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Jeremiah 2

Jer. 2:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore will ye plead
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with me? ye all have transgressed
pasha` (Hebrew #6586)
to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
KJV usage: offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).
Pronounce: paw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6585 through the idea of expansion)
against me, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Cross References

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will ye plead.
Jer. 2:23,35• 23How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done--a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
 35And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jer. 2:23,35)
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Jer. 3:2• 2Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness. (Jer. 3:2)
ye all have.
Jer. 5:1• 1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it. (Jer. 5:1)
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Jer. 6:13• 13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)
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Jer. 9:2‑6• 2Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.
 6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:2‑6)
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Dan. 9:11• 11And all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside so as not to listen unto thy voice. And the curse hath been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God: for we have sinned against him. (Dan. 9:11)
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Rom. 3:19• 19Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God. (Rom. 3:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)