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Jeremiah 2:1--3:25

2:1
Moreover the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
came to me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
2:2
Go
<01980> (8800)
and cry
<07121> (8804)
in the ears
<0241>
of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_;
I remember
<02142> (8804)
thee, the kindness
<02617>
of thy youth
<05271>_,
the love
<0160>
of thine espousals
<03623>_,
when thou wentest
<03212> (8800)
after
<0310>
me in the wilderness
<04057>_,
in a land
<0776>
[that was] not sown
<02232> (8803)_.
{thee: or, for thy sake}
2:3
Israel
<03478>
[was] holiness
<06944>
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
[and] the firstfruits
<07225>
of his increase
<08393>_:
all that devour
<0398> (8802)
him shall offend
<0816> (8799)_;
evil
<07451>
shall come
<0935> (8799)
upon them, saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
2:4
Hear
<08085> (8798)
ye the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
O house
<01004>
of Jacob
<03290>_,
and all the families
<04940>
of the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>_:
2:5
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_,
What iniquity
<05766>
have your fathers
<01>
found
<04672> (8804)
in me, that they are gone far
<07368> (8804)
from me, and have walked
<03212> (8799)
after
<0310>
vanity
<01892>_,
and are become vain
<01891> (8799)_?
2:6
Neither said
<0559> (8804)
they, Where [is] the LORD
<03068>
that brought us up
<05927> (8688)
out of the land
<0776>
of Egypt
<04714>_,
that led
<03212> (8688)
us through the wilderness
<04057>_,
through a land
<0776>
of deserts
<06160>
and of pits
<07745>_,
through a land
<0776>
of drought
<06723>_,
and of the shadow of death
<06757>_,
through a land
<0776>
that no man
<0376>
passed through
<05674> (8804)_,
and where no man
<0120>
dwelt
<03427> (8804)_?
2:7
And I brought
<0935> (8686)
you into a plentiful
<03759>
country
<0776>_,
to eat
<0398> (8800)
the fruit
<06529>
thereof and the goodness
<02898>
thereof; but when ye entered
<0935> (8799)_,
ye defiled
<02930> (8762)
my land
<0776>_,
and made
<07760> (8804)
mine heritage
<05159>
an abomination
<08441>_.
{a plentiful...: or, the land of Carmel}
2:8
The priests
<03548>
said
<0559> (8804)
not, Where [is] the LORD
<03068>_?
and they that handle
<08610> (8802)
the law
<08451>
knew
<03045> (8804)
me not: the pastors
<07462> (8802)
also transgressed
<06586> (8804)
against me, and the prophets
<05030>
prophesied
<05012> (8738)
by Baal
<01168>_,
and walked
<01980> (8804)
after
<0310>
[things that] do not profit
<03276> (8686)_.
2:9
Wherefore I will yet plead
<07378> (8799)
with you, saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_,
and with your children's
<01121>
children
<01121>
will I plead
<07378> (8799)_.
2:10
For pass over
<05674> (8798)
the isles
<0339>
of Chittim
<03794>_,
and see
<07200> (8798)_;
and send
<07971> (8798)
unto Kedar
<06938>_,
and consider
<0995> (8708)
diligently
<03966>_,
and see
<07200> (8798)
if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to}
2:11
Hath a nation
<01471>
changed
<03235> (8689)
[their] gods
<0430>_,
which [are] yet no gods
<0430>_?
but my people
<05971>
have changed
<04171> (8689)
their glory
<03519>
for [that which] doth not profit
<03276> (8686)_.
2:12
Be astonished
<08074> (8798)_,
O ye heavens
<08064>_,
at this, and be horribly afraid
<08175> (8798)_,
be ye very
<03966>
desolate
<02717> (8798)_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
2:13
For my people
<05971>
have committed
<06213> (8804)
two
<08147>
evils
<07451>_;
they have forsaken
<05800> (8804)
me the fountain
<04726>
of living
<02416>
waters
<04325>_,
[and] hewed them out
<02672> (8800)
cisterns
<0877>_,
broken
<07665> (8737)
cisterns
<0877>_,
that can hold
<03557> (8686)
no water
<04325>_.
