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But you said, &#8216It&#8217s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When will you stop running? When will you stop panting after other gods? But you say, ‘Save your breath. I’m in love with these foreign gods, and I can’t stop loving them now!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Withhold 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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Keep your feet from being bare, And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And I will walk after them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, &#8216It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Keep your feet from being barefoot And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“[Cease your mad running after idols to] Keep your feet from becoming bare And your throat from becoming dry; But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I have loved strangers <i>and</i> foreign gods, And I will walk after them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you say, “It’s hopeless; I love strangers, and I will continue to follow them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you say, &#8220It&#8217s hopeless; I love strangers, and I will continue to follow them.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your shoes are worn out, and your throat is parched from running here and there to worship foreign gods. "Stop!" I shouted, but you replied, "No! I love those gods too much." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Don't run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it's useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel, don't wear your feet out, or let your throat become dry from chasing after other gods. But you say, 'No! I can't turn back. I have loved foreign gods and will go after them.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Don't run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you say, 'It's hopeless! Because I love foreign gods, I'll go after them!'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ?It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say, 'It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Withhold your foot from being unshod, "" And your throat from thirst, "" And you say, It is incurable, "" No, for I have loved strangers, and I go after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, 'It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Withhold thy foot from being barefoot, and thy throat from thirst: and thou wilt say, Despairing, no; for I loved strangers, and after them will I go.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You should keep your foot from being naked, and your throat from being thirsty. But you have said: ‘I have lost hope. I will not do it. For certainly, I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Stop wearing out your feet and parching your throat! But you say, “No use! No! How I love these strangers, after them I must go.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, “It is hopeless, for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your feet are weary because they are unshod, and your throat is dry from thirst; but you said, I have become strong, I am unwilling to repent because I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Are your feet hindered from going barefoot and your throat from being thirsty? And you said: “I am strengthened. I am unwilling because I have loved foreign men, and I shall go after them”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst; But thou saidst: 'There is no hope; No, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Withdraw thy foot from a rough way, and they throat from thirst: but she said I will strengthen myself: for she loved strangers, and went after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=494" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Israel's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4513.htm" title="4513: min·‘î (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To withhold, hold back. A primitive root; to debar from benefit or injury.">You should have kept</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">your feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3182.htm" title="3182: mî·yā·ḥêp̄ (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Barefoot. From an unused root meaning to take off the shoes; unsandalled.">from going bare</a> <a href="/hebrew/1637.htm" title="1637: wə·ḡō·rə·nēḵ (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Threshing floor. From an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing- floor; by analogy, any open area.">and your throat</a> <a href="/hebrew/6773.htm" title="6773: miṣ·ṣim·’āh (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Parched condition. Feminine of tsama'; thirst.">from being thirsty.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mə·rî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">But you said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2976.htm" title="2976: nō·w·’āš (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To despair. A primitive root; to desist, i.e. to despond.">‘It is hopeless!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">I love</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">foreign gods,</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">and I must go after</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ’ê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">them.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-7</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Isaiah 57:10</a></span><br />You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Ezekiel 16:28-29</a></span><br />Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied. / So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a></span><br />When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15-16</a></span><br />For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” / “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11-21</a></span><br />Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. / She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men. / And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a></span><br />Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-17</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Ezekiel 16:32-34</a></span><br />You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! / Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. / So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21</a></span><br />What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9</a></span><br />But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">2 Peter 2:22</a></span><br />Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.</p><p class="hdg">withhold</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22</a></b></br> And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, <i>and</i> thy heels made bare.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a></b></br> Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all <i>things</i>: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2-4</a></b></br> At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot… </p><p class="hdg">there is no hope.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Jeremiah 18:12</a></b></br> And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Isaiah 57:10</a></b></br> Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; <i>yet</i> saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.</p><p class="hdg">for I have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></b></br> Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a></b></br> Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and <i>are</i> soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.</p><p class="hdg">after</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17</a></b></br> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for <i>then</i> had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19,20</a></b></br> And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16</a></b></br> They provoked him to jealousy with strange <i>gods</i>, with abominations provoked they him to anger.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Hopeless</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Need</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Run</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-4.htm">Shoes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Throat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Use</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-6.htm">Withhold</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Hopeless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Run</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Shoes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Throat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Use</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Water</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-16.htm">Withhold</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient times, going barefoot was often a sign of poverty, shame, or mourning. The imagery here implies that Israel's pursuit of foreign gods would lead to their spiritual and physical destitution. The feet symbolize one's path or way of life, and the admonition is to avoid the path that leads to ruin. This echoes the call to walk in the ways of the Lord, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/5-33.htm">Deuteronomy 5:33</a>, where obedience to God's commandments is linked to prosperity and life.<p><b>and your throat from being thirsty.</b><br>Thirst is a metaphor for spiritual longing and need. In the context of Jeremiah, it represents Israel's unfulfilled desires due to their pursuit of false gods. The thirst could also symbolize the nation's unmet spiritual needs, which only the true God can satisfy, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/55.