NET Bible
"“Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,” says the LORD."
— Jeremiah 2:29, NET Bible
“Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.”
“Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. ”
“"Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Yahweh.”
“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.”
Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
They say to a wooden idol,‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image,‘You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say,‘Come and save us!’
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.
“Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,” says the LORD.
“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”
You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.