Yēlìmǐshū 2:28

28 Nǐ wèi zìjǐ zuò de shén zaì nǎli ne . nǐ zāoyù huànnàn de shíhou , jiào tāmen qǐlai zhĕngjiù nǐ ba . Yóudà a , nǐ shén de shùmù yǔ nǐ chéng de shùmù xiāng dĕng .

Yēlìmǐshū 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:28

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?
&c.] This is, or would be, the Lord's answer to them, what is become of your gods? why do not you apply to them for help in time of trouble? the gods that you have chosen for yourselves and worshipped; the gods, not that made you, but whom you yourselves have made: let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble;
call upon them to arise, those statues of wood and stone, those lifeless and senseless images; let them rise off their seats, and move out of their places, if they can, and see whether they can save in a time of trouble and distress; for there is enough of them, if numbers will do: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah;
in imitation of the Heathens, who had not only in every country, but in every city and town, a different god, the patron and tutelar deity of the place; see ( 2 Kings 17:29-31 ) . The Septuagint and Arabic versions "add, according to the number of the ways, or streets, of Jerusalem", they sacrificed to Baal; see ( Jeremiah 11:13 ) .

Yēlìmǐshū 2:28 In-Context

26 Zéi beì zhuōná , zĕnyàng xiūkuì , Yǐsèliè jiā hé tāmende jūnwáng , shǒulǐng , jìsī , xiānzhī yĕ dōu zhàoyàng xiūkuì .

27 Tāmen xiàng mùtou shuō , nǐ shì wǒde fù . xiàng shítou shuō , nǐ shì shēng wǒde . tāmen yǐ bēi xiàng wǒ , bú yǐ miàn xiàng wǒ . jízhì zāoyù huànnàn de shíhou què shuō , qǐlai zhĕngjiù wǒmen .

28 Nǐ wèi zìjǐ zuò de shén zaì nǎli ne . nǐ zāoyù huànnàn de shíhou , jiào tāmen qǐlai zhĕngjiù nǐ ba . Yóudà a , nǐ shén de shùmù yǔ nǐ chéng de shùmù xiāng dĕng .

29 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen wèihé yǔ wǒ zhēng biàn ne . nǐmen dōu wéibeì le wǒ .

30 Wǒ zé dá nǐmen de érnǚ shì túrán de , tāmen bú shòu chéng zhì . nǐmen zìjǐ de dāo tūn miè nǐmen de xiānzhī , hǎoxiàng cánhaì de shīzi .