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Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such <i>a</i> <i>thing.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely, And see if there has been <i>anything</i> like this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely, And see if there has been such <i>a thing</i> as this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and perceive closely And see if there has been such <i>a thing</i> as this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For cross over to the coasts of Kittim (Cyprus) [to the west] and see, Send also to Kedar (Arabia) [to the east] and carefully observe <i>and</i> consider And see whether there has been such [a thing] as this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look. Send someone to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Cross over to Cyprus and take a look. Send someone to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />of a crime that no nation has ever committed before. Just ask anyone, anywhere, from the eastern deserts to the islands in the west. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Go over to the coasts of Cyprus, and see. Send [someone] to Kedar, and observe closely. See if there has ever been anything like this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Go west to the island of Cyprus, and send someone eastward to the land of Kedar. You will see that nothing like this has ever happened before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Indeed, go over to the coasts of Cyprus and see, send to Kedar and pay very close attention. See if there has ever been such a thing as this!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Go west across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus and see. Send someone east to Kedar and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For pass to the islands of Chittim and see, "" And send to Kedar and consider well, "" And see if there has been [anything] like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider greatly, and see whether there was like this.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Pass over to the isles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider diligently: and see if there hath been done any thing like this. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Cross over to the isles of Kittim, and gaze. And send to Kedar, and consider diligently. And see if anything like this has ever been done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Cross to the coast of Cyprus and see, send to Kedar and carefully inquire: Where has anything like this been done? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has ever been such a thing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For cross over to the islands of China and see; and send to Kedar, and understand diligently, and see if there ever has been such a thing as this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Pass over to the islands of the Khethites and see, and send to Qedar and understand well, and see if there was anything like this<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For pass over to the isles of the Kittites, and see, And send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, And see if there hath been such a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For go to the isles of the Chettians, and se; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-10.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=315" 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">9</span>Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘iḇ·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">Cross over</a> <a href="/hebrew/339.htm" title="339: ’î·yê (N-mpc) -- Coast, region. From 'avah; properly, a habitable spot; dry land, a coast, an island.">to the coasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/3794.htm" title="3794: ḵit·tî·yîm (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Javan, also his desc. and their land. ">of Cyprus</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ū·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and take a look;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">send</a> <a href="/hebrew/6938.htm" title="6938: wə·qê·ḏār (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Perhaps swarthy, a son of Ishmael, also his desc. From qadar; dusky; Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also Bedouin.">to Kedar</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: wə·hiṯ·bō·wn·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-Imp-mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">and consider</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">carefully;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ū·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">see</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there has ever been</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: kā·zōṯ (Prep-k:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">anything like this:</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for 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="/isaiah/41-28.htm">Isaiah 41:28-29</a></span><br />When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say. / See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-7.htm">Ezekiel 5:7</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32-34</a></span><br />Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? / Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived? / Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-9.htm">Isaiah 43:9</a></span><br />All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-3.htm">Micah 6:3-5</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. / My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<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="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29-30</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. / Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">1 Corinthians 12:2</a></span><br />You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a></span><br />Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.</p><p class="hdg">over.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-4.htm">Genesis 10:4,5</a></b></br> And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Numbers 24:24</a></b></br> And ships <i>shall come</i> from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/1-7.htm">1 Chronicles 1:7</a></b></br> And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.</p><p class="hdg">Kedar</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Genesis 25:13</a></b></br> And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,</p><p class="hdg">and see</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Jeremiah 18:13,14</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Judges 19:30</a></b></br> And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak <i>your minds</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></b></br> It is reported commonly <i>that there is</i> fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Care</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Chittim</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-17.htm">Closely</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-9.htm">Coastlands</a> <a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Cyprus</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Islands</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Isles</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Kedar</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Kittim</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Kittites</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-5.htm">Sea-Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Thought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Care</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Chittim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-16.htm">Closely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Coastlands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-5.