Jeremiah 2:29

29 “Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:29

Wherefore will ye plead with me?
&c.] Strive and contend, chide, murmur, and complain, when evil came upon them, as if the Lord dealt hardly with them, and as if they had never sinned against him; when their case would not bear to be brought into judgment and examined openly; what would they get by that but shame and disgrace? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord;
high and low, rich and poor, great and small; men of all ranks, degrees, and character; kings, priests and prophets; and therefore ought not to contend with God, and charge him with injustice or unkindness, but themselves with folly and wickedness.

Jeremiah 2:29 In-Context

27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father, ’and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth. ’For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us! ’

28 But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.

29 “Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.

30 In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to you’?