Jeremiah 2:9 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

you, your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Their revolt beyond exampleBefore God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of...

Thompson Chains

Divine PleadingsSee the chain from Proverbs 1:24 · 7 links

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:35–36 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. …
Jeremiah 2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Micah 6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Leviticus 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Isaiah 3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
Isaiah 43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Jeremiah 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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Topics

Church Backslidden
God Mercy of God
Sin The Israelites

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah

Bible Dictionary

LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

Wherefore I will yet plead עֹד ʿōd Adverb אָרִיב ʾārîb רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
with you, saith לָכֵן lākēn Adverb · with preposition אִתְּכֶם ʾittĕkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
and with your children's וְאֶת wĕʾet Preposition · with and בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
children בְנֵיכֶם bĕnêkem בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
will I plead אָרִיב ʾārîb רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular

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