KJV ORIGINAL
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your wrongdoings have turned these blessings away, and your sins have kept good things from coming to you.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is explaining that the people's sins have blocked them from receiving the good things He wanted to give them.
📚 Historical Context
Jeremiah was prophesying to the southern kingdom of Judah around 627-586 BC, warning them about their spiritual unfaithfulness and its consequences. The people had turned away from God to worship idols and practice injustice, despite God's covenant promises of blessing. This verse comes in the context of God explaining why the natural blessings of harvest and prosperity were being withheld from them.
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