Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 2:29

"Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah." — Jeremiah 2:29 (ASV)

Wherefore will ye plead with me? —The reply of the accuser to the false pleas of the accused. The transgression was too open to be glossed over. No plea was available but that of a full confession of the guilt into which Israel had fallen.