Jeremiah 2:27 meaning and explanation
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
Jeremiah 2:27, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah to the people of Judah, describing their long drift into idolatry. In verse 27 the accusation becomes concrete: they address a tree as father and a stone as mother, language that echoes the fertility religion of the surrounding nations, where wooden poles and stone pillars represented the gods.
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