9"Therefore I bring charges against you again," declares the Lord . "And I will bring charges against your children's children.


In Context

6 They did not ask, 'Where is the Lord , who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?'

7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.

8 The priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord ?' Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.

9 "Therefore I bring charges against you again," declares the Lord . "And I will bring charges against your children's children.

10 Cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols.

Jeremiah 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore will I yet contend in judgement with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9|Therefore I will yet contend with you,| says Yahweh, |and I will contend with your children's children.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Why I will yet plead with you, said the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.