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Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

World English Bible

“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?

American Standard Version

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Geneva Bible 1599

Hast not thou procured this vnto thy selfe, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Darby Translation

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

Bible in Basic English

Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

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Cross references

“Hast thou”

Jeremiah 4:18 Jeremiah 2:19 Deuteronomy 28:15–68 Leviticus 26:15–46 Hosea 13:9 Numbers 32:23

Jeremiah 4:18 · BSB

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:15–68 · BSB

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Leviticus 26:15–46 · BSB

and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

Hosea 13:9 · BSB

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

Numbers 32:23 · BSB

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

“in that”

Jeremiah 2:13 1 Chronicles 28:9 2 Chronicles 7:19 2 Chronicles 7:20

Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

1 Chronicles 28:9 · BSB

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be fou…

2 Chronicles 7:19 · BSB

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

“when he”

Psalm 77:20 Psalm 107:7 Deuteronomy 32:19 Psalm 136:16 Isaiah 63:11–14 Psalm 78:53

Psalm 77:20 · BSB

You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 107:7 · BSB

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Deuteronomy 32:19 · BSB

When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Psalm 136:16 · BSB

He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.

Isaiah 63:11–14 · BSB

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

Psalm 78:53 · BSB

He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

Also

Deuteronomy 32:10

Deuteronomy 32:10 · BSB

He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

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