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Jeremiah 2:7 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Jeremiah 2:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. a plentiful: or, the land of Carmel”
Jeremiah 2:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 2:7
God contrasts His faithfulness with Israel's unfaithfulness: 'And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof.' The phrase 'plentiful country' (erets karmel, אֶרֶץ כַּרְמֶל) means a land of fruitful field or garden land—Canaan's fertility contrasted sharply with wilderness barrenness. God's purpose was blessing—'to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof'—Israel was to enjoy Canaan's abundance as God's gift. However, their response perverted God's blessing: 'but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.' The...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 2:7
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“a land of brooks of water”
“because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things”
“and said”
“when the house of Israel lived in their own land”
“even the blood of their sons and of their daughters”
“that the land was polluted”
“If a man put away his wife”
“and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers”
“and a fat land”
“where you go in to possess it”