2The word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H5592"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: "This is what the LORD says: " 'I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.H1980H7121H241H3389H559H559H3068H2142H2617H5271H160H3623H3212H310H4057H776H22323Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares the LORD.H3478H6944H3068H7225H8393H398H816H7451H935H5002H30684Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel.H8085H1697H3068H1004H3290H4940H1004H34785This is what the LORD says: "What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.H559H3068H5766H1H4672H7368H3212H310H1892H18916They did not ask, 'Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?'H559H3068H5927H776H4714H3212H4057H776H6160H7745H776H6723H6757H776H376H5674H120H34277I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.H935H3759H776H398H6529H2898H935H2930H776H7760H5159H84418The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.H3548H559H3068H8610H8451H3045H7462H6586H5030H5012H1168H1980H310H32769"Therefore I bring charges against you again," declares the LORD. "And I will bring charges against your children's children.H7378H5002H3068H1121H1121H737810Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:H5674H339H3794H7200H7971H6938H995H3966H720011Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.H1471H3235H430H430H5971H4171H3519H327612Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the LORD.H8074H8064H8175H3966H2717H5002H306813"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.H5971H6213H8147H7451H5800H4726H2416H4325H2672H877H7665H877H3557H432514Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?H3478H5650H1004H3211H4069H95715Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.H3715H7580H5414H6963H7896H776H8047H5892H3341H342716Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skull.H1121H5297H8471H7462H693617Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way?H6213H5800H3068H430H6256H3212H187018Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile ? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?H1870H4714H8354H4325H7883H1870H804H8354H4325H510419Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.H7451H3256H4878H3198H3045H7200H7451H4751H5800H3068H430H6345H5002H136H3069H663520"Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, 'I will not serve you!' Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.H5769H7665H5923H5423H4147H559H5674H5647H1364H1389H7488H6086H6808H218121I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?H5193H8321H571H2233H2015H5494H5237H161222Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Sovereign LORD.H3526H5427H7235H1287H5771H3799H6440H5002H136H306923"How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,H559H2930H1980H310H1168H7200H1870H1516H3045H6213H7031H1072H8308H187024a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving—in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.H6501H3928H4057H7602H7307H185H5315H8385H7725H1245H3286H2320H467225Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, 'It's no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.'H4513H7272H3182H1627H6773H559H2976H157H2114H310H321226"As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.H1590H1322H4672H1004H3478H3001H4428H8269H3548H503027They say to wood, 'You are my father,' and to stone, 'You gave me birth.' They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'H559H6086H1H68H3205H6437H6203H6440H6256H7451H559H6965H346728Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns.H430H6213H6965H3467H6256H7451H4557H5892H430H306329"Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD.H7378H6586H5002H306830"In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.H7723H5221H1121H3947H4148H2719H398H5030H7843H73831"You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'?H1755H7200H1697H3068H4057H3478H776H3991H559H5971H7300H93532Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.H1330H7911H5716H3618H7196H5971H7911H3117H455733How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.H3190H1870H1245H160H3925H7451H187034On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all thisH3671H4672H1818H5315H34H5355H4672H429035you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' But I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'H559H5352H639H7725H8199H559H239836Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.H235H3966H8138H1870H954H4714H954H80437You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.H3318H3027H7218H3068H3988H4009H6743