Jeremiah 2:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Jeremiah 2:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 2:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 2:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.”
Jeremiah 2:7 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. ”
Jeremiah 2:7 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.”
Jeremiah 2:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 2:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. ”
Jeremiah 2:7 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 2:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I brought you into a plentifull countrey, to eat the fruit thereof, and the commodities of the same: but when yee entred, yee defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.”
Jeremiah 2:7 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 2:7 in Context — Jeremiah 2
5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 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.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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What Does Jeremiah 2:7 Mean?
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