shā mò yǒu shēn kēng zhī dì , hé gān hàn sǐ yīn , wú rén jīngguò , wú rén jūzhù zhī dì de Yēhéhuá zaì nǎli ne .

7 Wǒ lǐng nǐmen jìnrù féimĕi zhī dì , shǐ nǐmen dé chī qízhōng de guǒzi hé mĕi wù . dàn nǐmen jìnrù de shíhou jiù diànwū wǒde dì , shǐ wǒde chǎnyè chéngwéi kĕ zēng de .

8 Jìsī dōu bú shuō , Yēhéhuá zaì nǎli ne . chuán jiǎng lǜfǎ de dōu bú rènshi wǒ . guān zhǎng wéibeì wǒ . xiānzhī jiè bā lì shuō yùyán , suícóng wúyì de shén .

9 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ yīncǐ bì yǔ nǐmen zhēng biàn , yĕ bì yǔ nǐmen de zǐsūn zhēng biàn .