Jeremiah 2:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

See ye

Amos 1:1

Micah 6:9

Have i been

We are lords

General references

Genesis 4:6

Isaiah 5:4

Bible References

See ye

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

The voice of the Lord will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?

Have i been

Thus says the Lord,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?

Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, “Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the Lord has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”

“Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want;
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.

“She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband,
For it was better for me then than now!’

You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

We are lords

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant.

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—

Then he forsook God who made him,

And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud;
Therefore they forgot Me.

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.

General references

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

“What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?