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Jeremiah 2
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Israel Accused of Apostasy

2The word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H559
2"Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride— how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.H1980H7121H241H3389H559H559H3068H2142H2617H5271H160H3623H3212H310H4057H776H2232
3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them." [This is] the LORD's declaration.H3478H6944H3068H7225H8393H398H816H7451H935H5002H3068
4Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob and all families of the house of Israel.H8085H1697H3068H1004H3290H4940H1004H3478
5Here is what the LORD says: What fault did your fathers find in Me that they went so far from Me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?H559H3068H5766H1H4672H7368H3212H310H1892H1891
6They stopped asking: Where is the LORD who brought us from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, through a land of drought and darkness, a land no one traveled through and where no one lived?H559H3068H5927H776H4714H3212H4057H776H6160H7745H776H6723H6757H776H376H5674H120H3427
7I brought you to a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled My land; you made My inheritance detestable.H935H3759H776H398H6529H2898H935H2930H776H7760H5159H8441
8The priests quit asking: Where is the LORD? The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the rulers rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.H3548H559H3068H8610H8451H3045H7462H6586H5030H5012H1168H1980H310H3276
9Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. [This is] the LORD's declaration. I will bring a case against your children's children.H7378H5002H3068H1121H1121H7378
10Cross over to Cyprusand take a look. Send [someone] to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:H5674H339H3794H7200H7971H6938H995H3966H7200
11Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.H1471H3235H430H430H5971H4171H3519H3276
12Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the LORD's declaration.H8074H8064H8175H3966H2717H5002H3068
13For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.H5971H6213H8147H7451H5800H4726H2416H4325H2672H877H7665H877H3557H4325

Consequences of Apostasy

14Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?H3478H5650H1004H3211H4069H957
15The young lions have roared at him; they have roared loudly. They have laid waste his land. His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.H3715H7580H5414H6963H7896H776H8047H5892H3341H3427
16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull.H1121H5297H8471H7462H6936
17Have you not brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God while He was leading you along the way?H6213H5800H3068H430H6256H3212H1870
18Now what will you gain by traveling along the way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain by traveling along the way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?H1870H4714H8354H4325H7883H1870H804H8354H4325H5104
19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Think it over and see how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me. [This is] the declaration of the Lord God of Hosts.H7451H3256H4878H3198H3045H7200H7451H4751H5800H3068H430H6345H5002H136H3069H6635
20For long ago I broke your yoke; I tore off your fetters. You insisted: I will not serve! On every high hill and under every leafy tree you lie down [like] a prostitute.H5769H7665H5923H5423H4147H559H5674H5647H1364H1389H7488H6086H6808H2181
21I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?H5193H8321H571H2233H2015H5494H5237H1612
22Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of soap, the stain of your guilt is still in front of Me. [This is] the Lord GOD's declaration.H3526H5427H7235H1287H5771H3799H6440H5002H136H3069
23How can you protest: I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. [You are] a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,H559H2930H1980H310H1168H7200H1870H1516H3045H6213H7031H1072H8308H1870
24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness. She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not become tired; they will find her in her mating season.H6501H3928H4057H7602H7307H185H5315H8385H7725H1245H3286H2320H4672
25Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you say: It's hopeless; I love strangers, and I will continue to follow them.H4513H7272H3182H1627H6773H559H2976H157H2114H310H3212
26Like the shame of a thief when he is caught, so the house of Israel has been put to shame. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophetsH1590H1322H4672H1004H3478H3001H4428H8269H3548H5030
27say to a tree: You are my father, and to a stone: You gave birth to me. For they have turned their back to Me and not their face, but in their time of disaster they beg: Rise up and save us!H559H6086H1H68H3205H6437H6203H6440H6256H7451H559H6965H3467
28But where are your gods you made for yourself? Let them rise up and save you in your time of disaster if they can, for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.H430H6213H6965H3467H6256H7451H4557H5892H430H3063

Judgment Deserved

29Why do you bring a case against Me? All of you have rebelled against Me. [This is] the LORD's declaration.H7378H6586H5002H3068
30I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.H7723H5221H1121H3947H4148H2719H398H5030H7843H738
31[Evil] generation, pay attention to the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people claim: We will go where we want; we will no longer come to You?H1755H7200H1697H3068H4057H3478H776H3991H559H5971H7300H935
32Can a young woman forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for countless days.H1330H7911H5716H3618H7196H5971H7911H3117H4557
33How skillfully you pursue love; you also teach evil women your ways.H3190H1870H1245H160H3925H7451H1870
34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these thingsH3671H4672H1818H5315H34H5355H4672H4290
35you claim: I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me. But I will certainly judge you because you have said: I have not sinned.H559H5352H639H7725H8199H559H2398
36How unstable you are, constantly changing your way! You will be put to shame by Egypt just as you were put to shame by Assyria.H235H3966H8138H1870H954H4714H954H804
37Moreover, you will be led out from here with your hands on your head since the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not succeed even with their help.H3318H3027H7218H3068H3988H4009H6743


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