King James Version
Jeremiah 2:29 in the King James Version says “Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 2:29 · KJV
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. brought: or, begotten me their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. trouble: Heb. evil
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? We are: Heb. We have dominion
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properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“Wherefore will ye plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“with me ye all have transgressed”
H6586to break away (from just authority), i.e., trespass, apostatize, quarrel
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