Jeremiah 2:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ “O generation, see the word of יהוה! Have I been a wilderness to Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ O generation [that you are]! Behold, consider, and regard the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food]? A land of deep darkness [like a way without light]? Why do My people say, We have broken loose [we are free and will roam at large]; we will come no more to You?

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

Common English Bible

³¹ People of this generation, listen closely to the LORD’s word: Have I been a wasteland to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why then do my people say, “We have wandered far away; we’ll come to you no longer”?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Consider the word of the Lord. Have I become like a wilderness to Israel, or like a land late to bear fruit? Then why have my people said, 'We are withdrawing; we will no longer approach you'?

Jeremiah 2:31 Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

And Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that you are now seeking to go to your own land?” And he answered, “No, but please let me go.”

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azaryahu the chief priest, from the house of Tsaḏ

Job 21:14

And they say to Ě

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his face The wrongdoer does not seek Him, In all his thoughts there is no Elohim!

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, “With our tongue we do mightily; Our lips are our own; Who is master over us?”

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I become satisfied and deny You, And say, “Who is יהוה ?” And lest I be poor, and steal, And seize the Name of my Elohim.

Isaiah 45:19

“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Yaʽ

Jeremiah 2:20

“For of old you have broken your yoke and tore of your bonds. And you said, ‘I am not serving You,’ when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down, a whore.

Jeremiah 2:25

“Keep your foot from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is useless, because I love strangers, and after them I go.’

Jeremiah 5:5

“Let me go to the great men and speak to them, for they have known the way of יהוה, the right-ruling of their Elohim.” But these have altogether broken the yoke and torn off the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall smite them, a wolf of the deserts ravage them. A leopard is watching over their cities, whoever comes out of them is torn in pieces. For their transgressions have been many, their backslidings have been numerous.

Ezekiel 14:5

in order to lay hold of the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 13:6

“When they were fed they were satisfied. They were satisfied and their heart was exalted, therefore they forgot Me.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Teqowa, which he saw concerning Yisra’ĕ

Micah 6:9

The voice of יהוה  cries to the city – and let sound wisdom see Your Name! “Hear the Rod and Him who appointed it!

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already satisfied! You are already enriched! You have reigned as sovereigns, apart from us! And I wish, indeed, you did reign, that we also might reign with you!

Deuteronomy 31:20

“And I shall bring them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they shall eat and be satisfied and be fat, then they shall turn to other mighty ones, and they shall serve them, and scorn Me and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat; So he forsook Eloah who made him, And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.

Deuteronomy 32:18

“You neglected the Rock who brought you forth, And forgot the Ě