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Jeremiah 2:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 2:6

Verse 6 of 37

Scripture focus

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?

Jeremiah 2:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 2:6

Theological / Devotional

Neither said they. The people were basely ungrateful for the providential deliverances and beneficent care that God had lavished upon them, and lightly esteemed their Benefactor.

Brought us up out. Israel’s career as a nation began with a great act of redemption. The deliverance from Egyptian slavery is frequently referred to as the superlative example of God’s miraculous intervention in behalf of His people (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 7:8; Isa. 63:10-14; Hosea 2:15; 11:1; 12:9, 13; 13:4; Amos 2:10; Micah 6:4; etc.).

Through the wilderness. God’s preservation of such a vast multitude from the dangers and privations of the wilderness was a marvelous instance of His almighty power, as well as of His goodness and care (see on Deut. 32:10).

Shadow of death. See on Ps. 23:4.

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