KJV King James Version
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
WEB World English Bible
“Haven’t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
ASV American Standard Version
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 2
14 [Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֲלוֹא־H3808 · lonotזֹ֖אתH2063 · zotthisתַּעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלָּ֑ךְH9032 · khyouעָזְבֵךְ֙H5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהַ֔יִךְH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּעֵ֖תH6256 · ettimeמוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃H1870 · de.rekhway: conduct
Cross-references
Jeremiah 4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Jeremiah 2:13For 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.Deuteronomy 28:15-68But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:Leviticus 26:15-46And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant:Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.Psalm 77:20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.Hosea 13:9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.Psalm 107:7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.Deuteronomy 32:19And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.Isaiah 63:11-14Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit within him?Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.Psalm 78:53-54And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.Psalm 136:16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.2 Chronicles 7:19-20But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
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