Jeremiah 2:31 - 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'?

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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”?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? Why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no more?

English Standard Version 2016

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’?

Jeremiah 2:31 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

1 Kings 11:22

And Pharaoh said to him, "But what is lacking to you with me, so that you would seek to go to your own land?" But he responded: "Nothing. Yet I beg you that you may release me."

2 Chronicles 31:10

Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him, saying: "Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains. For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance, which you see."

Job 21:14

Who has said to God, "Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.

Psalm 10:4

For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done?

Psalm 12:4

Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

Proverbs 30:9

lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: 'Who is the Lord?' Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, "Seek me in vain." I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.

Jeremiah 2:20

From ancient times, you have broken my yoke; you have torn apart my bonds, and you have said, 'I will not serve.' For on every high hill, and under every leafy tree, you have been debased, O harlot.

Jeremiah 2:25

You should keep your foot from being naked, and your throat from being thirsty. But you have said: 'I have lost hope. I will not do it. For certainly, I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.'

Jeremiah 5:5

Therefore, I will go to great men, and I will speak with them. For they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. And behold, these ones have broken the yoke all the more; they have torn apart the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:6

For this reason, a lion from the forest has struck them down, a wolf toward evening has laid waste to them, a leopard lies in wait over their cities. All who go out from there will be taken. For their transgressions have been multiplied; their rebellions have been strengthened.

Ezekiel 14:5

so that the house of Israel may be seized within their own heart, by which they have withdrawn from me to all their idols.

Hosea 13:6

According to their pastures, they have been filled up and have been satisfied. And they have lifted up their heart, and they have forgotten me.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord cries out to the city, "Listen, you tribes," and who will confirm it? And salvation will be for those who fear your name.

1 Corinthians 4:8

So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, might reign with you!

Deuteronomy 31:20

For I will lead them into the land, about which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and have been satiated and fattened, they will turn aside to foreign gods, and they will serve them. And they will disparage me, and they will nullify my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:15

The beloved grew fat, and he kicked. Having grown fat and thick and wide, he abandoned God, his Maker, and he withdrew from God, his Savior.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You have forsaken the God who conceived you, and you have forgotten the Lord who created you.