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a>, where God invites the thirsty to come to the waters. This reflects the futility of seeking satisfaction in anything other than God, a theme also present in Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman in <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a>, where He offers living water that quenches all thirst.<p><b>But you said, ‘It is hopeless!</b><br>This expression of despair indicates a resignation to sin and idolatry. The people of Israel felt trapped in their circumstances, believing that returning to God was impossible. This reflects a lack of faith in God's power to redeem and restore, contrasting with the biblical message of hope and repentance. In <a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">Ezekiel 37:11</a>, the exiled Israelites express a similar hopelessness, yet God promises to open their graves and bring them back to the land of Israel, symbolizing spiritual revival.<p><b>For I love foreign gods,</b><br>This confession reveals the heart of Israel's apostasy: a love for foreign deities. The allure of these gods often came with the promise of prosperity, fertility, and protection, appealing to the Israelites' desires. This love for foreign gods is a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and reflects the spiritual adultery that the prophets frequently condemned. The attraction to foreign gods is also a recurring theme in the Old Testament, as seen in the story of Solomon, whose heart was turned away by his foreign wives and their gods (<a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a>).<p><b>and I must go after them.</b><br>This phrase indicates a compulsion or determination to pursue idolatry, despite knowing its futility. It highlights the depth of Israel's spiritual bondage and the power of sin to enslave. The language of pursuit suggests a relentless chase, akin to the waywardness described in <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a>, where Israel is depicted as an unfaithful wife chasing after her lovers. This pursuit of foreign gods is contrasted with the call to seek the Lord with all one's heart, as promised in <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a>, where God assures that those who seek Him will find Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God to worship foreign gods. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom, warning them of impending judgment due to their idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_gods.htm">Foreign gods</a></b><br>The idols and deities of surrounding nations that the people of Judah pursued, forsaking their covenant relationship with Yahweh. This idolatry was a central issue in Jeremiah's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The worship of idols or false gods, which was a persistent problem for the Israelites. It represented a spiritual adultery against God, who had established a covenant relationship with them.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The sacred agreement between God and His people, Israel, in which they were to worship Him alone and follow His commandments. The breaking of this covenant through idolatry was a major theme in Jeremiah's messages.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual thirst and weariness. Just as Judah's pursuit of foreign gods left them unsatisfied, so too do modern idols leave us empty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God calls His people to turn back to Him, to "keep your feet from being unshod and your throat from thirst." This is a call to repentance and a return to the covenant relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_despair.htm">The Danger of Despair</a></b><br>Judah's response, "It is hopeless!" reflects a dangerous resignation to sin. Believers must guard against hopelessness and remember that God's grace is sufficient for restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_love_of_god_vs._love_of_idols.htm">The Love of God vs. Love of Idols</a></b><br>The love for foreign gods is contrasted with the love God has for His people. Believers are called to love God wholeheartedly and reject all forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Recognizing and rejecting modern-day idols requires discernment. Believers must be vigilant in identifying anything that takes the place of God in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_historical_records_confirm_jeremiah_42.htm">Jeremiah 42:11-12: The text promises divine protection from Babylon; do non-biblical historical records confirm or contradict this claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_a_kind_god_allow_destruction.htm">How can a compassionate God (Lamentations 3:22) allow such overwhelming destruction in Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_impartial_(rom_2_11_vs_exo_2_25).htm">Does God respect persons? (Romans 2:11 vs. Exodus 2:25)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Withhold thy foot.</span>--From the brute types of passion the prophet passes to the human. Here he has Hosea as giving a prototype (<a href="/hosea/2-5.htm" title="For their mother has played the harlot: she that conceived them has done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.">Hosea 2:5</a>; <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm" title="And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.">Hosea 2:7</a>), perhaps also Isaiah (<a href="/context/isaiah/23-15.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.">Isaiah 23:15-16</a>). The picture may probably enough have been drawn from the life, but that sketched in <a href="/context/proverbs/7-10.htm" title="And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.">Proverbs 7:10-23</a> may well have supplied the outline. Jehovah, as her true husband, bids the apostate wife to refrain for very shame from acting as the harlot, rushing barefoot into the streets, panting, as with a thirst that craves to be quenched, for the gratification of her desires. The "unshod" may possibly refer to one feature of the worship of Baal or Ashtaroth, men and women taking off their shoes when they entered into their temples, as being holy ground (<a href="/exodus/3-5.htm" title="And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place where on you stand is holy ground.">Exodus 3:5</a>), and joining in orgiastic dances.<p><span class= "bld">Thou saidst, There is no hope: no.</span>--Here also we find a parallel to the thought and language of Hosea. There the one effectual remedy for the evil into which the apostate wife had fallen was to speak to her heart, and to open the door of hope (<a href="/context/hosea/2-14.htm" title="Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her.">Hosea 2:14-15</a>). Now the malignity of the evil is shown by the loss of all hope of recovery in returning to Jehovah:-- . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Withhold thy foot</span>, etc. Hitzig, with unnecessary ingenuity, explains this with reference to the fatiguing practices of the heathen cultus, comparing <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">1 Kings 18:26</a>, where "vain repetitions" of "Baal, Baal," and (as he thinks) barefoot religious dances, are mentioned as parts of the worship of Baal. Umbreit's view, however, is far more natural. "God the true husband exhorts Israel not to run barefoot, and with parched throat, like a shameless adulteress, after strangers" (Payne Smith). There is no hops; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. the exhortation is in vain (so <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Jeremiah 18:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Keep</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנְעִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(min·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4513.htm">Strong's 4513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To debar, from benefit, injury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from being unshod</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּחֵ֔ף</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·ḥêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3182.htm">Strong's 3182: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unsandalled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your throat</span><br /><span class="heb">וּגְרוֹנֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḡə·rō·w·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1637.htm">Strong's 1637: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing-floor, open area</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from thirst.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצִּמְאָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ṣim·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6773.htm">Strong's 6773: </a> </span><span class="str2">Parched condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But you say,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘It is hopeless!</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹאָ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·’āš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2976.htm">Strong's 2976: </a> </span><span class="str2">To desist, to despond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I love</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהַ֥בְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·haḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foreign [gods],</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I must go after</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them.’</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:25 Withhold your foot from being unshod (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:26" /></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>