2:14
[Is] Israel
<03478>
a servant
<05650>_?
[is] he a homeborn
<01004> <03211>
[slave]? why
<04069>
is he spoiled
<0957>_?
{spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}
2:15
The young lions
<03715>
roared
<07580> (8799)
upon him, [and] yelled
<05414> (8804) <06963>_,
and they made
<07896> (8799)
his land
<0776>
waste
<08047>_:
his cities
<05892>
are burned
<03341> (8738)
without inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.
{yelled: Heb. gave out their voice}
2:16
Also the children
<01121>
of Noph
<05297>
and Tahapanes
<08471>
have broken
<07462> (8799)
the crown of thy head
<06936>_.
{have...: or, feed on thy crown}
2:17
Hast thou not procured
<06213> (8799)
this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
<05800> (8800)
the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
when
<06256>
he led
<03212> (8688)
thee by the way
<01870>_?
2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way
<01870>
of Egypt
<04714>_,
to drink
<08354> (8800)
the waters
<04325>
of Sihor
<07883>_?
or what hast thou to do in the way
<01870>
of Assyria
<0804>_,
to drink
<08354> (8800)
the waters
<04325>
of the river
<05104>_?
2:19
Thine own wickedness
<07451>
shall correct
<03256> (8762)
thee, and thy backslidings
<04878>
shall reprove
<03198> (8686)
thee: know
<03045> (8798)
therefore and see
<07200> (8798)
that [it is] an evil
<07451>
[thing] and bitter
<04751>_,
that thou hast forsaken
<05800> (8800)
the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
and that my fear
<06345>
[is] not in thee, saith
<05002> (8803)
the Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>
of hosts
<06635>_.
2:20
For of old time
<05769>
I have broken
<07665> (8804)
thy yoke
<05923>_,
[and] burst
<05423> (8765)
thy bands
<04147>_;
and thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,
I will not transgress
<05674> (8799) (8675) <05647> (8799)_;
when upon every high
<01364>
hill
<01389>
and under every green
<07488>
tree
<06086>
thou wanderest
<06808> (8802)_,
playing the harlot
<02181> (8802)_.
{transgress: or, serve}
2:21
Yet I had planted
<05193> (8804)
thee a noble vine
<08321>_,
wholly a right
<0571>
seed
<02233>_:
how then art thou turned
<02015> (8738)
into the degenerate plant
<05494>
of a strange
<05237>
vine
<01612>
unto me?
2:22
For though thou wash
<03526> (8762)
thee with nitre
<05427>_,
and take thee much
<07235> (8686)
soap
<01287>_,
[yet] thine iniquity
<05771>
is marked
<03799> (8737)
before
<06440>
me, saith
<05002> (8803)
the Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_.
2:23
How canst thou say
<0559> (8799)_,
I am not polluted
<02930> (8738)_,
I have not gone
<01980> (8804)
after
<0310>
Baalim
<01168>_?
see
<07200> (8798)
thy way
<01870>
in the valley
<01516>_,
know
<03045> (8798)
what thou hast done
<06213> (8804)_:
[thou art] a swift
<07031>
dromedary
<01072>
traversing
<08308> (8764)
her ways
<01870>_;
{thou art...: or, O swift dromedary}
2:24
A wild ass
<06501>
used
<03928>
to the wilderness
<04057>_,
[that] snuffeth up
<07602> (8804)
the wind
<07307>
at her pleasure
<0185> <05315>_;
in her occasion
<08385>
who can turn her away
<07725> (8686)_?
all they that seek
<01245> (8764)
her will not weary
<03286> (8799)
themselves; in her month
<02320>
they shall find
<04672> (8799)
her. {A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc} {used: Heb. taught} {her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart} {turn...: or, reverse it?}
2:25
Withhold
<04513> (8798)
thy foot
<07272>
from being unshod
<03182>_,
and thy throat
<01627>
from thirst
<06773>_:
but thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,
There is no hope
<02976> (8737)_:
no; for I have loved
<0157> (8804)
strangers
<02114> (8801)_,
and after
<0310>
them will I go
<03212> (8799)_.
