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<t><p class="indent1">Evil<MH7463a> came<MH935> upon them,” declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068>.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Hear<MH8085> the word<MH1697> of the LORD<MH3068>, house<MH1004> of Jacob<MH3290>, and all<MH3605> the families<MH4940> of the house<MH1004> of Israel<MH3478>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This<MH3541> is<MH3541> what<MH3541> the LORD<MH3068> says<MH559>: <p class="indent1stline">“What<MH4100> injustice<MH5766> did your fathers<MH1> find<MH4672> in Me, <t><p class="indent1">That they went<MH7368> far<MH7368> from Me, <t><p class="indent1">And walked<MH1980> after<MH310> emptiness<MH1892> and became<MH1891> empty<MH1891>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“They did not say<MH559>, ‘Where<MH346> is the LORD<MH3068> <t><p class="indent1">Who brought<MH5927> us up<MH5927> out of the land<MH776> of Egypt<MH4714>, <t><p class="indent1">Who led<MH1980> us through the wilderness<MH4057b>, <t><p class="indent1">Through a land<MH776> of deserts<MH6160> and of pits<MH7745>, <t><p class="indent1">Through a land<MH776> of drought<MH6723> and of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>deep<MH6757> darkness<MH6757>, <t><p class="indent1">Through a land<MH776> that no<MH3808> one<MH376> crossed<MH5674a> <t><p class="indent1">And where<MH8033> no<MH3808> person<MH120> lived<MH3427>?’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“I brought<MH935> you into the fruitful<MH3759> land<MH776> <t><p class="indent1">To eat<MH398> its fruit<MH6529> and its good<MH2898> things<MH2898>. <t><p class="indent1">But you came<MH935> and defiled<MH2930> My land<MH776>, <t><p class="indent1">And you made<MH7760> My inheritance<MH5159> an abomination<MH8441>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The priests<MH3548> did not say<MH559>, ‘Where<MH346> is the LORD<MH3068>?’ <t><p class="indent1">And those who handle<MH8610> the Law<MH8451> did not know<MH3045> Me; <t><p class="indent1">The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>rulers<MH7462a> also revolted<MH6586> against Me, <t><p class="indent1">And the prophets<MH5030> prophesied<MH5012> by Baal<MH1168a> <t><p class="indent1">And walked<MH1980> after<MH310> things that were of no<MH3808> benefit<MH3276>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Therefore<MH3651> I will still<MH5750> contend<MH7378> with you,” declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068>, <p class="indent1stline">“And I will contend<MH7378> with your sons’<MH1121> sons<MH1121>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“For cross<MH5674a> to the coastlands<MH339> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>Kittim<MH3794> and see<MH7200>, <t><p class="indent1">And send<MH7971> to Kedar<MH6938> and observe<MH995> closely<MH3966>, <t><p class="indent1">And see<MH7200> if<MH2005> there has been<MH1961> <i>anything</i> like this<MH2088>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Has a nation<MH1471> changed<MH4171> gods<MH430>, <t><p class="indent1">When they were not gods<MH430>? <t><p class="indent1">But My people<MH5971a> have exchanged<MH4171> their glory<MH3519b> <t><p class="indent1">For that which is of no<MH3808> benefit<MH3276>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Be<MH8074> appalled<MH8074> at this<MH2088>, you heavens<MH8064>, <t><p class="indent1">And shudder<MH8175c>, be very<MH3966> desolate<MH2717b>,” declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“For My people<MH5971a> have committed<MH6213a> two<MH8147> evils<MH7451a>: <p class="indent1stline">They have abandoned<MH5800a> Me, <t><p class="indent1">The fountain<MH4726> of living<MH2416a> waters<MH4325>, <t><p class="indent1">To carve<MH2672> out<MH2672> for themselves cisterns<MH877>, <t><p class="indent1">Broken<MH7665> cisterns<MH877> <t><p class="indent1">That do<MH3808> not hold<MH3557> water<MH4325>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Is Israel<MH3478> a slave<MH5650>? Or<MH518> is he a servant<MH3211> born<MH3211> in the home<MH1004>? <t><p class="indent1">Why<MH4069> has he become<MH1961> plunder<MH957>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“The young<MH3715> lions<MH3715> have roared<MH7580> at him, <t><p class="indent1">They have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>roared<MH5414, 6963> loudly<MH5414, 6963>. <t><p class="indent1">And they have made<MH7896> his land<MH776> a waste<MH8047>; <t><p class="indent1">His cities<MH5892b> have been destroyed<MH5327c>, without<MH1097> inhabitant<MH3427>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Also<MH1571> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>men<MH1121> of Memphis<MH5297> and Tahpanhes<MH8471> <t><p class="indent1">Have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>shaved<MH7462a> your head<MH6936>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Have you not done<MH6213a> this<MH2088> to yourself <t><p class="indent1">By your abandoning<MH5800a> the LORD<MH3068> your God<MH430> <t><p class="indent1">When<MH6256> He led<MH1980> you in the way<MH1870>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“But now<MH6258> what<MH4100> are you doing on the road<MH1870> to Egypt<MH4714>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Except</i> to drink<MH8354> the waters<MH4325> of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Nile<MH7883>? <t><p class="indent1">Or what<MH4100> are you doing on the road<MH1870> to Assyria<MH804b>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Except</i> to drink<MH8354> the waters<MH4325> of the <i>Euphrates</i> River<MH5104>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Your own wickedness<MH7463a> will correct<MH3256> you, <t><p class="indent1">And your apostasies<MH4878> will punish<MH3198> you; <t><p class="indent1">Know<MH3045> therefore and see<MH7200> that it is evil<MH7451a> and bitter<MH4751> <t><p class="indent1">For you to abandon<MH5800a> the LORD<MH3068> your God<MH430>, <t><p class="indent1">And the fear<MH6345> of Me is not in you,” declares<MH5002> the Lord<MH136> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>GOD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“For long<MH5769> ago<MH5769> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>I broke<MH7665> your yoke<MH5923> <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> tore<MH5423> off<MH5423> your restraints<MH4147>; <t><p class="indent1">But you said<MH559>, ‘I will not serve<MH5647>!’ <t><p class="indent1">For on every<MH3605> high<MH1364> hill<MH1389> <t><p class="indent1">And under<MH8478> every<MH3605> leafy<MH7488> tree<MH6086> <t><p class="indent1">You have lain<MH6808> down<MH6808> as a prostitute<MH2181>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Yet I planted<MH5193> you as a choice<MH8321a> vine<MH8321a>, <t><p class="indent1">A completely<MH3605> faithful<MH571> seed<MH2233>. <t><p class="indent1">How<MH349> then have you turned<MH2015> yourself before Me <t><p class="indent1">Into the degenerate<MH5493> shoots of a foreign<MH5237> vine<MH1612>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Although<MH3588, 518> you wash<MH3526> yourself with lye<MH5427> <t><p class="indent1">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>use<MH7235a> much<MH7235a> soap<MH1287>, <t><p class="indent1">The stain<MH3799> of your guilt<MH5771> is before<MH6440> Me,” declares<MH5002> the Lord<MH136> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>GOD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“How<MH349> can you say<MH559>, ‘I am not defiled<MH2930>, <t><p class="indent1">I have not gone<MH1980> after<MH310> the Baals<MH1168a>’? <t><p class="indent1">Look<MH7200> at your way<MH1870> in the valley<MH1516>! <t><p class="indent1">Know<MH3045> what<MH4100> you have done<MH6213a>! <t><p class="indent1">You are a swift<MH7031> young<MH1072> camel<MH1072> running<MH8308> about<MH8308> senselessly<MH8308> on her ways<MH1870>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A wild<MH6501> donkey<MH6501> accustomed<MH3928> to the wilderness<MH4057b>, <t><p class="indent1">That sniffs<MH7602a> the wind<MH7307> in her passion<MH185, 5315>. <t><p class="indent1">Who<MH4310> can turn<MH7725> her away<MH7725> <i>in</i> her mating<MH8385a> season<MH8385a>? <t><p class="indent1">None<MH3605, 3808> who seek<MH1245> her will grow<MH3286> weary<MH3286>; <t><p class="indent1">In her month<MH2320> they will find<MH4672> her. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Keep<MH4513> your feet<MH7272> from<MH4513, 4480> being bare<MH3182>, <t><p class="indent1">And your throat<MH1627> from thirst<MH6773>; <t><p class="indent1">But you said<MH559>, ‘It is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>hopeless<MH2976>! <t><p class="indent1">No<MH3808>! For I have loved<MH157> strangers<MH2114a>, <t><p class="indent1">And I will walk<MH1980> after<MH310> them.’ <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Like the shame<MH1322> of a thief<MH1590> when<MH3588> he is discovered<MH4672>, <t><p class="indent1">So<MH3651> the house<MH1004> of Israel<MH3478> is shamed<MH954>; <t><p class="indent1">They, their kings<MH4428>, their leaders<MH8269>, <t><p class="indent1">Their priests<MH3548>, and their prophets<MH5030>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Who say<MH559> to a tree<MH6086>, ‘You are my father<MH1>,’ <t><p class="indent1">And to a stone<MH68>, ‘You gave<MH3205> me birth<MH3205>.’ <t><p class="indent1">For they have turned<MH6437> <i>their</i> backs<MH6203> to Me, <t><p class="indent1">And not <i>their</i> faces<MH6440>; <t><p class="indent1">But in the time<MH6256> of their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>trouble<MH7463a> they will say<MH559>, <t><p class="indent1">‘Arise<MH6965> and save<MH3467> us!’