King James Version
Jeremiah 2:9 in the King James Version says “Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.”
Jeremiah 2:9 · KJV
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
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. over: or, over to
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“Wherefore I will yet plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“and with your children's”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and with your children's”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“Wherefore I will yet plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
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