2Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,H1697H3068H5592"Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.H1980H7121H241H3389H559H559H3068H2142H2617H5271H160H3623H3212H310H4057H776H22323Israel was holiness to the LORD, The firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will come upon them," says the LORD.'"H3478H6944H3068H7225H8393H398H816H7451H935H5002H30684Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.H8085H1697H3068H1004H3290H4940H1004H34785Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?H559H3068H5766H1H4672H7368H3212H310H1892H18916Neither did they say, 'Where is the LORD, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?'H559H3068H5927H776H4714H3212H4057H776H6160H7745H776H6723H6757H776H376H5674H120H34277I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.H935H3759H776H398H6529H2898H935H2930H776H7760H5159H84418The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.H3548H559H3068H8610H8451H3045H7462H6586H5030H5012H1168H1980H310H32769"Therefore I will yet bring charges against you," says the LORD, "And against your children's children I will bring charges.H7378H5002H3068H1121H1121H737810For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.H5674H339H3794H7200H7971H6938H995H3966H720011Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.H1471H3235H430H430H5971H4171H3519H327612Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate," says the LORD.H8074H8064H8175H3966H2717H5002H306813"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.H5971H6213H8147H7451H5800H4726H2416H4325H2672H877H7665H877H3557H432514"Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered?H3478H5650H1004H3211H4069H95715The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.H3715H7580H5414H6963H7896H776H8047H5892H3341H342716Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.H1121H5297H8471H7462H693617Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the LORD your God When He led you in the way?H6213H5800H3068H430H6256H3212H187018And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?H1870H4714H8354H4325H7883H1870H804H8354H4325H510419Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you," Says the Lord GOD of hosts.H7451H3256H4878H3198H3045H7200H7451H4751H5800H3068H430H6345H5002H136H3069H663520"For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, 'I will not transgress,' When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.H5769H7665H5923H5423H4147H559H5674H5647H1364H1389H7488H6086H6808H218121Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?H5193H8321H571H2233H2015H5494H5237H161222For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord GOD.H3526H5427H7235H1287H5771H3799H6440H5002H136H306923"How can you say, 'I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,H559H2930H1980H310H1168H7200H1870H1516H3045H6213H7031H1072H8308H187024A wild donkey used to the wilderness, That sniffs at the wind in her desire; In her time of mating, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.H6501H3928H4057H7602H7307H185H5315H8385H7725H1245H3286H2320H467225Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.'H4513H7272H3182H1627H6773H559H2976H157H2114H310H321226"As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their prophets,H1590H1322H4672H1004H3478H3001H4428H8269H3548H503027Saying 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 the time of their trouble They will say, 'Arise and save us.'H559H6086H1H68H3205H6437H6203H6440H6256H7451H559H6965H346728But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.H430H6213H6965H3467H6256H7451H4557H5892H430H306329"Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me," says the LORD.H7378H6586H5002H306830"In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.H7723H5221H1121H3947H4148H2719H398H5030H7843H73831"O generation, see the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are lords; We will come no more to You'?H1755H7200H1697H3068H4057H3478H776H3991H559H5971H7300H93532Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.H1330H7911H5716H3618H7196H5971H7911H3117H455733"Why do you beautify your way to seek love? Therefore you have also taught The wicked women your ways.H3190H1870H1245H160H3925H7451H187034Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.H3671H4672H1818H5315H34H5355H4672H429035Yet you say, 'Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.' Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, 'I have not sinned.'H559H5352H639H7725H8199H559H239836Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.H235H3966H8138H1870H954H4714H954H80437Indeed you will go forth from him With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected your trusted allies, And you will not prosper by them.H3318H3027H7218H3068H3988H4009H6743
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