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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Jeremiah 2:9
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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Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, I will bring a case against you again.
Therefore, I will bring a case against you again.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I contend.
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I contend.
King James Version
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children's children will I plead.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children's children will I plead.
English Standard Version
"Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord , and with your children's children I will contend.
"Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord , and with your children's children I will contend.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore I will still contend with you," declares the LORD, "And I will contend with your sons' sons.
"Therefore I will still contend with you," declares the LORD, "And I will contend with your sons' sons.
New Century Version
"So now I will again tell what I have against you," says the Lord . "And I will tell what I have against your grandchildren.
"So now I will again tell what I have against you," says the Lord . "And I will tell what I have against your grandchildren.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore I will still contend (struggle) with you [by bringing judgment on you]," says the LORD, "And I will contend with your children's children."
"Therefore I will still contend (struggle) with you [by bringing judgment on you]," says the LORD, "And I will contend with your children's children."
World English Bible
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend.
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore I wil yet plead with you, saith the Lorde, and I will pleade with your childrens children.
Wherefore I wil yet plead with you, saith the Lorde, and I will pleade with your childrens children.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares Yahweh,"And with your sons' sons I will contend.
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares Yahweh,"And with your sons' sons I will contend.
Contemporary English Version
I will take you to court and accuse you and your descendants
I will take you to court and accuse you and your descendants
Complete Jewish Bible
"So again I state my case against you," says Adonai , "and state it against your grandchildren too.
"So again I state my case against you," says Adonai , "and state it against your grandchildren too.
Darby Translation
Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.
Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "So now I will accuse you again, and I will also accuse your grandchildren.
The Lord says, "So now I will accuse you again, and I will also accuse your grandchildren.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says the LORD; and with your childrens children I will contend.
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says the LORD; and with your childrens children I will contend.
Good News Translation
"And so I, the Lord , will state my case against my people again. I will bring charges against their descendants.
"And so I, the Lord , will state my case against my people again. I will bring charges against their descendants.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore I again bring a lawsuit against you," declares Yahweh, "and with your children I bring a lawsuit.
Therefore I again bring a lawsuit against you," declares Yahweh, "and with your children I bring a lawsuit.
Literal Translation
Therefore, I will contend with you, says Jehovah, and I will contend with your sons' sons.
Therefore, I will contend with you, says Jehovah, and I will contend with your sons' sons.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore I am constrayned (sayeth the LORDE) to make my complaynte vpon you, and vpon youre children.
Wherfore I am constrayned (sayeth the LORDE) to make my complaynte vpon you, and vpon youre children.
American Standard Version
Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.
Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.
For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
King James Version (1611)
Wherefore, I will yet pleade with you, sayth the Lord, and with your childrens children will I pleade.
Wherefore, I will yet pleade with you, sayth the Lord, and with your childrens children will I pleade.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore I am constrayned, saith the Lorde, yet agayne to contende in iudgement with you, and with your childers children.
Wherfore I am constrayned, saith the Lorde, yet agayne to contende in iudgement with you, and with your childers children.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children’s children.
Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children’s children.
English Revised Version
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor yit Y schal stryue with you in doom, seith the Lord, and Y schal dispute with youre sones.
Therfor yit Y schal stryue with you in doom, seith the Lord, and Y schal dispute with youre sones.
Update Bible Version
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with the sons of your sons I will contend.
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with the sons of your sons I will contend.
Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
New English Translation
"So, once more I will state my case against you," says the Lord . "I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.
"So, once more I will state my case against you," says the Lord . "I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.
New King James Version
"Therefore I will yet bring charges against you," says the LORD, "And against your children's children I will bring charges.
"Therefore I will yet bring charges against you," says the LORD, "And against your children's children I will bring charges.
New Living Translation
Therefore, I will bring my case against you," says the Lord . "I will even bring charges against your children's children in the years to come.
Therefore, I will bring my case against you," says the Lord . "I will even bring charges against your children's children in the years to come.
New Life Bible
"So I will still fight with you," says the Lord. "And I will fight your children's children.
"So I will still fight with you," says the Lord. "And I will fight your children's children.
New Revised Standard
Therefore once more I accuse you, says the Lord , and I accuse your children's children.
Therefore once more I accuse you, says the Lord , and I accuse your children's children.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore yet further will I plead with you Declareth Yahweh, Yea with your children's children, will I plead.
Therefore yet further will I plead with you Declareth Yahweh, Yea with your children's children, will I plead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore will I yet contend in judgment with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children.
Therefore will I yet contend in judgment with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children.
Revised Standard Version
"Therefore I still contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children I will contend.
"Therefore I still contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children I will contend.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.
Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.
THE MESSAGE
"Because of all this, I'm bringing charges against you" — God 's Decree— "charging you and your children and your grandchildren. Look around. Have you ever seen anything quite like this? Sail to the western islands and look. Travel to the Kedar wilderness and look. Look closely. Has this ever happened before, That a nation has traded in its gods for gods that aren't even close to gods? But my people have traded my Glory for empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.
"Because of all this, I'm bringing charges against you" — God 's Decree— "charging you and your children and your grandchildren. Look around. Have you ever seen anything quite like this? Sail to the western islands and look. Travel to the Kedar wilderness and look. Look closely. Has this ever happened before, That a nation has traded in its gods for gods that aren't even close to gods? But my people have traded my Glory for empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.
Contextual Overview
9Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children's children.10Cross over to Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: 11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (though they were no gods at all!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for idols that are useless. 12Be stunned by this, O heavens, be shocked and utterly appalled, declares the LORD. 13"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will: Jeremiah 2:29, Jeremiah 2:35, Isaiah 3:13, Isaiah 43:26, Ezekiel 20:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Hosea 2:2, Micah 6:2
with your: Exodus 20:5, Leviticus 20:5
Reciprocal: Psalms 50:7 - Hear Ezekiel 17:20 - plead Acts 22:7 - why
Cross-References
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."
Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"
but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God just as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness."
And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God just as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness."
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Isaiah 44:25
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
Isaiah 47:10
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord,.... Either verbally, by reasoning with them, and reproving them for their ignorance, stupidity, and idolatry; or by deeds, inflicting punishment upon them; so the Targum,
"therefore I will take vengeance on you, or punish you, saith the Lord:''
and with your children's children will I plead; who imitate their parents, and do the same evil things as they, which the Lord knew they would; and was particularly true of the Jews in the times of Christ, for which reason wrath came upon them to the uttermost.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Plead - The word used by the plaintiff setting forth his accusation in a law-court (see Job 33:13 note).
With you - The present generation, who by joining in Manasseh’s apostasy have openly violated Yahweh’s covenant. The fathers made the nation what it now is, the children will receive it such as the present generation are now making it to be, and God will judge it according as the collective working of the past, the present, and the future tends to good or to evil.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 2:9. I will yet plead with you — אריב arib, I will maintain my process, vindicate my own conduct, and prove the wickedness of yours.
