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Jer. 2:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I brought you into δa plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiledz my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

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or, the land of Carmel.

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Psa. 106:38• ³⁸And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. (Psa. 106:38)

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brought.

Num. 13:27• ²⁷And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. (Num. 13:27)

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Num. 14:7‑8• ⁷And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
⁸If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. (Num. 14:7‑8)

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Deut. 6:10‑11,18• ¹⁰And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
¹¹And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
¹⁸And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, (Deut. 6:10‑11,18)

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Deut. 8:7‑9• ⁷For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
⁸A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
⁹A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. (Deut. 8:7‑9)

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Deut. 11:11‑12• ¹¹But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
¹²A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. (Deut. 11:11‑12)

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Neh. 9:25• ²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. (Neh. 9:25)

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Ezek. 20:6• ⁶In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: (Ezek. 20:6)

a plentiful country.

or, the land of Carmel.

ye defiled.

Jer. 3:1,9• ¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. (Jer. 3:1,9)

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Jer. 16:18• ¹⁸And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer. 16:18)

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Lev. 18:24‑28• ²⁴Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
²⁵And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
²⁶Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
²⁷(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
²⁸That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. (Lev. 18:24‑28)

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Num. 35:33‑34• ³³So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
³⁴Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel. (Num. 35:33‑34)

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Deut. 21:23• ²³His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. (Deut. 21:23)

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Psa. 78:58‑59• ⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: (Psa. 78:58‑59)

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Psa. 106:38‑39• ³⁸And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. (Psa. 106:38‑39)

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Ezek. 36:17• ¹⁷Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. (Ezek. 36:17)

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Mic. 2:10• ¹⁰Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. (Mic. 2:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I brought you into a fruitful landa, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

JND Translation Notes

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Heb. "land of Carmel"; as ch. 4.26.