Jeremiah 2

1 ♥ 📝 A nd the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 came to me, saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Go,^H1980 and cry^H7121 in the ears^H241 of Jerusalem,^H3389 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 I remember^H2142 for thee the kindness^H2617 of thy youth,^H5271 the love^H160 of thine espousals;^H3623 how thou wentest^H3212 after^H310 me in the wilderness,^H4057 in a land^H776 that was not sown.^H2232

3 ♥ 📝 Israel^H3478 [was] holiness^H6944 unto Jehovah,^H3068 the first-fruits^H7225 of his increase:^H8393 all that devour^H398 him shall be held guilty;^H816 evil^H7451 shall come^H935 upon them, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

4 ♥ 📝 Hear^H8085 ye the word^H1697 of Jehovah,^H3068 O house^H1004 of Jacob,^H3290 and all the families^H4940 of the house^H1004 of Israel:^H3478

5 ♥ 📝 thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 What unrighteousness^H5766 have your fathers^H1 found^H4672 in me, that they are gone far^H7368 from me, and have walked^H3212 after^H310 vanity,^H1892 and are become vain?^H1891

6 ♥ 📝 Neither said^H559 they, Where is Jehovah^H3068 that brought us up^H5927 out of the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 that led^H3212 us through the wilderness,^H4057 through a land^H776 of deserts^H6160 and of pits,^H7745 through a land^H776 of drought^H6723 and of the shadow of death,^H6757 through a land^H776 that none^H376 passed through,^H5674 and where no man^H376 dwelt?^H3427

7 ♥ 📝 And I brought^H935 you into a plentiful^H3759 land,^H776 to eat^H398 the fruit^H6529 thereof and the goodness^H2898 thereof; but when ye entered,^H935 ye defiled^H2930 my land,^H776 and made^H7760 my heritage^H5159 an abomination.^H8441

8 ♥ 📝 The priests^H3548 said^H559 not, Where is Jehovah?^H3068 and they that handle^H8610 the law^H8451 knew^H3045 me not: the rulers^H7462 also transgressed^H6586 against me, and the prophets^H5030 prophesied^H5012 by Baal,^H1168 and walked^H1980 after^H310 things that do not profit.^H3276

9 ♥ 📝 Wherefore I will yet contend^H7378 with you, saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 and with your children's^H1121 children^H1121 will I contend.^H7378

10 ♥ 📝 For pass over^H5674 to the isles^H339 of Kittim,^H3794 and see;^H7200 and send^H7971 unto Kedar,^H6938 and consider^H995 diligently;^H3966 and see^H7200 if there hath been such a thing.

11 ♥ 📝 Hath a nation^H1471 changed^H3235 [its] gods,^H430 which yet are no gods?^H430 but my people^H5971 have changed^H4171 their glory^H3519 for that which doth not profit.^H3276

12 ♥ 📝 Be astonished,^H8074 O ye heavens,^H8064 at this, and be horribly afraid,^H8175 be ye very^H3966 desolate,^H2717 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

13 ♥ 📝 For my people^H5971 have committed^H6213 two^H8147 evils:^H7451 they have forsaken^H5800 me, the fountain^H4726 of living^H2416 waters,^H4325 and hewed them out^H2672 cisterns,^H877 broken^H7665 cisterns,^H877 that can hold^H3557 no water.^H4325

14 ♥ 📝 Is Israel^H3478 a servant?^H5650 is he a home-born^H1004 [slave]? why^H4069 is he become a prey?^H957

15 ♥ 📝 The young lions^H3715 have roared^H7580 upon him, and yelled;^H5414 and they have made^H7896 his land^H776 waste:^H8047 his cities^H5892 are burned^H3341 up, without inhabitant.^H3427

16 ♥ 📝 The children^H1121 also of Memphis^H5297 and Tahpanhes^H8471 have broken^H7462 the crown of thy head.^H6936

17 ♥ 📝 Hast thou not procured^H6213 this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken^H5800 Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 when^H6256 he led^H3212 thee by the way?^H1870

18 ♥ 📝 And now what hast thou to do in the way^H1870 to Egypt,^H4714 to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the Shihor?^H7883 or what hast thou to do in the way^H1870 to Assyria,^H804 to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the River?^H5104

19 ♥ 📝 Thine own wickedness^H7451 shall correct^H3256 thee, and thy backslidings^H4878 shall reprove^H3198 thee: know^H3045 therefore and see^H7200 that it is an evil^H7451 thing and a bitter,^H4751 that thou hast forsaken^H5800 Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 and that my fear^H6345 is not in thee, saith^H5002 the Lord,^H136 Jehovah^H3069 of hosts.^H6635

20 ♥ 📝 For of old time^H5769 I have broken^H7665 thy yoke,^H5923 and burst^H5423 thy bonds;^H4147 and thou saidst,^H559 I will not serve;^H5674 for upon every high^H1364 hill^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree^H6086 thou didst bow thyself,^H6808 playing the harlot.^H2181

21 ♥ 📝 Yet I had planted^H5193 thee a noble vine,^H8321 wholly a right^H571 seed:^H2233 how then art thou turned^H2015 into the degenerate branches^H5494 of a foreign^H5237 vine^H1612 unto me?

22 ♥ 📝 For though thou wash^H3526 thee with lye,^H5427 and take thee much^H7235 soap,^H1287 yet thine iniquity^H5771 is marked^H3799 before^H6440 me, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 Jehovah.^H3069

23 ♥ 📝 How canst thou say,^H559 I am not defiled,^H2930 I have not gone^H1980 after^H310 the Baalim?^H1168 see^H7200 thy way^H1870 in the valley,^H1516 know^H3045 what thou hast done:^H6213 thou art a swift^H7031 dromedary^H1072 traversing^H8308 her ways;^H1870

24 ♥ 📝 a wild ass^H6501 used^H3928 to the wilderness,^H4057 that snuffeth up^H7602 the wind^H7307 in her desire;^H185 in her occasion^H8385 who can turn her away?^H7725 all they that seek^H1245 her will not weary^H3286 themselves; in her month^H2320 they shall find^H4672 her.

25 ♥ 📝 Withhold^H4513 thy foot^H7272 from being unshod,^H3182 and thy throat^H1627 from thirst:^H6773 but thou saidst,^H559 It is in vain;^H2976 no, for I have loved^H157 strangers,^H2114 and after^H310 them will I go.^H3212

26 ♥ 📝 As the thief^H1590 is ashamed^H1322 when he is found,^H4672 so is the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 ashamed;^H3001 they, their kings,^H4428 their princes,^H8269 and their priests,^H3548 and their prophets;^H5030

27 ♥ 📝 who say^H559 to a stock,^H6086 Thou art my father;^H1 and to a stone,^H68 Thou hast brought me forth:^H3205 for they have turned^H6437 their back^H6203 unto me, and not their face;^H6440 but in the time^H6256 of their trouble^H7451 they will say,^H559 Arise,^H6965 and save^H3467 us.

28 ♥ 📝 But where are thy gods^H430 that thou hast made^H6213 thee? let them arise,^H6965 if they can save^H3467 thee in the time^H6256 of thy trouble:^H7451 for according to the number^H4557 of thy cities^H5892 are thy gods,^H430 O Judah.^H3063

29 ♥ 📝 Wherefore will ye contend^H7378 with me? ye all have transgressed^H6586 against me, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

30 ♥ 📝 In vain^H7723 have I smitten^H5221 your children;^H1121 they received^H3947 no correction:^H4148 your own sword^H2719 hath devoured^H398 your prophets,^H5030 like a destroying^H7843 lion.^H738

31 ♥ 📝 O generation,^H1755 see^H7200 ye the word^H1697 of Jehovah.^H3068 Have I been a wilderness^H4057 unto Israel?^H3478 or a land^H776 of thick darkness?^H3991 wherefore say^H559 my people,^H5971 We are broken loose;^H7300 we will come^H935 no more unto thee?

32 ♥ 📝 Can a virgin^H1330 forget^H7911 her ornaments,^H5716 or a bride^H3618 her attire?^H7196 yet my people^H5971 have forgotten^H7911 me days^H3117 without number.^H4557

33 ♥ 📝 How trimmest^H3190 thou thy way^H1870 to seek^H1245 love!^H160 therefore even the wicked women^H7451 hast thou taught^H3925 thy ways.^H1870

34 ♥ 📝 Also in thy skirts^H3671 is found^H4672 the blood^H1818 of the souls^H5315 of the innocent^H5355 poor:^H34 thou didst not find^H4672 them breaking in;^H4290 but it is because of all these things.

35 ♥ 📝 Yet thou saidst,^H559 I am innocent;^H5352 surely his anger^H639 is turned^H7725 away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment^H8199 with thee, because thou sayest,^H559 I have not sinned.^H2398

36 ♥ 📝 Why gaddest thou about^H235 so much^H3966 to change^H8138 thy way?^H1870 thou shalt be ashamed^H954 of Egypt^H4714 also, as thou wast ashamed^H954 of Assyria.^H804

37 ♥ 📝 From thence also shalt thou go forth,^H3318 with thy hands^H3027 upon thy head:^H7218 for Jehovah^H3068 hath rejected^H3988 those in whom thou trustest,^H4009 and thou shalt not prosper^H6743 with them.