Jeremia 2:28

Lutherbibel

Wo sind aber dann deine Götter, die du dir gemacht hast? Heiße sie aufstehen; laß sehen, ob sie dir helfen können in deiner Not! Denn so manche Stadt, so manchen Gott hast du, Juda.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Wo sind denn deine Götter, die du dir gemacht hast? Sie sollen sich aufmachen, wenn sie dir zur bösen Zeit helfen können! Denn so viele Städte du hast, Juda, so viele Götter hast du auch!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But where: Deuteronomy 32:37, Judges 10:14, 2 Kings 3:13, Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 46:2, Isaiah 46:7

trouble: Heb. evil

to the number: Jeremiah 11:13, 2 Kings 17:30, 2 Kings 17:31, Hosea 10:1

Reciprocal: Judges 4:3 - cried Judges 9:38 - General 2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah 2 Kings 22:17 - have forsaken 2 Chronicles 28:24 - he made Psalms 27:5 - For in Isaiah 2:8 - is full Isaiah 19:12 - where are thy Isaiah 33:2 - our salvation Isaiah 44:9 - and their Isaiah 47:12 - General Isaiah 65:11 - prepare Jeremiah 11:12 - go Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Jeremiah 37:19 - Where Lamentations 1:19 - for Ezekiel 13:12 - Where Ezekiel 16:17 - and didst Ezekiel 16:32 - General Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 12:11 - their altars Hosea 13:10 - where Jonah 1:5 - cried Jonah 1:6 - arise Micah 3:4 - cry Habakkuk 2:18 - profiteth Luke 18:11 - God 1 Corinthians 8:5 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?.... This is, or would be, the Lord's answer to them, what is become of your gods? why do not you apply to them for help in time of trouble? the gods that you have chosen for yourselves and worshipped; the gods, not that made you, but whom you yourselves have made:

let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; call upon them to arise, those statues of wood and stone, those lifeless and senseless images; let them rise off their seats, and move out of their places, if they can, and see whether they can save in a time of trouble and distress; for there is enough of them, if numbers will do:

for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; in imitation of the Heathens, who had not only in every country, but in every city and town, a different god, the patron and tutelar deity of the place; see 2 Kings 17:29. The Septuagint and Arabic versions "add, according to the number of the ways, or streets, of Jerusalem", they sacrificed to Baal; see Jeremiah 11:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A question of bitter irony. Things are made for some use. Now is the time for thy deities to prove themselves real by being useful. When every city has its special deity, surely among so many there might be found one able to help his worshippers.

O Judah - Hereto the argument had been addressed to Israel: suddenly the prophet charges Judah with the habitual practice of idolatry, and points to the conclusion, that as Jerusalem has been guilty of Samaria’s sin, it must suffer Samaria’s punishment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 2:28. According to the number of thy cities are thy gods — Among heathen nations every city had its tutelary deity. Judah, far sunk in idolatry, had adopted this custom. The Church of Rome has refined it a little: every city has its tutelary saint, and this saint has a procession and worship peculiar to himself. So here; not much of the old idolatry is lost.