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Jeremiah 2:17

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?

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Jeremiah 2:17 in other translations

“Haven’t you brought this on yourself,
in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

Jeremiah 2:17 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 2:17 in context

  1. 15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
  2. 16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
  3. 17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
  4. 18And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
  5. 19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.