Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way? New Living Translation And you have brought this upon yourselves by rebelling against the LORD your God, even though he was leading you on the way! English Standard Version Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God, when he led you in the way? Berean Standard Bible Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? King James Bible Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? New King James Version Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the LORD your God When He led you in the way? New American Standard Bible “Have you not done this to yourself By your abandoning the LORD your God When He led you in the way? NASB 1995 “Have you not done this to yourself By your forsaking the LORD your God When He led you in the way? NASB 1977 “Have you not done this to yourself, By your forsaking the LORD your God, When He led you in the way? Legacy Standard Bible Have you not done this to yourself By your forsaking Yahweh your God When He led you in the way? Amplified Bible “Have you not brought this on yourself By abandoning (rejecting) the LORD your God When He led you in the way? Christian Standard Bible Have you not brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God while he was leading you along the way? Holman Christian Standard Bible Have you not brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God while He was leading you along the way? American Standard Version Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, in this way it shall be done for you, because you have forsaken LORD JEHOVAH your God in the time that he was leading you in the way Brenton Septuagint Translation Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God. Contemporary English Version It's all your own fault! You stopped following me, the LORD your God, Douay-Rheims Bible 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? English Revised Version Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? GOD'S WORD® Translation You have brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God when he led you on his way. Good News Translation Israel, you brought this on yourself! You deserted me, the LORD your God, while I was leading you along the way. International Standard Version You have done this to yourselves, have you not, by forsaking the LORD your God, when he is the one who led you on the way? JPS Tanakh 1917 Is it not this that doth cause it unto thee, That thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, When He led thee by the way? Literal Standard Version Do you not do this to yourself? [By] your forsaking your God YHWH, | At the time He is leading you in the way? Majority Standard Bible Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? New American Bible Has not forsaking the LORD, your God, done this to you? NET Bible You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the LORD your God when he was leading you along the right path. New Revised Standard Version Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God, while he led you in the way? New Heart English Bible "Haven't you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? Webster's Bible Translation Hast thou not procured this to thyself in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? World English Bible “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way? Young's Literal Translation Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Consequences of Israel's Sin…16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head. 17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? 18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. Jeremiah 4:18 "Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!" Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. Jeremiah 13:22 And if you ask yourself, "Why has this happened to me?" It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed. Jeremiah 19:4 because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. Jeremiah 44:3 because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. Ezekiel 39:24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them. Treasury of Scripture Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? hast thou Jeremiah 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Jeremiah 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. Leviticus 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: in that Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 2 Chronicles 7:19,20 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; … when he Deuteronomy 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Psalm 77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 78:53,54 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies… Jump to Previous Cause Forsaken Forsaking Guide Led Procured Thyself Time Way YourselvesJump to Next Cause Forsaken Forsaking Guide Led Procured Thyself Time Way YourselvesJeremiah 2 1. God having shown his former kindness, 5. expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt 14. They are the causes of their own calamities 18. The sins and idolatries of Judah 35. Her confidence is rejected. (17) Hast thou not procured this . . .?--The secret cause of the calamities is brought to light. Jehovah was leading Israel, but Israel has chosen another path, and so has procured sorrow upon sorrow to himself. The "way" here is scarcely the literal path through the wilderness, but much rather the true way of life.Verse 17. - Hast not thou procured this? rather, Is it not this that doth procure it unto thee (namely) that thou hast forsaken, etc.? or, Is it not thy forsaking Jehovah that pro. cureth thee this? When he led thee by the way. The prophet thinks, perhaps, of the rebellion of the forefathers of Israel, who too soon ceased to "go after" Jehovah (comp. ver. 2), and whose fickleness was imitated but too well by their descendants. This view is favored by the phraseology of Deuteronomy 1:33; Deuteronomy 8:2, 15. But we may, if we prefer it, explain "by (or, rather, in) the way," on the analogy of the promise in Jeremiah 31:9, "I will lead them... in a straight way," i.e. I will grant them an uninterrupted course of prosperity. The omission of the adjective in the present passage may be paralleled by Psalm 25:8, "Therefore will he instruct sinners in the (right) way." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Have you notהֲלוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no brought תַּעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make this on yourself זֹ֖את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, by forsaking עָזְבֵךְ֙ (‘ā·zə·ḇêḵ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ (’ĕ·lō·ha·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative when בְּעֵ֖ת (bə·‘êṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6256: Time, now, when He led you מוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְ (mō·w·lî·ḵêḵ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in the way? בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (bad·dā·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Jeremiah 2:17 NIVJeremiah 2:17 NLT Jeremiah 2:17 ESV Jeremiah 2:17 NASB Jeremiah 2:17 KJV Jeremiah 2:17 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 2:17 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 2:17 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 2:17 French Bible Jeremiah 2:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:17 Haven't you procured this to yourself (Jer.) |
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