Jeremiah 2:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 2:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  2. Leviticus 20:5then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
  3. Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
  4. Isaiah 3:13The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
  5. Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
  6. Jeremiah 2:29Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
  7. Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
  8. Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
  9. Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
  10. Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
  11. Hosea 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
  12. Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

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