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But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“And when I brought you into a fruitful land to enjoy its bounty and goodness, you defiled my land and corrupted the possession I had promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And you made My inheritance an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I brought you into the fruitful land, To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I brought you into a plentiful land To eat its fruit and [enjoy] its good things. But you came and defiled My land And you made My inheritance repulsive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I brought you to a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled my land; you made my inheritance detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I brought you to a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled My land; you made My inheritance detestable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I brought you here to my land, where food is abundant, but you made my land filthy with your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I brought them into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its produce. They came and made my land unclean. They made my property disgusting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I brought them into a fertile land, to enjoy its harvests and its other good things. But instead they ruined my land; they defiled the country I had given them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I brought you into the fruitful land to eat its fruit and its good things. But you came in, defiled my land, and made my inheritance into an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it, and the goodness of it; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, I bring you into a land of fruitful fields, "" To eat its fruit and its goodness, "" And you come in and defile My land, "" And have made My inheritance an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will bring you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and its goodness; and ye will come and defile my land, and ye set mine inheritance for an abomination.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I brought you into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: ad when ye entered in, you defiled my land, and made my inheritance an abomination. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I led you into the land of Carmel, so that you would eat from its fruit and from its excellence. And having entered it, you defiled my land, and you turned my inheritance into an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I brought you into the garden land to eat its fine fruits, But you entered and defiled my land, you turned my heritage into an abomination. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I brought you into a land of plenty, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I have brought you to the land of Karmela to eat its fruits and its goods, and you came and you defiled my land, and you constituted my inheritance as an abomination<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I brought you into a land of fruitful fields, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I brought you to Carmel, that ye should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and ye went in, and defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Israel has Forsaken God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’ <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wā·’ā·ḇî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">I brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/3759.htm" title="3759: hak·kar·mel (Art:: N-ms) -- A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth. From kerem; a planted field; by implication, garden produce.">a fertile</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pir·yāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">its fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/2898.htm" title="2898: wə·ṭū·ḇāh (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Good things, goods, goodness. From towb; good, in the widest sense, especially goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare.">and bounty,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wat·tā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">but you came</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wat·tə·ṭam·mə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">and defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">My land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and made</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯî (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">My inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: lə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">detestable.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-10</a></span><br />For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; / a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; / a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a></span><br />On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></span><br />They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a></span><br />They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-3.htm">Micah 6:3-4</a></span><br />‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you! / For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Nehemiah 9:25-26</a></span><br />They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness. / But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-8</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. / They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a></span><br />Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. / But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33-34</a></span><br />Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. / Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a></span><br />Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.</p><p class="hdg">brought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a></b></br> And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this <i>is</i> the fruit of it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-7.htm">Numbers 14:7,8</a></b></br> And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, <i>is</i> an exceeding good land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10,11,18</a></b></br> And 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, … </p><p class="hdg">a plentiful country.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1,9</a></b></br> 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? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a></b></br> Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm">Country</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-9.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/psalms/35-26.htm">Mine</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Plentiful</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Country</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-18.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-18.