OET interlinear JER 2:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) you defiled my land, you made my inheritance an abomination!

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_brought ,you(pl) to/towards earth/land of,the_orchard to,eat fruit_of,its and,its_good_of,thing[s] and,you(pl)_came and,you(pl)_made_unclean DOM land_of,my and,inheritance_of,my made into,an_abomination )

These two phrases mean the same thing. Alternate translation: “you sinned and made the land I gave you disgusting to me!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) you defiled my land

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_brought ,you(pl) to/towards earth/land of,the_orchard to,eat fruit_of,its and,its_good_of,thing[s] and,you(pl)_came and,you(pl)_made_unclean DOM land_of,my and,inheritance_of,my made into,an_abomination )

Here “defiled” represents making the land unacceptable to God. They did this by sinning against him there when they worshiped idols. Alternate translation: “by sinning, you made my land no good”

(Occurrence 0) you made my inheritance an abomination

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_brought ,you(pl) to/towards earth/land of,the_orchard to,eat fruit_of,its and,its_good_of,thing[s] and,you(pl)_came and,you(pl)_made_unclean DOM land_of,my and,inheritance_of,my made into,an_abomination )

Alternate translation: “you made my inheritance disgusting by your sin” or “by sinning, you made my inheritance repulsive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my inheritance

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_brought ,you(pl) to/towards earth/land of,the_orchard to,eat fruit_of,its and,its_good_of,thing[s] and,you(pl)_came and,you(pl)_made_unclean DOM land_of,my and,inheritance_of,my made into,an_abomination )

God is speaking of the land he gave to Israel as if he had given it to them as an inheritance. Alternate translation: “the land I gave you” or “the land I gave you as an inheritance”