Jeremiah 2:9

9 "Therefore I will yet ¹contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.

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Jeremiah 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:9

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord
Either verbally, by reasoning with them, and reproving them for their ignorance, stupidity, and idolatry; or by deeds, inflicting punishment upon them; so the Targum,

``therefore I will take vengeance on you, or punish you, saith the Lord:''

and with your children's children will I plead;
who imitate their parents, and do the same evil things as they, which the Lord knew they would; and was particularly true of the Jews in the times of Christ, for which reason wrath came upon them to the uttermost.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:9 In-Context

7 "I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.

8 "The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD ?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit.

9 "Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD , "And with your sons' sons I will contend.

10 "For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!

11 "Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.

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1. Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 20:35, 36

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Jeremiah 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

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