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Mine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Plentiful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The fertile land symbolizes God's provision and blessing. Historically, the land of Canaan was known for its agricultural abundance, which was a stark contrast to the wilderness the Israelites had wandered through for 40 years. This act of bringing them into a fertile land is a fulfillment of God's covenant promise to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>).<p><b>to eat its fruit and bounty</b><br>The fruit and bounty represent the physical and spiritual blessings that God intended for His people. The land was meant to be a place where the Israelites could thrive and live in prosperity, enjoying the produce of the land. This abundance was a sign of God's favor and a reminder of His faithfulness. The idea of eating the fruit and bounty also connects to the covenant blessings outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>, where obedience to God would result in prosperity and abundance.<p><b>but you came and defiled My land</b><br>The defilement of the land refers to the Israelites' idolatry and disobedience. Despite God's provision, the people turned to worship other gods, violating the covenant relationship. This defilement is both spiritual and physical, as idolatry often involved immoral practices. The land, which was meant to be holy and set apart for God, became polluted by the people's sins. This echoes the warnings given in <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a>, where God cautions against defiling the land through sinful practices.<p><b>and made My inheritance detestable</b><br>The inheritance refers to the land given to the Israelites as a perpetual possession, a gift from God. By making it detestable, the Israelites not only corrupted the land but also dishonored the gift and the Giver. This detestability is linked to the abominations committed by the people, which included idol worship and social injustices. The concept of inheritance is significant in biblical theology, as it points to the spiritual inheritance believers have in Christ (<a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a>). The Israelites' failure to honor their inheritance serves as a warning and a call to faithfulness for all who are part of God's covenant community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His disappointment and judgment over Israel's actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, who has defiled the land given to them.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/fertile_land.htm">Fertile Land (Canaan)</a></b><br>The Promised Land, a symbol of God's provision and blessing.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance.htm">Inheritance</a></b><br>Refers to the land of Canaan, which was given to Israel as a divine inheritance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/defilement.htm">Defilement</a></b><br>The act of making something unclean or impure, in this context, through idolatry and disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_expectation.htm">God's Provision and Expectation</a></b><br>God provides abundantly for His people, but with provision comes the expectation of faithfulness and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Defiling what God has given leads to severe consequences, both spiritually and physically. This serves as a warning to remain faithful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sacredness_of_god's_inheritance.htm">The Sacredness of God's Inheritance</a></b><br>The land was not just a physical inheritance but a spiritual one, symbolizing God's covenant relationship with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_holiness.htm">Call to Holiness</a></b><br>Believers are called to live holy lives, respecting and honoring what God has entrusted to them, whether it be land, resources, or spiritual gifts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the passage highlights judgment, it also points to the possibility of repentance and restoration, a theme consistent throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jeremiah_7_30-31__why_no_historical_proof.htm">Jeremiah 7:30-31: How does the practice of child sacrifice in this passage reconcile with the lack of supporting historical records outside the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jesus_inherit_david's_throne.htm">Would Jesus inherit David's throne? Yes, per Luke 1:32. No, as a descendant of cursed Jehoiakim (Matthew 1:11, 1 Chronicles 3:16, Jeremiah 36:30).</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'restore_the_years'_mean.htm">What does 'restore the years' mean in Joel 2:25?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">A plentiful country.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">a land of Carmel, </span>that word, as meaning a vine-clad hill, having become a type of plenty. So "the forest of his Carmel," in <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm" title="By your servants have you reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.">Isaiah 37:24</a>; elsewhere, as in <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm" title="And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.">Isaiah 10:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/32-15.htm" title="Until the spirit be poured on us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.">Isaiah 32:15</a>, "fruitful." The LXX. treats the word as a proper name, "I brought you unto Carmel."<p><span class= "bld">When ye entered.</span>--The words point to the rapid degeneracy of Israel after the settlement in Canaan, as seen in the false worship and foul crimes of Judges 17-21. So in <a href="/context/psalms/78-56.htm" title="Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:">Psalm 78:56-58</a>. Instead of being the pattern nation, the firstfruits of mankind, they sank to the level, or below the level, of the heathen.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A plentiful country</span>. "A Carmel land," as it were (so Payne Smith). "Carmel" is strictly an appellative noun, meaning" garden-land," i.e., land planted with vines and other choice plants. So <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Jeremiah 4:26</a>; <a href="/isaiah/29-17.htm">Isaiah 29:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I brought</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאָבִ֤יא</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fertile</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kar·mel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3759.htm">Strong's 3759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶאֱכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(le·’ĕ·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its fruit</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּרְיָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(pir·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bounty,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטוּבָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2898.htm">Strong's 2898: </a> </span><span class="str2">Good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but you came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ṭam·mə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My land,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and made</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(śam·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My inheritance</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">detestable.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you into a plentiful land (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>