Jeremiah 2:7

Israel Has Forsaken God · Jeremiah 2:1–13
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Translations

Modern
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.
Traditional
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Literal
“And I brought you into a land of fertility, to eat its fruit and its goodness; and you came in, and you defiled My land and made My inheritance into an abomination!
Latin
Et induxi vos in terram Carmeli, ut comederetis fructum ejus et optima illius: et ingressi contaminastis terram meam, et hæreditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.

Original

Hebrew
English
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

Notes

defiled...detestable: See Deuteronomy 4:25–28.

Jeremiah used marriage, infidelity, and divorce as images to show Judah's spiritual betrayal.

Events

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Jeremiah (Person) Sexual Immorality

Topics

Canaan: Land of Fruitfulness of Church: Backslidden Climate Change Ingratitude of Man to God Stewardship of God's Creation Taking Care of the Earth The Environment