Jeremiah 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.”
Jeremiah 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.”
Jeremiah 2:9 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend. ”
Jeremiah 2:9 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.”
Jeremiah 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead. ”
Jeremiah 2:9 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore I wil yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and I will pleade with your childrens children.”
Jeremiah 2:9 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 2:9 in Context — Jeremiah 2
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.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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What Does Jeremiah 2:9 Mean?
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