rwbs - Jeremiah:1-2

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:1 @ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:2 @ To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:3 @ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:4 @ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:5 @ Before I formed thee in the womb I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, I ordained thee a prophet to the nations. (note:)ordained: Hebrews. gave(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:6 @ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I a child.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:7 @ But the LORD said to me, Say not, I a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatever I command thee thou shalt speak.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:8 @ Be not afraid of their faces: for I with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:9 @ Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:10 @ See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:11 @ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:12 @ Then said the LORD to me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:13 @ And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and its face toward the north. (note:)toward…: Hebrews. from the face of the north(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:14 @ Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (note:)shall…: Hebrews. shall be opened(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:15 @ For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls on every side, and against all the cities of Judah.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:16 @ And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:17 @ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. (note:)confound: or, break to pieces(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:18 @ For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

rwbs@Jeremiah:1:19 @ And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:1 @ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

rwbs@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 thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. (note:)thee: or, for thy sake(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:3 @ Israel holiness to the LORD, the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:4 @ Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:5 @ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:6 @ Neither said they, Where the LORD that brought us 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?

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:7 @ And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. (note:)a plentiful…: or, the land of Carmel(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:8 @ The priests said not, Where the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after do not profit.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:9 @ Therefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:10 @ For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing. (note:)over: or, over to(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:11 @ Hath a nation changed gods, which yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for doth not profit.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:12 @ Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:13 @ For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:14 @ Israel a servant? he a homeborn? why is he laid waste? (note:)spoiled: Hebrews. become a spoil?(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:15 @ The young lions roared upon him, yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. (note:)yelled: Hebrews. gave out their voice(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:16 @ Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. (note:)have…: or, feed on thy crown(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:17 @ Hast thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

rwbs@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?

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:19 @ Thy own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that an evil and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:20 @ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, 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. (note:)transgress: or, serve(:note)

rwbs@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 to me?

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:22 @ For though thou shalt wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

rwbs@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: a swift dromedary traversing her ways; (note:)thou art…: or, O swift dromedary(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:24 @ A wild donkey used to the wilderness, snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. (note:)A wild…: or, O wild ass, etc(:note)used: Hebrews. taughther pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heartturn…: or, reverse it?

rwbs@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. (note:)There…: or, Is the case desperate?(:note)

rwbs@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,

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:27 @ Saying to a stock, Thou my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned back to me, and not face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. (note:)brought…: or, begotten me(:note)their back: Hebrews. the hinder part of the neck

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:28 @ But where thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. (note:)trouble: Hebrews. evil(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:29 @ Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:30 @ In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:31 @ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more to thee? (note:)We are…: Hebrews. We have dominion(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:32 @ Can a maid forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:33 @ Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

rwbs@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. (note:)secret…: Hebrews. digging(:note)

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:36 @ Why dost thou go about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

rwbs@Jeremiah:2:37 @ Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:3:1 @ They say, If a man shall put away his wife, and she shall go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. (note:)They say: Hebrews. Saying(:note)