Jeremiah 2:7

“And I brought you into a land of orchards to eat its fruit and its good things; but you came in and defiled my land, and my inheritance you made an abomination.”

Jeremiah 2:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 2:7, word by word

And I brought youאָבִיאavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “avi” appears
into a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of orchardsכַּרְמֶלkarmel

orchard

A grove of trees bearing produce, rich soil.

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to eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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its fruitפִּרְיָpirya

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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and its good thingsטוּבָtuva

good things

The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.

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and defiledתְּטַמְּאוּtetamu

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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and my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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you madeשַׂמְתֶּםsamtem

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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an abominationתוֹעֵבָהtoeva

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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The context

6And 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 steppe and pits, through a land of drought and the shadow of death, through a land through which no man passed and where no human being lived?’

7 · This verse (above)

8The priests did not say, ‘Where is YHWH?’ And those who handle the instruction did not know me, and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after what does not profit.

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