KJV King James Version
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 2:10
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
WEB World English Bible
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
ASV American Standard Version
For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:
Surrounding 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.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעִבְר֞וּH5674 · a.varto passאִיֵּ֤יH339 · icoastlandכִתִּיִּים֙H3794 · kit.tiKittimוּרְא֔וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְקֵדָ֛רH6938 · qe.darKedarשִׁלְח֥וּH7971 · sha.lachto send: departוְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּH995 · binto understandמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוּרְא֕וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeהֵ֥ןH2005 · henlook!הָיְתָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beכָּזֹֽאת׃H2063 · zotthis
Cross-references
Psalm 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!Genesis 25:13And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,Judges 19:30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].1 Corinthians 5:1It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.Genesis 10:4-5And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.Numbers 24:24And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.1 Chronicles 23:1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.Jeremiah 18:13-14Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.Ezekiel 27:6[Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.1 Chronicles 1:7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.Daniel 11:30For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.Isaiah 21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Jeremiah 2:10
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →