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says:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I remember the loyalty of your youth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your love as a bride —</p><p class="poem">how you followed me in the wilderness,</p><p class="poem">in a land not sown.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Israel was holy to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the firstfruits of his harvest.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">All who ate of it found themselves guilty;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">disaster came on them.”</p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Hear the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, house of Jacob</p><p class="poem">and all families of the house of Israel.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says:</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">What fault did your ancestors find in me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">that they went so far from me,</p><p class="poem">followed worthless idols,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and became worthless themselves?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They stopped asking, “Where is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who brought us from the land of Egypt,</p><p class="poem">who led us through the wilderness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">through a land of deserts and ravines,</p><p class="poem">through a land of drought and darkness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">a land no one traveled through</p><p class="poem">and where no one lived? ”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I brought you to a fertile land<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to eat its fruit and bounty,</p><p class="poem">but after you entered, you defiled my land;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you made my inheritance<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> detestable.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The priests quit asking, “Where is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>? ”</p><p class="poem">The experts in the law no longer knew me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the rulers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> rebelled against me.</p><p class="poem">The prophets prophesied by<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Baal<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">and followed useless idols.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore, I will bring a case against you again.</p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p><p class="poem">I will bring a case against your children’s children.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and take a look.</p><p class="poem">Send someone to Kedar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and consider carefully;</p><p class="poem">see if there has ever been anything like this:</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">(But they were not gods!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a>)</p><p class="poem">Yet my people have exchanged their<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Glory</p><p class="poem">for useless idols.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Be appalled at this, heavens;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">be shocked and utterly desolated!</p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For my people have committed a double evil:</p><p class="poem">They have abandoned me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the fountain of living water,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and dug cisterns for themselves — </p><p class="poem">cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Consequences of Apostasy</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is Israel a slave?</p><p class="poem">Was he born into slavery?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">Why else has he become a prey?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The young lions have roared at him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they have roared loudly.</p><p class="poem">They have laid waste his land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">have also broken your skull.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Have you not brought this on yourself<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">by abandoning the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God</p><p class="poem">while he was leading you along the way?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now what will you gain</p><p class="poem">by traveling along the way to Egypt<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to drink the water of the Nile?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">What will you gain</p><p class="poem">by traveling along the way to Assyria<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">to drink the water of the Euphrates?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your own evil will discipline you;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your own apostasies will reprimand you.</p><p class="poem">Recognize<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> how evil and bitter<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> it is</p><p class="poem">for you to abandon the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God</p><p class="poem">and to have no fear of me.</p><p class="poem">This is the declaration</p><p class="poem">of the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> of Armies.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For long ago I<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> broke your yoke;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.20.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> tore off your chains.</p><p class="poem">You insisted, “I will not serve! ”</p><p class="poem">On every high hill</p><p class="poem">and under every green tree<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you lay down like a prostitute.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I planted you, a choice vine<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">from the very best seed.</p><p class="poem">How then could you turn into</p><p class="poem">a degenerate, foreign vine?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Even if you wash with lye</p><p class="poem">and use a great amount of bleach,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">This is the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span>’s declaration.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>How can you protest, “I am not defiled;</p><p class="poem">I have not followed the Baals”?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Look at your behavior in the valley;</p><p class="poem">acknowledge what you have done.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">You are a swift young camel</p><p class="poem">twisting and turning on her way,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>a wild donkey<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at home<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in the wilderness.</p><p class="poem">She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.</p><p class="poem">Who can control her passion?</p><p class="poem">All who look for her will not become weary;</p><p class="poem">they will find her in her mating season.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.24.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Keep your feet from going bare</p><p class="poem">and your throat from thirst.</p><p class="poem">But you say, “It’s hopeless;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I love strangers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.25.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I will continue to follow them.”</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Like the shame of a thief when he is caught,</p><p class="poem">so the house of Israel has been put to shame.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They, their kings, their officials,</p><p class="poem">their priests, and their prophets<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>say to a tree, “You are my father,”</p><p class="poem">and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”</p><p class="poem">For they have turned their back to me</p><p class="poem">and not their face,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">yet in their time of disaster<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.27.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> they beg,</p><p class="poem">“Rise up and save us! ”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But where are your gods you made for yourself?</p><p class="poem">Let them rise up and save you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">in your time of disaster if they can,</p><p class="poem">for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.</p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Judgment Deserved</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Why do you bring a case against me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">All of you have rebelled against me.</p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I have struck down your children in vain;</p><p class="poem">they would not accept discipline.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Your own sword has devoured your prophets<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">like a ravaging lion.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Evil generation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">pay attention to the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>!</p><p class="poem">Have I been a wilderness to Israel</p><p class="poem">or a land of dense darkness?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">Why do my people claim,</p><p class="poem">“We will go where we want;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.31.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">we will no longer come to you”?