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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 2:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 2:17 |
King James |
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Literally, "Has not thy forsaking the Lord . . . procured this (calamity) to thee?" So the Septuagint: the Masoretic accents make "this" the subject of the verb, leaving the object to be understood. "Has not this procured (it, that is, the impending calamity) unto thee, that hast forsaken?" &c. (Jer 4:18).
led-- (Deu 32:10).
the way--The article expresses the right way, the way of the Lord: namely, the moral training which they enjoyed in the Mosaic covenant. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The way - Either, the journey through the wilderness, or the way of holiness. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| When - By the conduct of providence in the wilderness, keeping thee from all dangers. |
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.