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Cyprus</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Islands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Isles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Kedar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Kittim</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Kittites</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Sea-Lands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm">Thought</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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Cyprus was a significant maritime hub in the Mediterranean, representing the westernmost boundary of the known world for the Israelites. The call to "take a look" suggests a comparison between Israel and the nations, emphasizing the widespread nature of Israel's apostasy. The geographical reference underscores the extent to which the Israelites should search for evidence of a nation changing its gods, highlighting the uniqueness of their unfaithfulness.<p><b>send to Kedar and consider carefully;</b><br>Kedar refers to a nomadic tribe in the Arabian desert, representing the eastern boundary. Known for their tents and flocks, the people of Kedar were distant both geographically and culturally from Israel. The instruction to "consider carefully" implies a thorough investigation into the practices of these distant peoples. The juxtaposition of Cyprus and Kedar, from west to east, symbolizes a comprehensive search across the known world, reinforcing the gravity of Israel's actions in abandoning their God.<p><b>see if there has ever been anything like this:</b><br>This phrase challenges the audience to find a precedent for Israel's behavior. The rhetorical question underscores the unprecedented nature of Israel's infidelity. Unlike other nations, which remained loyal to their gods, Israel abandoned the one true God for idols. This highlights the absurdity and tragedy of their actions, as no other nation had exchanged its gods, even though their gods were not real. The phrase serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, emphasizing the seriousness of their spiritual adultery.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/kittim.htm">Kittim</a></b><br>Refers to the western lands, often associated with Cyprus or the broader Mediterranean region. In this context, it symbolizes distant lands known for their stability and continuity in worship practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kedar.htm">Kedar</a></b><br>A nomadic tribe in the Arabian desert, known for their tents and trade. They represent the eastern peoples, contrasting with Kittim, and are used here to illustrate the consistency of pagan nations in their worship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Jeremiah is prophesying. They are being called out for their unfaithfulness and idolatry, having turned away from the covenant with Yahweh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The central issue addressed in this passage, where Judah is accused of forsaking God for idols, unlike the pagan nations who remain loyal to their gods.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_uniqueness_of_israel's_god.htm">The Uniqueness of Israel's God</a></b><br>Unlike the gods of Kittim and Kedar, Yahweh is the living God who has actively intervened in history. Recognize the privilege and responsibility of having a relationship with the true God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_complacency.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Complacency</a></b><br>Judah's downfall began with complacency and a gradual turning away from God. Guard against spiritual drift by maintaining a vibrant and active faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_absurdity_of_idolatry.htm">The Absurdity of Idolatry</a></b><br>Reflect on modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship, and the ways they can subtly replace God in our lives. Commit to identifying and removing these idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_contrast_to_the_world.htm">Faithfulness in Contrast to the World</a></b><br>While the world may remain consistent in its pursuits, believers are called to a higher standard of faithfulness to God. Strive to be distinct in your devotion and witness.<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/what_does_'born_of_the_spirit'_mean.htm">What role did Cyprus play in biblical events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_tyre's_prophecy_match_history.htm">In Ezekiel 27, how can the prophecy of Tyre's total destruction be reconciled with historical evidence that Tyre persisted for centuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_cyprus's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What role did Cyprus play in biblical events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'foreign_attire'_in_zephaniah_1_8_historical.htm">In Zephaniah 1:8, what evidence exists, if any, for the identity of “foreign attire,” and can this cultural reference be authenticated historically? </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>(10) <span class= "bld">Pass over the isles . . .</span>--Chittim is named as being, from the prophet's point of view, the furthest country in the west (<a href="/genesis/10-4.htm" title="And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.">Genesis 10:4</a>; <a href="/numbers/24-24.htm" title="And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.">Numbers 24:24</a>), Kedar (<a href="/genesis/25-13.htm" title="And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,">Genesis 25:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/120-5.htm" title="Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!">Psalm 120:5</a>) in the east. The whole earth might be searched without finding a parallel to the guilt of Israel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - Justification of Jehovah's judicial action towards Judah. Consider the heinousness of the offence. <span class="cmt_word">Pass over</span> - rather, <span class="accented">pass over to - <span class="cmt_word"></span>the isles of Chittim</span>; i.e. the islands and maritime countries of the West, represented by Cyprus (see on Genesis 10:4). For the wide use of Chittim, comp. <a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Numbers 24:24</a>; <a href="/daniel/11-30.htm">Daniel 11:30</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Kedar</span>, in the narrower sense, is a large tribe of Arabian origin, whose haunts were between Arabia Petraea and Babylonia. Here, however, it is used in a wider sense for the Arab tribes in general (so Jeremiah Tiler 28; <a href="/isaiah/21-16.htm">Isaiah 21:16, 17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-10.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">Cross over</span><br /><span class="heb">עִבְר֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘iḇ·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Cyprus</span><br /><span class="heb">כִתִּיִּים֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵit·tî·yîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3794.htm">Strong's 3794: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kittim -- a son of Javan, also his descendants and their land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and take a look;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְא֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">send</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלְח֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šil·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Kedar</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקֵדָ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qê·ḏār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6938.htm">Strong's 6938: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kedar -- perhaps 'swarthy', a son of Ishmael, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and consider</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·bō·wn·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carefully;</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">see</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְא֕וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there has ever been</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיְתָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anything like this:</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּזֹֽאת׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:10 For pass over to the islands (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:11" /></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>