Jeremiah:2

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* Moreover the word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem , saying , Thus saith the LORD ; I remember thee , the kindness of thy youth na #uwr #, the love of thine espousals , when thou wentest after me in the wilderness , in a land that was not sown . * Israel was holiness unto the LORD , and the firstfruits of his increase t @buw #ah #: all that devour him shall offend ; evil shall come upon them , saith the LORD . * Hear ye the word of the LORD , O house of Jacob Ya #aqob #, and all the families of the house of Israel Yisra #el #: * 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 ? * 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 ? * 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 tow #ebah #. * 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 Ba #al #, and walked after things that do not profit . * Wherefore I will yet plead with you , saith the LORD , and with your childrens children will I plead . * For pass over the isles of Chittim , and see ; and send unto Kedar , and consider diligently m @#od #, and see if there be such a thing . * Hath a nation changed their gods , which are yet no gods ? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit . * Be astonished , O ye heavens , at this , and be horribly afraid , be ye very desolate , saith the LORD . * For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters , and hewed them out cisterns bo #r #, broken cisterns bo #r #, that can hold no water . * Is Israel a servant ? is he a homeborn bayith # slave ? why is he spoiled ? * The young lions roared upon him , and yelled , and they made his land waste : his cities are burned without inhabitant . * Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head . * Hast thou not procured this unto thyself , in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God , when he led thee by the way ? * 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 ? * 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 . * For of old time I have broken thy yoke , and burst thy bands ; and thou saidst , I will not transgress (8675 ); when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest , playing the harlot . * 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 ? * For though thou wash thee with nitre , and take thee much soap , yet thine iniquity is marked before me , saith the Lord GOD . * How canst thou say , I am not polluted , I have not gone after Baalim Ba #al #? see thy way in the valley , know what thou hast done : thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways ; * 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 . * Withhold thy foot from being unshod , and thy throat from thirst tsim #ah #: but thou saidst , There is no hope : no ; for I have loved strangers , and after them will I go . * 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 , * 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 . * 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 . * Wherefore will ye plead with me ? ye all have transgressed against me , saith the LORD . * In vain have I smitten your children ; they received no correction : your own sword hath devoured your prophets , like a destroying lion . * O generation , see ye the word of the LORD . Have I been a wilderness unto Israel Yisra #el #? a land of darkness ma #phel @yah #? wherefore say my people , We are lords ; we will come no more unto thee ? * Can a maid forget her ornaments , or a bride her attire ? yet my people have forgotten me days without number . * Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways . * 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 . * 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 . * Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way ? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt , as thou wast ashamed of Assyria . * Yea , thou shalt go forth from him , and thine hands upon thine head ro #sh #: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences , and thou shalt not prosper in them .

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