{There...: or, Is the case desperate?}
2:26
As the thief
<01590>
is ashamed
<01322>
when he is found
<04672> (8735)_,
so is the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
ashamed
<03001> (8689)_;
they, their kings
<04428>_,
their princes
<08269>_,
and their priests
<03548>_,
and their prophets
<05030>_,
2:27
Saying
<0559> (8802)
to a stock
<06086>_,
Thou [art] my father
<01>_;
and to a stone
<068>_,
Thou hast brought me forth
<03205> (8804)_:
for they have turned
<06437> (8804)
[their] back
<06203>
unto me, and not [their] face
<06440>_:
but in the time
<06256>
of their trouble
<07451>
they will say
<0559> (8799)_,
Arise
<06965> (8798)_,
and save
<03467> (8685)
us. {brought...: or, begotten me} {their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck}
2:28
But where [are] thy gods
<0430>
that thou hast made
<06213> (8804)
thee? let them arise
<06965> (8799)_,
if they can save
<03467> (8686)
thee in the time
<06256>
of thy trouble
<07451>_:
for [according to] the number
<04557>
of thy cities
<05892>
are thy gods
<0430>_,
O Judah
<03063>_.
{trouble: Heb. evil}
2:29
Wherefore will ye plead
<07378> (8799)
with me? ye all have transgressed
<06586> (8804)
against me, saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
2:30
In vain
<07723>
have I smitten
<05221> (8689)
your children
<01121>_;
they received
<03947> (8804)
no correction
<04148>_:
your own sword
<02719>
hath devoured
<0398> (8804)
your prophets
<05030>_,
like a destroying
<07843> (8688)
lion
<0738>_.
2:31
O generation
<01755>_,
see
<07200> (8798)
ye the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
Have I been a wilderness
<04057>
unto Israel
<03478>_?
a land
<0776>
of darkness
<03991>_?
wherefore say
<0559> (8804)
my people
<05971>_,
We are lords
<07300> (8804)_;
we will come
<0935> (8799)
no more unto thee? {We are...: Heb. We have dominion}
2:32
Can a maid
<01330>
forget
<07911> (8799)
her ornaments
<05716>_,
[or] a bride
<03618>
her attire
<07196>_?
yet my people
<05971>
have forgotten
<07911> (8804)
me days
<03117>
without number
<04557>_.
2:33
Why trimmest
<03190> (8686)
thou thy way
<01870>
to seek
<01245> (8763)
love
<0160>_?
therefore hast thou also taught
<03925> (8765)
the wicked ones
<07451>
thy ways
<01870>_.
2:34
Also in thy skirts
<03671>
is found
<04672> (8738)
the blood
<01818>
of the souls
<05315>
of the poor
<034>
innocents
<05355>_:
I have not found
<04672> (8804)
it by secret search
<04290>_,
but upon all these. {secret...: Heb. digging}
2:35
Yet thou sayest
<0559> (8799)_,
Because I am innocent
<05352> (8738)_,
surely his anger
<0639>
shall turn
<07725> (8804)
from me. Behold, I will plead
<08199> (8737)
with thee, because thou sayest
<0559> (8800)_,
I have not sinned
<02398> (8804)_.
2:36
Why gaddest thou about
<0235> (8799)
so much
<03966>
to change
<08138> (8763)
thy way
<01870>_?
thou also shalt be ashamed
<0954> (8799)
of Egypt
<04714>_,
as thou wast ashamed
<0954> (8804)
of Assyria
<0804>_.
2:37
Yea, thou shalt go forth
<03318> (8799)
from him, and thine hands
<03027>
upon thine head
<07218>_:
for the LORD
<03068>
hath rejected
<03988> (8804)
thy confidences
<04009>_,
and thou shalt not prosper
<06743> (8686)
in them.
