Translations
Modern
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Traditional
Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Literal
They did not say, ‘Where is YHWH who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of desert plain and pit, through a land of drought and darkness, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt there?’
Latin
Et non dixerunt: Ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Ægypti; qui traduxit nos per desertum, per terram inhabitabilem et inviam, per terram sitis, et imaginem mortis, per terram in qua non ambulavit vir, neque habitavit homo?
Original
Hebrew
English
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Notes
By not seeking the Lord, Israel’s ancestors showed they had lost interest in their history. To them, the God of Israel was an illusion. They only cared about immediate pleasures.
Jeremiah used marriage, infidelity, and divorce as images to show Judah's spiritual betrayal.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC
Places
Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus
Glossary
Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Jeremiah (Person) Sexual Immorality
Topics
Church: Backslidden Desert: An Arid Region Having Only Sparse Vegetation Deserts: Uninhabited and Lonesome Forsaking God: Unreasonableness and Ingratitude of Ingratitude of Man to God Ingratitude to God: Unreasonable