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Jeremiah 2:5 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 2:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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?”
Jeremiah 2:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 2:5
God's first accusation follows: 'Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me?' This rhetorical question expects the answer 'none'—God charges that Israel abandoned Him without justifiable cause. The phrase 'what iniquity' (mah-avvel, מָה־עָוֶל) means what injustice, wrong, or unfairness. God challenges Israel to identify any failure on His part that would warrant their departure. 'That they are gone far from me' (rachaku me'alai, רָחֲקוּ מֵעָלָי) describes deliberate distancing—they didn't drift accidentally but intentionally withdrew from c...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 2:5
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“and his covenant that he made with their fathers”
“knowing God”
“and there is no breath in them.”
“everyone who trusts in them.”
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
“They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.”
“and there is no breath in them.”
“nor know”
“for they are vain.”