rwbs - Jeremiah:2:1-3:5

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)

rwbs@Jeremiah:3:2 @ Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotry and with thy wickedness.

rwbs@Jeremiah:3:3 @ Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst an harlot’s forehead, thou didst refuse to be ashamed.

rwbs@Jeremiah:3:4 @ Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou the guide of my youth?

rwbs@Jeremiah:3:5 @ Will he retain for ever? will he keep to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.