3:1
They say
<0559> (8800)_,
If a man
<0376>
put away
<07971> (8762)
his wife
<0802>_,
and she go
<01980> (8804)
from him, and become another
<0312>
man's
<0376>_,
shall he return unto her again
<07725> (8799)_?
shall not that land
<0776>
be greatly
<02610> (8800)
polluted
<02610> (8799)_?
but thou hast played the harlot
<02181> (8804)
with many
<07227>
lovers
<07453>_;
yet return again
<07725> (8800)
to me, saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
{They say: Heb. Saying}
3:2
Lift up
<05375> (8798)
thine eyes
<05869>
unto the high places
<08205>_,
and see
<07200> (8798)
where
<0375>
thou hast not been lien
<07693> (8795) (8676) <07901> (8795)
with. In the ways
<01870>
hast thou sat
<03427> (8804)
for them, as the Arabian
<06163>
in the wilderness
<04057>_;
and thou hast polluted
<02610> (8686)
the land
<0776>
with thy whoredoms
<02184>
and with thy wickedness
<07451>_.
3:3
Therefore the showers
<07241>
have been withholden
<04513> (8735)_,
and there hath been no latter rain
<04456>_;
and thou hadst a whore's
<02181> (8802) <0802>
forehead
<04696>_,
thou refusedst
<03985> (8765)
to be ashamed
<03637> (8736)_.
3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry
<07121> (8804)
unto me, My father
<01>_,
thou [art] the guide
<0441>
of my youth
<05271>_?
3:5
Will he reserve
<05201> (8799)
[his anger] for ever
<05769>_?
will he keep
<08104> (8799)
[it] to the end
<05331>_?
Behold, thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)
and done
<06213> (8799)
evil things
<07451>
as thou couldest
<03201> (8799)_.
3:6
The LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
also unto me in the days
<03117>
of Josiah
<02977>
the king
<04428>_,
Hast thou seen
<07200> (8804)
[that] which backsliding
<04878>
Israel
<03478>
hath done
<06213> (8804)_?
she is gone up
<01980> (8802)
upon every high
<01364>
mountain
<02022>
and under
<08478>
every green
<07488>
tree
<06086>_,
and there hath played the harlot
<02181> (8799)_.
3:7
And I said
<0559> (8799)
after
<0310>
she had done
<06213> (8800)
all these [things], Turn
<07725> (8799)
thou unto me. But she returned
<07725> (8804)
not. And her treacherous
<0901>
sister
<0269>
Judah
<03063>
saw
<07200> (8799)
[it].
3:8
And I saw
<07200> (8799)_,
when for all the causes
<0182>
whereby backsliding
<04878>
Israel
<03478>
committed adultery
<05003> (8765)
I had put her away
<07971> (8765)_,
and given
<05414> (8799)
her a bill
<05612>
of divorce
<03748>_;
yet her treacherous
<0898> (8802)
sister
<0269>
Judah
<03063>
feared
<03372> (8804)
not, but went
<03212> (8799)
and played the harlot
<02181> (8799)
also.
3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness
<06963>
of her whoredom
<02184>_,
that she defiled
<02610> (8799)
the land
<0776>_,
and committed adultery
<05003> (8799)
with stones
<068>
and with stocks
<06086>_.
{lightness: or, fame}
3:10
And yet for all this her treacherous
<0901>
sister
<0269>
Judah
<03063>
hath not turned
<07725> (8804)
unto me with her whole heart
<03820>_,
but feignedly
<08267>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
{feignedly: Heb. in falsehood}
3:11
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto me, The backsliding
<04878>
Israel
<03478>
hath justified
<06663> (8765)
herself
<05315>
more than treacherous
<0898> (8802)
Judah
<03063>_.
3:12
Go
<01980> (8800)
and proclaim
<07121> (8804)
these words
<01697>
toward the north
<06828>_,
and say
<0559> (8804)_,
Return
<07725> (8798)_,
thou backsliding
<04878>
Israel
<03478>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_;
[and] I will not cause mine anger
<06440>
to fall
<05307> (8686)
upon you: for I [am] merciful
<02623>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_,
[and] I will not keep
<05201> (8799)
[anger] for ever
<05769>_.
