29"Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the Lord .


In Context

26 "As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced- they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.

27 They say to wood, 'You are my father,' and to stone, 'You gave me birth.' They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'

28 Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.

29 "Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the Lord .

30 "In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

31 "You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord : "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'?

Jeremiah 2:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:29Why will you contend with me in judgement? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29|Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:29Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, said the LORD.