strkjv@Jeremiah:2:1
@ Moreover the
word
of the
LORD
came to me,
saying
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:2
@
Go
and
cry
in the
ears
of
Jerusalem
,
saying
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
; I
remember
thee, the
kindness
of thy
youth
, the
love
of thine
espousals
, when thou
wentest
after
me in the
wilderness
, in a
land
that was not
sown
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:3
@
Israel
was
holiness
unto the
LORD
, and the
firstfruits
of his
increase
t@: all that
devour
him shall
offend
;
evil
shall
come
upon them,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:4
@
Hear
ye the
word
of the
LORD
, O
house
of
Jacob
, and all the
families
of the
house
of
Israel
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:5
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
, What
iniquity
have your
fathers
found
in me, that they are gone
far
from me, and have
walked
after
vanity
, and are become
vain
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:6
@ Neither
said
they, Where is the
LORD
that brought us
up
out of the
land
of
Egypt
, that
led
us through the
wilderness
, through a
land
of
deserts
and of
pits
, through a
land
of
drought
, and of the shadow of
death
, through a
land
that no
man
passed
through
, and where no
man
dwelt
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:7
@ And I
brought
you into a
plentiful
country
, to
eat
the
fruit
thereof and the
goodness
thereof; but when ye
entered
, ye
defiled
my
land
, and
made
mine
heritage
an
abomination
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:8
@ The
priests
said
not, Where is the
LORD
? and they that
handle
the
law
knew
me not: the
pastors
also
transgressed
against me, and the
prophets
prophesied
by
Baal
, and
walked
after
things that do not
profit
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:9
@ Wherefore I will yet
plead
with you,
saith
the
LORD
, and with your
childrens
children
will I
plead
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:10
@ For pass
over
the
isles
of
Chittim
, and
see
; and
send
unto
Kedar
, and
consider
diligently
m@, and
see
if there be such a thing.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:11
@ Hath a
nation
changed
their
gods
, which are yet no
gods
? but my
people
have
changed
their
glory
for that which doth not
profit
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:12
@ Be
astonished
, O ye
heavens
, at this, and be horribly
afraid
, be ye
very
desolate
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:13
@ For my
people
have
committed
two
evils
; they have
forsaken
me the
fountain
of
living
waters
, and hewed them
out
cisterns
,
broken
cisterns
, that can
hold
no
water
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:14
@ Is
Israel
a
servant
? is he a
homeborn
slave?
why
is he
spoiled
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:15
@ The young
lions
roared
upon him, and
yelled
, and they
made
his
land
waste
: his
cities
are
burned
without
inhabitant
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:16
@ Also the
children
of
Noph
and
Tahapanes
have
broken
the crown of thy
head
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:17
@ Hast thou not
procured
this unto thyself, in that thou hast
forsaken
the
LORD
thy
God
,
when
he
led
thee by the
way
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:18
@ And now what hast thou to do in the
way
of
Egypt
, to
drink
the
waters
of
Sihor
? or what hast thou to do in the
way
of
Assyria
, to
drink
the
waters
of the
river
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:19
@ Thine own
wickedness
shall
correct
thee, and thy
backslidings
shall
reprove
thee:
know
therefore and
see
that it is an
evil
thing and
bitter
, that thou hast
forsaken
the
LORD
thy
God
, and that my
fear
is not in thee,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:20
@ For of old
time
I have
broken
thy
yoke
, and
burst
thy
bands
; and thou
saidst
, I will not
transgress
; when upon every
high
hill
and under every
green
tree
thou
wanderest
, playing the
harlot
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:21
@ Yet I had
planted
thee a noble
vine
, wholly a
right
seed
: how then art thou
turned
into the degenerate
plant
of a
strange
vine
unto me?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:22
@ For though thou
wash
thee with
nitre
, and take thee
much
soap
, yet thine
iniquity
is
marked
before
me,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:23
@ How canst thou
say
, I am not
polluted
, I have not
gone
after
Baalim
?
see
thy
way
in the
valley
,
know
what thou hast
done
: thou art a
swift
dromedary
traversing
her
ways
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:24
@ A wild
ass
used
to the
wilderness
, that snuffeth
up
the
wind
at her
pleasure
H5315; in her
occasion
who can turn her
away
? all they that
seek
her will not
weary
themselves; in her
month
they shall
find
her.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:25
@
Withhold
thy
foot
from being
unshod
, and thy
throat
from
thirst
: but thou
saidst
, There is no
hope
: no; for I have
loved
strangers
, and
after
them will I
go
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:26
@ As the
thief
is
ashamed
when he is
found
, so is the
house
of
Israel
ashamed
; they, their
kings
, their
princes
, and their
priests
, and their
prophets
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:27
@
Saying
to a
stock
, Thou art my
father
; and to a
stone
, Thou hast brought me
forth
: for they have
turned
their
back
unto me, and not their
face
: but in the
time
of their
trouble
they will
say
,
Arise
, and
save
us.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:28
@ But where are thy
gods
that thou hast
made
thee? let them
arise
, if they can
save
thee in the
time
of thy
trouble
: for according to the
number
of thy
cities
are thy
gods
, O
Judah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:29
@ Wherefore will ye
plead
with me? ye all have
transgressed
against me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:30
@ In
vain
have I
smitten
your
children
; they
received
no
correction
: your own
sword
hath
devoured
your
prophets
, like a
destroying
lion
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:31
@ O
generation
,
see
ye the
word
of the
LORD
. Have I been a
wilderness
unto
Israel
? a
land
of
darkness
phel@? wherefore
say
my
people
, We are
lords
; we will
come
no more unto thee?
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:32
@ Can a
maid
forget
her
ornaments
, or a
bride
her
attire
? yet my
people
have
forgotten
me
days
without
number
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:33
@ Why
trimmest
thou thy
way
to
seek
love
? therefore hast thou also
taught
the wicked
ones
thy
ways
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:34
@ Also in thy
skirts
is
found
the
blood
of the
souls
of the
poor
innocents
: I have not
found
it by secret
search
, but upon all these.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:35
@ Yet thou
sayest
, Because I am
innocent
, surely his
anger
shall
turn
from me. Behold, I will
plead
with thee, because thou
sayest
, I have not
sinned
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:36
@ Why gaddest thou
about
so
much
to
change
thy
way
? thou also shalt be
ashamed
of
Egypt
, as thou wast
ashamed
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:2:37
@ Yea, thou shalt go
forth
from him, and thine
hands
upon thine
head
: for the
LORD
hath
rejected
thy
confidences
, and thou shalt not
prosper
in them.
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