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and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.</p> <p class="hdg">The Results of Israel's Sin</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">Israel's Unfaithfulness<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../judges/2.htm#11">Judges 2:11-15</a>; <a href="../isaiah/43.htm#22">Isaiah 43:22-28</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/jeremiah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>