SinaiJeremiah 2:31
American Standard Version
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?
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Jeremiah 2:31 in other translations
Generation, consider Yahweh’s word.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
Or a land of thick darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose.
We will come to you no more?’
Jeremiah 2:31 in context
- 29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
- 30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- 31O 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?
- 32Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- 33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.