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<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“And they did not say, ‘Where is the LORD <br> Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, <br> Who led us through the wilderness, <br> Through a land of deserts and of pits, <br> Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, <br> Through a land that no one crossed <br> And where no man dwelt?’ <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“And I brought you into the fruitful land, <br> To eat its fruit and its good things. <br> But you came and defiled My land, <br> And My inheritance you made an abomination. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ <br> And those who handle the law did not know Me; <br> The rulers also transgressed against Me, <br> And the prophets prophesied by Baal <br> And walked after things that did not profit. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” declares the LORD, <br> “And with your sons’ sons I will contend. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, <br> And send to Kedar and observe closely, <br> And see if there has been such <i>a thing</i> as this! <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Has a nation changed gods, <br> When they were not gods? <br> But My people have changed their glory <br> For that which does not profit. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Be appalled, O heavens, at this, <br> And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the LORD. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“For My people have committed two evils: <br> They have forsaken Me, <br> The fountain of living waters, <br> To hew for themselves cisterns, <br> Broken cisterns, <br> That can hold no water. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? <br> Why has he become a prey? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“The young lions have roared at him, <br> They have roared loudly. <br> And they have made his land a waste; <br> His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes <br> Have shaved the crown of your head. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Have you not done this to yourself, <br> By your forsaking the LORD your God, <br> When He led you in the way? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt, <br> To drink the waters of the Nile? <br> Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, <br> To drink the waters of the Euphrates? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Your own wickedness will correct you, <br> And your apostasies will reprove you; <br> Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter <br> For you to forsake the LORD your God, <br> And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord GOD of hosts. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“For long ago I broke your yoke <br> <i>And</i> tore off your bonds; <br> But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ <br> For on every high hill <br> And under every green tree <br> You have lain down as a harlot. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Yet I planted you a choice vine, <br> A completely faithful seed. <br> How then have you turned yourself before Me <br> Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Although you wash yourself with lye <br> And use much soap, <br> The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, <br> I have not gone after the Baals’? <br> Look at your way in the valley! <br> Know what you have done! <br> You are a swift young camel entangling her ways, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, <br> That sniffs the wind in her passion. <br> In <i>the time of</i> her heat who can turn her away? <br> All who seek her will not become weary; <br> In her month they will find her. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Keep your feet from being unshod <br> And your throat from thirst; <br> But you said, ‘It is hopeless! <br> No! For I have loved strangers, <br> And after them I will walk.’ <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“As the thief is shamed when he is discovered, <br> So the house of Israel is shamed; <br> They, their kings, their princes, <br> And their priests, and their prophets, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ <br> And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ <br> For they have turned <i>their</i> back to Me, <br> And not <i>their</i> face; <br> But in the time of their trouble they will say, <br> ‘Arise and save us.’ <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“But where are your gods <br> Which you made for yourself? <br> Let them arise, if they can save you <br> In the time of your trouble; <br> For <i>according to</i> the number of your cities <br> Are your gods, O Judah. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Why do you contend with Me? <br> You have all transgressed against Me,” declares the LORD. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“In vain I have struck your sons; <br> They accepted no chastening. <br> Your sword has devoured your prophets <br> Like a destroying lion. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“O generation, heed the word of the LORD. <br> Have I been a wilderness to Israel, <br> Or a land of thick darkness? <br> Why do My people say, ‘We <i>are free to</i> roam; <br> We will come no more to Thee’? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, <br> Or a bride her attire? <br> Yet My people have forgotten Me <br> Days without number. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“How well you prepare your way <br> To seek love! <br> Therefore even the wicked women <br> You have taught your ways. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Also on your skirts is found <br> The lifeblood of the innocent poor; <br> You did not find them breaking in. <br> But in spite of all these things, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; <br> Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ <br> Behold, I will enter into judgment with you <br> Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Why do you go around so much <br> Changing your way? <br> Also, you shall be put to shame by Egypt <br> As you were put to shame by Assyria. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/2-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“From this <i>place</i> also you shall go out <br> With your hands on your head; <br> For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, <br> And you shall not prosper with them.”<p></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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