Jeremiah 2:31
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2:31You people of this generation,
listen to what the Lord says.
“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel?
Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you?71
Why then do you72 say, ‘We are free to wander.73
We will not come to you any more?’
Footnotes
- 71 Heb “a land of the darkness of Yah [= thick or deep darkness].” The idea of danger is an added connotation of the word in this context.
- 72 Heb “my people.”
- 73 Or more freely, “free to do as we please.” There is some debate about the meaning of this verb (רוּד, rud) because its usage is rare and its meaning is debated in the few passages where it does occur. The key to its meaning may rest in the emended text (reading וְרַדְתִּי [véradti] for וְיָרַדְתִּי [véyaradti]) in Judg 11:37 where it refers to the roaming of Jephthah’s daughter on the mountains of Israel.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:
“Have I been a desert to Israel
or a land of great darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
we will come to you no more’?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Evil generation,
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do my people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to you”?
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NLTNew Living Translation
“O my people, listen to the words of the Lord!
Have I been like a desert to Israel?
Have I been to them a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God!
We don’t need him anymore!’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
O generation, you see the word of Yahweh.
Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We roam about freely,
we will not come again to you’?
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KJV 1900King James Version
O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
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