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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—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood. (Psa. 106:38)

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brought.

Num. 13:27• ²⁷{i}And they told him, and said,{/i} 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 Jehovah 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• ¹⁰{i}And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,{/i}
¹¹{i}and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;{/i}
¹⁸{i}And thou shalt do what is right and good in the sight of Jehovah, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest enter in and possess the good land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers,{/i} (Deut. 6:10‑11,18)

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Deut. 8:7‑9• ⁷{i}For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;{/i}
⁸{i}a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;{/i}
⁹{i}a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, where thou shalt lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou wilt dig copper.{/i} (Deut. 8:7‑9)

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Deut. 11:11‑12• ¹¹{i}but the land, whereunto ye are passing over to possess it, is a land of mountains and valleys, which drinketh water of the rain of heaven,{/i}
¹²{i}a land which Jehovah thy God careth for; the eyes of Jehovah thy God are constantly upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.{/i} (Deut. 11:11‑12)

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Neh. 9:25• ²⁵{i}And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.{/i} (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• ¹{i}They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.{/i}
⁹{i}And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.{/i} (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 carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer. 16:18)

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Lev. 18:24‑28• ²⁴Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have made themselves unclean the nations which I cast out from before you.
²⁵And the land hath become unclean: and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.
²⁶But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not do any of all these abominations, —the homeborn and the stranger that sojourneth among you
²⁷(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who [were] before you, and the land hath been made unclean);
²⁸that the land vomit not you out also, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. (Lev. 18:24‑28)

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Num. 35:33‑34• ³³{i}And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.{/i}
³⁴{i}And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.{/i} (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 Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. (Deut. 21:23)

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

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Psa. 106:38‑39• ³⁸And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions. (Psa. 106:38‑39)

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Ezek. 36:17• ¹⁷Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their 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 and depart, for this is not your rest; it is polluted, {i}[it] bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.{/i} (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

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.)