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“But where<MH346> are your gods<MH430> <t><p class="indent1">Which<MH834> you made<MH6213a> for yourself? <t><p class="indent1">Let them arise<MH6965>, if<MH518> they can save<MH3467> you <t><p class="indent1">In the time<MH6256> of your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>trouble<MH7463a>! <t><p class="indent1">For <i>as many as</i> the number<MH4557> of your cities<MH5892b> <t><p class="indent1">Are your gods<MH430>, Judah<MH3063>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Why<MH4100> do you contend<MH7378> with Me? <t><p class="indent1">You have all<MH3605> revolted<MH6586> against Me,” declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“In vain<MH7723> I have struck<MH5221> your sons<MH1121>; <t><p class="indent1">They did not accept<MH3947> discipline<MH4148>. <t><p class="indent1">Your sword<MH2719> has devoured<MH398> your prophets<MH5030> <t><p class="indent1">Like a destroying<MH7843> lion<MH743b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“You generation<MH1755>, look<MH7200> to the word<MH1697> of the LORD<MH3068>. <t><p class="indent1">Have I been<MH1961> a wilderness<MH4057b> to Israel<MH3478>, <t><p class="indent1">Or<MH518> a land<MH776> of thick<MH3991> darkness<MH3991>? <t><p class="indent1">Why<MH4069> do My people<MH5971a> say<MH559>, ‘We <i>are free to</i> roam<MH7300>; <t><p class="indent1">We will no<MH3808> longer<MH5750> come<MH935> to You’? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Can a virgin<MH1330> forget<MH7911> her jewelry<MH5716>, <t><p class="indent1">Or a bride<MH3618> her attire<MH7196>? <t><p class="indent1">Yet My people<MH5971a> have forgotten<MH7911> Me <t><p class="indent1">For days<MH3117> without<MH369> number<MH4557>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“How<MH4100> well<MH3190> you prepare<MH3190> your way<MH1870> <t><p class="indent1">To seek<MH1245> love<MH160>! <t><p class="indent1">Therefore<MH3651> even<MH1571> to the wicked<MH7451a> women<MH7451a> <t><p class="indent1">You have taught<MH3925> your ways<MH1870>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Also<MH1571> on your skirts<MH3671> is found<MH4672> <t><p class="indent1">The lifeblood<MH1818, 5315> of the innocent<MH5355a> poor<MH34>; <t><p class="indent1">You did not find<MH4672> them breaking<MH4290> in<MH4290>. <t><p class="indent1">But in<MH5921> spite<MH5921> of<MH5921> all<MH3605> these<MH428> things<MH428>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>You said<MH559>, ‘I am<MH5352> innocent<MH5352>; <t><p class="indent1">Surely<MH389> His anger<MH639> is turned<MH7725> away<MH7725> from me.’ <t><p class="indent1">Behold<MH2009>, I will enter<MH8199> into<MH8199> judgment<MH8199> with you <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH5921> you say<MH559>, ‘I have not sinned<MH2398>.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Why<MH4100> do you go<MH235> around so<MH3966> much<MH3966> <t><p class="indent1">Changing<MH8132> your way<MH1870>? <t><p class="indent1">Also<MH1571>, you will be put<MH954> to<MH954> shame<MH954> by Egypt<MH4714>, <t><p class="indent1">Just<MH3512c> as<MH3512c> you were put<MH954> to<MH954> shame<MH954> by Assyria<MH804b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“From this<MH2088> <i>place</i> as<MH1571> well<MH1571> you will go<MH3318> out<MH3318> <t><p class="indent1">With your hands<MH3027> on your head<MH7218>; <t><p class="indent1">For the LORD<MH3068> has rejected<MH3988a> those in whom<MH4009> you trust<MH4009>, <t><p class="indent1">And you will not prosper<MH6743b> with them.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>faithfulness</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>the shadow of death</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>shepherds</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> I.e., Cyprus and other islands<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>given their voice</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>sons</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>grazed</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Heb <i>Shihor</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Heb <i>YHWH,</i> usually rendered <i>L<i>ORD</i></i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>you</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>acquire much soap for yourself</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Heb <i>YHWH,</i> usually rendered <i>L<i>ORD</i></i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i>desperate</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>evil</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Or <i>evil</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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