Jeremiah 2:9

9 “Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the LORD. “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.

Jeremiah 2:9 in Other Translations

9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

9 “Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord, and with your children’s children I will contend.

9 Therefore, I will bring my case against you,” says the LORD . “I will even bring charges against your children’s children in the years to come.

9 Because of all this, I'm bringing charges against you" - God's Decree - "charging you and your children and your grandchildren.

9 Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.

9 "That is why I am bringing charges against you," declares the LORD, "and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.

9 Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. I will bring a case against your children's children.

9 "So I am bringing charges against you again," announces the Lord. "And I will bring charges against your children's children.

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.

Jeremiah 2:9 In-Context

7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.

8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.

9 “Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the LORD. “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 25:31; Hosea 4:1; Ezekiel 20:35-36; Micah 6:2