3:13
Only acknowledge
<03045> (8798)
thine iniquity
<05771>_,
that thou hast transgressed
<06586> (8804)
against the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
and hast scattered
<06340> (8762)
thy ways
<01870>
to the strangers
<02114> (8801)
under every green
<07488>
tree
<06086>_,
and ye have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)
my voice
<06963>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
3:14
Turn
<07725> (8798)_,
O backsliding
<07726>
children
<01121>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_;
for I am married
<01166> (8804)
unto you: and I will take
<03947> (8804)
you one
<0259>
of a city
<05892>_,
and two
<08147>
of a family
<04940>_,
and I will bring
<0935> (8689)
you to Zion
<06726>_:
3:15
And I will give
<05414> (8804)
you pastors
<07462> (8802)
according to mine heart
<03820>_,
which shall feed
<07462> (8804)
you with knowledge
<01844>
and understanding
<07919> (8687)_.
3:16
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied
<07235> (8799)
and increased
<06509> (8804)
in the land
<0776>_,
in those days
<03117>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_,
they shall say
<0559> (8799)
no more, The ark
<0727>
of the covenant
<01285>
of the LORD
<03068>_:
neither shall it come
<05927> (8799)
to mind
<03820>_:
neither shall they remember
<02142> (8799)
it; neither shall they visit
<06485> (8799)
[it]; neither shall [that] be done
<06213> (8735)
any more. {come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart} {that...: or, it be magnified}
3:17
At that time
<06256>
they shall call
<07121> (8799)
Jerusalem
<03389>
the throne
<03678>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
and all the nations
<01471>
shall be gathered
<06960> (8738)
unto it, to the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
to Jerusalem
<03389>_:
neither shall they walk
<03212> (8799)
any more after
<0310>
the imagination
<08307>
of their evil
<07451>
heart
<03820>_.
{imagination: or, stubbornness}
3:18
In those days
<03117>
the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>
shall walk
<03212> (8799)
with the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>_,
and they shall come
<0935> (8799)
together
<03162>
out of the land
<0776>
of the north
<06828>
to the land
<0776>
that I have given for an inheritance
<05157> (8689)
unto your fathers
<01>_.
{with: or, to} {given...: or, caused your fathers to possess}
3:19
But I said
<0559> (8804)_,
How shall I put
<07896> (8799)
thee among the children
<01121>_,
and give
<05414> (8799)
thee a pleasant
<02532>
land
<0776>_,
a goodly
<06643>
heritage
<05159>
of the hosts
<06635>
of nations
<01471>_?
and I said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou shalt call
<07121> (8799)
me, My father
<01>_;
and shalt not turn away
<07725> (8799)
from me
<0310>_.
{from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}
3:20
Surely
<0403>
[as] a wife
<0802>
treacherously
<0898> (8804)
departeth from her husband
<07453>_,
so have ye dealt treacherously
<0898> (8804)
with me, O house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>_,
saith
<05002> (8803)
the LORD
<03068>_.
{husband: Heb. friend}
3:21
A voice
<06963>
was heard
<08085> (8738)
upon the high places
<08205>_,
weeping
<01065>
[and] supplications
<08469>
of the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_:
for they have perverted
<05753> (8689)
their way
<01870>_,
[and] they have forgotten
<07911> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
their God
<0430>_.
3:22
Return
<07725> (8798)_,
ye backsliding
<07726>
children
<01121>_,
[and] I will heal
<07495> (8799)
your backslidings
<04878>_.
Behold, we come
<0857> (8804)
unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD
<03068>
our God
<0430>_.
3:23
Truly
<0403>
in vain
<08267>
[is salvation hoped for] from the hills
<01389>_,
[and from] the multitude
<01995>
of mountains
<02022>_:
truly
<0403>
in the LORD
<03068>
our God
<0430>
[is] the salvation
<08668>
of Israel
<03478>_.
3:24
For shame
<01322>
hath devoured
<0398> (8804)
the labour
<03018>
of our fathers
<01>
from our youth
<05271>_;
their flocks
<06629>
and their herds
<01241>_,
their sons
<01121>
and their daughters
<01323>_.
3:25
We lie down
<07901> (8799)
in our shame
<01322>_,
and our confusion
<03639>
covereth
<03680> (8762)
us: for we have sinned
<02398> (8804)
against the LORD
<03068>
our God
<0430>_,
we and our fathers
<01>_,
from our youth
<05271>
even unto this day
<03117>_,
and have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)
the voice
<06963>
of the LORD
<03068>
our God
<0430>_.
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