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Can a young woman forget her jewelry<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">or a bride her wedding sash?</p><p class="poem">Yet my people have forgotten me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.32.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">for countless days.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>How skillfully you pursue love;</p><p class="poem">you also teach evil women your ways.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Moreover, your skirts are stained</p><p class="poem">with the blood of the innocent poor.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">You did not catch them breaking and entering.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">But in spite of all these things</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>you claim, “I am innocent.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">His anger is sure to turn away from me.”</p><p class="poem">But I will certainly judge you</p><p class="poem">because you have said, “I have not sinned.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>How unstable you are,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">constantly changing your ways!</p><p class="poem">You will be put to shame by Egypt<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.36.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">just as you were put to shame by Assyria.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.2.37" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Moreover, you will be led out from here</p><p class="poem">with your hands on your head<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">since the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has rejected those you trust;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.2.37.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you will not succeed even with their help.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.2.37.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Jeremiah.2" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Or <span class="italic">shadow of death</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.8">2:8</a></span> = in the name of</aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">to the islands of Kittim</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">my</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.14">2:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">born of a house</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.18">2:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">of Shihor</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.19">2:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Know and see</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.20">2:20</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">you</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.20.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.20">2:20</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">you</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.22">2:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">cleansing agent</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.24">2:24</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">donkey taught</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.24.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.24">2:24</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">her month</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.31.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.31">2:31</a></span> Or <span class="italic">“We have taken control</span>, or <span class="italic">“We can roam</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.2.37.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.37">2:37</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with them</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Jeremiah.2" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Ezk 16:8,60; Hs 2:15; Rv 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Dt 7:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Jms 1:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Gn 12:3; Ps 105:14–15; Is 41:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Is 5:4; Mc 6:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.5">2:5</a></span> 2Kg 17:15; Jr 2:25; Hs 2:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.5.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Ps 115:8; Hs 9:10; Rm 1:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Jdg 6:13; Jb 35:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Dt 8:15; 32:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Ex 3:8; Dt 8:7–10; Jr 4:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Nm 35:33; Ezk 36:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Jr 16:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Hs 4:6; Mal 2:7; Lk 11:52</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Jr 23:1–4; Ezk 34</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Jr 2:23; 9:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.8.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Hab 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Ex 20:5; Is 3:13; Mc 6:1–8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Gn 10:4; Nm 24:24; Is 23:1,12; Am 6:2; Ac 13:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Ps 120:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Mc 4:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Jr 16:20; Gl 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Ps 106:20; Hs 4:7; Rm 1:23; 1Pt 1:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.12">2:12</a></span> Dt 32:1; Is 1:2; Mc 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.13">2:13</a></span> Jdg 10:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.13">2:13</a></span> Ps 36:9; Jr 17:13; Jn 4:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.13.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.13">2:13</a></span> Is 55:2; Gl 1:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.15">2:15</a></span> Is 5:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.15">2:15</a></span> Is 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.16">2:16</a></span> Jr 44:1; 46:14,19; Ezk 30:13,16,18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.17">2:17</a></span> Jr 4:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.18">2:18</a></span> Is 30:1–2; 31:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.18">2:18</a></span> Hs 7:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.18.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.18">2:18</a></span> Is 8:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.19">2:19</a></span> Is 3:9; Hs 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.19">2:19</a></span> Jr 4:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.20">2:20</a></span> Lv 26:13; Is 10:27; Nah 1:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.20">2:20</a></span> Dt 12:2; 1Kg 14:23; 2Kg 17:10; Is 57:5; Jr 3:6; Ezk 6:13; Hs 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.20.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.20">2:20</a></span> Ezk 16:28; Hs 2:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.21">2:21</a></span> Gn 49:11; Ps 80:8; Is 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.21">2:21</a></span> Is 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.22">2:22</a></span> Ps 51:2,7; Mal 3:2; Eph 5:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.22">2:22</a></span> Ps 90:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.23">2:23</a></span> Jr 2:8; 9:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.23">2:23</a></span> Gn 3:13; 1Sm 15:13; Pr 28:13; Jr 3:13; 1Jn 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.24">2:24</a></span> Jb 39:5; Hs 8:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.25">2:25</a></span> Jr 18:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.25.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.25">2:25</a></span> Dt 32:16; Jr 3:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.26">2:26</a></span> Jr 2:36; 6:15; 8:9,12; Rm 6:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.26">2:26</a></span> Ezr 9:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.27">2:27</a></span> 2Ch 29:6; Jr 18:17; 32:33; Ezk 8:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.27.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.27">2:27</a></span> Jdg 10:9–10; Is 26:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.28">2:28</a></span> Dt 32:37–38; Jdg 10:14; Is 45:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.29">2:29</a></span> Jr 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.30">2:30</a></span> Pr 3:11; Is 1:5; 9:13; Jr 5:3; 17:23; 32:33; Am 4:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.30">2:30</a></span> Mt 23:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.31">2:31</a></span> Dt 1:35; Mt 12:45; Lk 11:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.31">2:31</a></span> Jr 50:12; Hs 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.32">2:32</a></span> Is 61:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.32.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.32">2:32</a></span> Ps 106:21; Jr 13:25; 18:15; Ezk 22:12; 23:35; Hs 8:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.34">2:34</a></span> 2Kg 21:16; 24:4; Ps 106:38; Jr 19:4; 22:3,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.34">2:34</a></span> Ex 22:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.35">2:35</a></span> Jb 33:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.35">2:35</a></span> Pr 28:13; 1Jn 1:8,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.36">2:36</a></span> Jms 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.36.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.36">2:36</a></span> Is 30:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.37">2:37</a></span> 2Sm 13:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.2.37.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.2.37">2:37</a></span> 1Sm 15:23,26; 2Kg 17:20; Jr 7:29</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Jeremiah.2" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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