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Jeremiah 2:9

King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

Translations

Jeremiah 2:9 - Amplified Bible

Therefore I will still contend with you [by inflicting further judgments on you], says the Lord, and with your children's children will I contend.

Jeremiah 2:9 - American Standard Version

Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your childrens children will I contend.

Jeremiah 2:9 - Bible in Basic English

For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

Jeremiah 2:9 - Darby Bible

Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children`s children will I plead.

Jeremiah 2:9 - English Standard Version

"Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord, and with your children's children I will contend.

Jeremiah 2:9 - King James Version

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

Jeremiah 2:9 - La Biblia de las Americas

Por tanto, aùn contenderé con vosotros -declara el SEÑOR-
y con los hijos de vuestros hijos contenderé.

Jeremiah 2:9 - The Message

"Because of all this, I’m bringing charges against you"
         —God’s Decree—
   "charging you and your children and your grandchildren.
Look around. Have you ever seen anything quite like this?
   Sail to the western islands and look.
Travel to the Kedar wilderness and look.
   Look closely. Has this ever happened before,
That a nation has traded in its gods
   for gods that aren’t even close to gods?
But my people have traded my Glory
   for empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.

Jeremiah 2:9 - New American Standard Bible

"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.

Jeremiah 2:9 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Por tanto, aùn lidiaré con ustedes," declara el SEÑOR,
"también con los hijos de sus hijos lidiaré.

Jeremiah 2:9 - World English Bible

Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children`s children will I contend.

Jeremiah 2:9 - Young's Living Translation

Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead.

Jeremiah 2:9 - Additional Comments

Because they abandoned God, what did God promise would happen? God would bring charges against them, and they would be valid charges. He would hold them accountable for their sins. God promises forgiveness when they seek God, but holds them accountable when they don't trust God for forgiveness.
Jer 31:34 "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.

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