American Standard Version
"Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. "
— Jeremiah 2:29, American Standard Version
“Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.”
“"Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Yahweh.”
““Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,” says the LORD.”
“Why will you contend with me in judgment? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.”
“Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.”
“Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.”
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.