Jeremiah 2:17 - Tree of Life Version Have you not brought this on yourself, when He led you in the way? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God when He led you in the way? American Standard Version (1901) Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way? Common English Bible Haven’t you brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God, who has directed your paths? Catholic Public Domain Version Has this not been done to you because you abandoned the Lord your God, in that time when he was leading you by the way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, at that time when he led thee by the way? |
“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Listen to me Asa, all Judah and Benjamin. Adonai is with you as long as you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will spurn you.
because they turned from following Him, and have not understood any of His ways.
Then He led them by a straight way to go to a city where they could live.
who led His people through the desert, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
Your way was in the sea, and Your path in the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not seen.
Stern correction awaits one who forsakes the way. One who hates reproof will die.
Oy , a sinful nation, a people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons dealing corruptly! They have abandoned Adonai. They have despised Israel’s Holy One. They have turned backwards.
transgressing and denying Adonai, turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
Suppose you say in your heart, “Why did these things happen to me?” Because of your great iniquity, your skirts are uncovered and your heels suffer violence.
For they have forsaken Me and have alienated this place, by burning sacrifices in it to other gods, which neither they nor their forefathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocents.
“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me —the spring of living water— and they dug their own cisterns— cracked cisterns that hold no water.
Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Your conduct and your deeds have brought these things on you. This is your calamity! How bitter it is! How it smites your heart!
because of their wickedness which they committed to provoke Me, by continuing to burn sacrifices for and serve other gods, whom they had not known—not they, nor you, nor your fathers.
Your iniquities have turned these away, your sins have deprived you of bounty.
I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions. I hid My face from them.”
It has corrupted you, O Israel, for you are against Me— against your Helper!
All this is because of Jacob’s transgression and the sins of the house of Israel. Who is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? Who are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
“But if you don’t do this, behold, you sin against Adonai! Be assured! Your sin will find you out!
He found him in the wilderness land, in the void of a howling waste. He surrounded him, cared for him, guarded him as the pupil of His eye.
“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation.