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Jeremiah 2:1--4:4

2:1

Moreover the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came to me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

2:2

Go
<01980> (8800)

and cry
<07121> (8804)

in the ears
<0241>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

I remember
<02142> (8804)

thee, the kindness
<02617>

of thy youth
<05271>_,

the love
<0160>

of thine espousals
<03623>_,

when thou wentest
<03212> (8800)

after
<0310>

me in the wilderness
<04057>_,

in a land
<0776>

[that was] not sown
<02232> (8803)_.

{thee: or, for thy sake}

2:3

Israel
<03478>

[was] holiness
<06944>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

[and] the firstfruits
<07225>

of his increase
<08393>_:

all that devour
<0398> (8802)

him shall offend
<0816> (8799)_;

evil
<07451>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon them, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

2:4

Hear
<08085> (8798)

ye the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

O house
<01004>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

and all the families
<04940>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_:

2:5

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

What iniquity
<05766>

have your fathers
<01>

found
<04672> (8804)

in me, that they are gone far
<07368> (8804)

from me, and have walked
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

vanity
<01892>_,

and are become vain
<01891> (8799)_?

2:6

Neither said
<0559> (8804)

they, Where [is] the LORD
<03068>

that brought us up
<05927> (8688)

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

that led
<03212> (8688)

us through the wilderness
<04057>_,

through a land
<0776>

of deserts
<06160>

and of pits
<07745>_,

through a land
<0776>

of drought
<06723>_,

and of the shadow of death
<06757>_,

through a land
<0776>

that no man
<0376>

passed through
<05674> (8804)_,

and where no man
<0120>

dwelt
<03427> (8804)_?

2:7

And I brought
<0935> (8686)

you into a plentiful
<03759>

country
<0776>_,

to eat
<0398> (8800)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof and the goodness
<02898>

thereof; but when ye entered
<0935> (8799)_,

ye defiled
<02930> (8762)

my land
<0776>_,

and made
<07760> (8804)

mine heritage
<05159>

an abomination
<08441>_.

{a plentiful...: or, the land of Carmel}

2:8

The priests
<03548>

said
<0559> (8804)

not, Where [is] the LORD
<03068>_?

and they that handle
<08610> (8802)

the law
<08451>

knew
<03045> (8804)

me not: the pastors
<07462> (8802)

also transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against me, and the prophets
<05030>

prophesied
<05012> (8738)

by Baal
<01168>_,

and walked
<01980> (8804)

after
<0310>

[things that] do not profit
<03276> (8686)_.

2:9

Wherefore I will yet plead
<07378> (8799)

with you, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and with your children's
<01121>

children
<01121>

will I plead
<07378> (8799)_.

2:10

For pass over
<05674> (8798)

the isles
<0339>

of Chittim
<03794>_,

and see
<07200> (8798)_;

and send
<07971> (8798)

unto Kedar
<06938>_,

and consider
<0995> (8708)

diligently
<03966>_,

and see
<07200> (8798)

if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to}

2:11

Hath a nation
<01471>

changed
<03235> (8689)

[their] gods
<0430>_,

which [are] yet no gods
<0430>_?

but my people
<05971>

have changed
<04171> (8689)

their glory
<03519>

for [that which] doth not profit
<03276> (8686)_.

2:12

Be astonished
<08074> (8798)_,

O ye heavens
<08064>_,

at this, and be horribly afraid
<08175> (8798)_,

be ye very
<03966>

desolate
<02717> (8798)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

2:13

For my people
<05971>

have committed
<06213> (8804)

two
<08147>

evils
<07451>_;

they have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

me the fountain
<04726>

of living
<02416>

waters
<04325>_,

[and] hewed them out
<02672> (8800)

cisterns
<0877>_,

broken
<07665> (8737)

cisterns
<0877>_,

that can hold
<03557> (8686)

no water
<04325>_.

2:14

[Is] Israel
<03478>

a servant
<05650>_?

[is] he a homeborn
<01004> <03211>

[slave]? why
<04069>

is he spoiled
<0957>_?

{spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}

2:15

The young lions
<03715>

roared
<07580> (8799)

upon him, [and] yelled
<05414> (8804) <06963>_,

and they made
<07896> (8799)

his land
<0776>

waste
<08047>_:

his cities
<05892>

are burned
<03341> (8738)

without inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.

{yelled: Heb. gave out their voice}

2:16

Also the children
<01121>

of Noph
<05297>

and Tahapanes
<08471>

have broken
<07462> (8799)

the crown of thy head
<06936>_.

{have...: or, feed on thy crown}

2:17

Hast thou not procured
<06213> (8799)

this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
<05800> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

when
<06256>

he led
<03212> (8688)

thee by the way
<01870>_?

2:18

And now what hast thou to do in the way
<01870>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

to drink
<08354> (8800)

the waters
<04325>

of Sihor
<07883>_?

or what hast thou to do in the way
<01870>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

to drink
<08354> (8800)

the waters
<04325>

of the river
<05104>_?

2:19

Thine own wickedness
<07451>

shall correct
<03256> (8762)

thee, and thy backslidings
<04878>

shall reprove
<03198> (8686)

thee: know
<03045> (8798)

therefore and see
<07200> (8798)

that [it is] an evil
<07451>

[thing] and bitter
<04751>_,

that thou hast forsaken
<05800> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

and that my fear
<06345>

[is] not in thee, saith
<05002> (8803)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

of hosts
<06635>_.

2:20

For of old time
<05769>

I have broken
<07665> (8804)

thy yoke
<05923>_,

[and] burst
<05423> (8765)

thy bands
<04147>_;

and thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,

I will not transgress
<05674> (8799) (8675) <05647> (8799)_;

when upon every high
<01364>

hill
<01389>

and under every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>

thou wanderest
<06808> (8802)_,

playing the harlot
<02181> (8802)_.

{transgress: or, serve}

2:21

Yet I had planted
<05193> (8804)

thee a noble vine
<08321>_,

wholly a right
<0571>

seed
<02233>_:

how then art thou turned
<02015> (8738)

into the degenerate plant
<05494>

of a strange
<05237>

vine
<01612>

unto me?

2:22

For though thou wash
<03526> (8762)

thee with nitre
<05427>_,

and take thee much
<07235> (8686)

soap
<01287>_,

[yet] thine iniquity
<05771>

is marked
<03799> (8737)

before
<06440>

me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_.

2:23

How canst thou say
<0559> (8799)_,

I am not polluted
<02930> (8738)_,

I have not gone
<01980> (8804)

after
<0310>

Baalim
<01168>_?

see
<07200> (8798)

thy way
<01870>

in the valley
<01516>_,

know
<03045> (8798)

what thou hast done
<06213> (8804)_:

[thou art] a swift
<07031>

dromedary
<01072>

traversing
<08308> (8764)

her ways
<01870>_;

{thou art...: or, O swift dromedary}

2:24

A wild ass
<06501>

used
<03928>

to the wilderness
<04057>_,

[that] snuffeth up
<07602> (8804)

the wind
<07307>

at her pleasure
<0185> <05315>_;

in her occasion
<08385>

who can turn her away
<07725> (8686)_?

all they that seek
<01245> (8764)

her will not weary
<03286> (8799)

themselves; in her month
<02320>

they shall find
<04672> (8799)

her. {A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc} {used: Heb. taught} {her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart} {turn...: or, reverse it?}

2:25

Withhold
<04513> (8798)

thy foot
<07272>

from being unshod
<03182>_,

and thy throat
<01627>

from thirst
<06773>_:

but thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,

There is no hope
<02976> (8737)_:

no; for I have loved
<0157> (8804)

strangers
<02114> (8801)_,

and after
<0310>

them will I go
<03212> (8799)_.

{There...: or, Is the case desperate?}

2:26

As the thief
<01590>

is ashamed
<01322>

when he is found
<04672> (8735)_,

so is the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

ashamed
<03001> (8689)_;

they, their kings
<04428>_,

their princes
<08269>_,

and their priests
<03548>_,

and their prophets
<05030>_,

2:27

Saying
<0559> (8802)

to a stock
<06086>_,

Thou [art] my father
<01>_;

and to a stone
<068>_,

Thou hast brought me forth
<03205> (8804)_:

for they have turned
<06437> (8804)

[their] back
<06203>

unto me, and not [their] face
<06440>_:

but in the time
<06256>

of their trouble
<07451>

they will say
<0559> (8799)_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

and save
<03467> (8685)

us. {brought...: or, begotten me} {their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck}

2:28

But where [are] thy gods
<0430>

that thou hast made
<06213> (8804)

thee? let them arise
<06965> (8799)_,

if they can save
<03467> (8686)

thee in the time
<06256>

of thy trouble
<07451>_:

for [according to] the number
<04557>

of thy cities
<05892>

are thy gods
<0430>_,

O Judah
<03063>_.

{trouble: Heb. evil}

2:29

Wherefore will ye plead
<07378> (8799)

with me? ye all have transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

2:30

In vain
<07723>

have I smitten
<05221> (8689)

your children
<01121>_;

they received
<03947> (8804)

no correction
<04148>_:

your own sword
<02719>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

your prophets
<05030>_,

like a destroying
<07843> (8688)

lion
<0738>_.

2:31

O generation
<01755>_,

see
<07200> (8798)

ye the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

Have I been a wilderness
<04057>

unto Israel
<03478>_?

a land
<0776>

of darkness
<03991>_?

wherefore say
<0559> (8804)

my people
<05971>_,

We are lords
<07300> (8804)_;

we will come
<0935> (8799)

no more unto thee? {We are...: Heb. We have dominion}

2:32

Can a maid
<01330>

forget
<07911> (8799)

her ornaments
<05716>_,

[or] a bride
<03618>

her attire
<07196>_?

yet my people
<05971>

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

me days
<03117>

without number
<04557>_.

2:33

Why trimmest
<03190> (8686)

thou thy way
<01870>

to seek
<01245> (8763)

love
<0160>_?

therefore hast thou also taught
<03925> (8765)

the wicked ones
<07451>

thy ways
<01870>_.

2:34

Also in thy skirts
<03671>

is found
<04672> (8738)

the blood
<01818>

of the souls
<05315>

of the poor
<034>

innocents
<05355>_:

I have not found
<04672> (8804)

it by secret search
<04290>_,

but upon all these. {secret...: Heb. digging}

2:35

Yet thou sayest
<0559> (8799)_,

Because I am innocent
<05352> (8738)_,

surely his anger
<0639>

shall turn
<07725> (8804)

from me. Behold, I will plead
<08199> (8737)

with thee, because thou sayest
<0559> (8800)_,

I have not sinned
<02398> (8804)_.

2:36

Why gaddest thou about
<0235> (8799)

so much
<03966>

to change
<08138> (8763)

thy way
<01870>_?

thou also shalt be ashamed
<0954> (8799)

of Egypt
<04714>_,

as thou wast ashamed
<0954> (8804)

of Assyria
<0804>_.

2:37

Yea, thou shalt go forth
<03318> (8799)

from him, and thine hands
<03027>

upon thine head
<07218>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath rejected
<03988> (8804)

thy confidences
<04009>_,

and thou shalt not prosper
<06743> (8686)

in them.

3:1

They say
<0559> (8800)_,

If a man
<0376>

put away
<07971> (8762)

his wife
<0802>_,

and she go
<01980> (8804)

from him, and become another
<0312>

man's
<0376>_,

shall he return unto her again
<07725> (8799)_?

shall not that land
<0776>

be greatly
<02610> (8800)

polluted
<02610> (8799)_?

but thou hast played the harlot
<02181> (8804)

with many
<07227>

lovers
<07453>_;

yet return again
<07725> (8800)

to me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{They say: Heb. Saying}

3:2

Lift up
<05375> (8798)

thine eyes
<05869>

unto the high places
<08205>_,

and see
<07200> (8798)

where
<0375>

thou hast not been lien
<07693> (8795) (8676) <07901> (8795)

with. In the ways
<01870>

hast thou sat
<03427> (8804)

for them, as the Arabian
<06163>

in the wilderness
<04057>_;

and thou hast polluted
<02610> (8686)

the land
<0776>

with thy whoredoms
<02184>

and with thy wickedness
<07451>_.

3:3

Therefore the showers
<07241>

have been withholden
<04513> (8735)_,

and there hath been no latter rain
<04456>_;

and thou hadst a whore's
<02181> (8802) <0802>

forehead
<04696>_,

thou refusedst
<03985> (8765)

to be ashamed
<03637> (8736)_.

3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry
<07121> (8804)

unto me, My father
<01>_,

thou [art] the guide
<0441>

of my youth
<05271>_?

3:5

Will he reserve
<05201> (8799)

[his anger] for ever
<05769>_?

will he keep
<08104> (8799)

[it] to the end
<05331>_?

Behold, thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)

and done
<06213> (8799)

evil things
<07451>

as thou couldest
<03201> (8799)_.

3:6

The LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

also unto me in the days
<03117>

of Josiah
<02977>

the king
<04428>_,

Hast thou seen
<07200> (8804)

[that] which backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

hath done
<06213> (8804)_?

she is gone up
<01980> (8802)

upon every high
<01364>

mountain
<02022>

and under
<08478>

every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>_,

and there hath played the harlot
<02181> (8799)_.

3:7

And I said
<0559> (8799)

after
<0310>

she had done
<06213> (8800)

all these [things], Turn
<07725> (8799)

thou unto me. But she returned
<07725> (8804)

not. And her treacherous
<0901>

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

saw
<07200> (8799)

[it].

3:8

And I saw
<07200> (8799)_,

when for all the causes
<0182>

whereby backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

committed adultery
<05003> (8765)

I had put her away
<07971> (8765)_,

and given
<05414> (8799)

her a bill
<05612>

of divorce
<03748>_;

yet her treacherous
<0898> (8802)

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

feared
<03372> (8804)

not, but went
<03212> (8799)

and played the harlot
<02181> (8799)

also.

3:9

And it came to pass through the lightness
<06963>

of her whoredom
<02184>_,

that she defiled
<02610> (8799)

the land
<0776>_,

and committed adultery
<05003> (8799)

with stones
<068>

and with stocks
<06086>_.

{lightness: or, fame}

3:10

And yet for all this her treacherous
<0901>

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

hath not turned
<07725> (8804)

unto me with her whole heart
<03820>_,

but feignedly
<08267>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{feignedly: Heb. in falsehood}

3:11

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, The backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

hath justified
<06663> (8765)

herself
<05315>

more than treacherous
<0898> (8802)

Judah
<03063>_.

3:12

Go
<01980> (8800)

and proclaim
<07121> (8804)

these words
<01697>

toward the north
<06828>_,

and say
<0559> (8804)_,

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

thou backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

[and] I will not cause mine anger
<06440>

to fall
<05307> (8686)

upon you: for I [am] merciful
<02623>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

[and] I will not keep
<05201> (8799)

[anger] for ever
<05769>_.

3:13

Only acknowledge
<03045> (8798)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

that thou hast transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

and hast scattered
<06340> (8762)

thy ways
<01870>

to the strangers
<02114> (8801)

under every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>_,

and ye have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

my voice
<06963>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

3:14

Turn
<07725> (8798)_,

O backsliding
<07726>

children
<01121>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

for I am married
<01166> (8804)

unto you: and I will take
<03947> (8804)

you one
<0259>

of a city
<05892>_,

and two
<08147>

of a family
<04940>_,

and I will bring
<0935> (8689)

you to Zion
<06726>_:

3:15

And I will give
<05414> (8804)

you pastors
<07462> (8802)

according to mine heart
<03820>_,

which shall feed
<07462> (8804)

you with knowledge
<01844>

and understanding
<07919> (8687)_.

3:16

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied
<07235> (8799)

and increased
<06509> (8804)

in the land
<0776>_,

in those days
<03117>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

they shall say
<0559> (8799)

no more, The ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

neither shall it come
<05927> (8799)

to mind
<03820>_:

neither shall they remember
<02142> (8799)

it; neither shall they visit
<06485> (8799)

[it]; neither shall [that] be done
<06213> (8735)

any more. {come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart} {that...: or, it be magnified}

3:17

At that time
<06256>

they shall call
<07121> (8799)

Jerusalem
<03389>

the throne
<03678>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and all the nations
<01471>

shall be gathered
<06960> (8738)

unto it, to the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to Jerusalem
<03389>_:

neither shall they walk
<03212> (8799)

any more after
<0310>

the imagination
<08307>

of their evil
<07451>

heart
<03820>_.

{imagination: or, stubbornness}

3:18

In those days
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the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>

shall walk
<03212> (8799)

with the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and they shall come
<0935> (8799)

together
<03162>

out of the land
<0776>

of the north
<06828>

to the land
<0776>

that I have given for an inheritance
<05157> (8689)

unto your fathers
<01>_.

{with: or, to} {given...: or, caused your fathers to possess}

3:19

But I said
<0559> (8804)_,

How shall I put
<07896> (8799)

thee among the children
<01121>_,

and give
<05414> (8799)

thee a pleasant
<02532>

land
<0776>_,

a goodly
<06643>

heritage
<05159>

of the hosts
<06635>

of nations
<01471>_?

and I said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou shalt call
<07121> (8799)

me, My father
<01>_;

and shalt not turn away
<07725> (8799)

from me
<0310>_.

{from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}

3:20

Surely
<0403>

[as] a wife
<0802>

treacherously
<0898> (8804)

departeth from her husband
<07453>_,

so have ye dealt treacherously
<0898> (8804)

with me, O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{husband: Heb. friend}

3:21

A voice
<06963>

was heard
<08085> (8738)

upon the high places
<08205>_,

weeping
<01065>

[and] supplications
<08469>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_:

for they have perverted
<05753> (8689)

their way
<01870>_,

[and] they have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_.

3:22

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

ye backsliding
<07726>

children
<01121>_,

[and] I will heal
<07495> (8799)

your backslidings
<04878>_.

Behold, we come
<0857> (8804)

unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_.

3:23

Truly
<0403>

in vain
<08267>

[is salvation hoped for] from the hills
<01389>_,

[and from] the multitude
<01995>

of mountains
<02022>_:

truly
<0403>

in the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

[is] the salvation
<08668>

of Israel
<03478>_.

3:24

For shame
<01322>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

the labour
<03018>

of our fathers
<01>

from our youth
<05271>_;

their flocks
<06629>

and their herds
<01241>_,

their sons
<01121>

and their daughters
<01323>_.

3:25

We lie down
<07901> (8799)

in our shame
<01322>_,

and our confusion
<03639>

covereth
<03680> (8762)

us: for we have sinned
<02398> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_,

we and our fathers
<01>_,

from our youth
<05271>

even unto this day
<03117>_,

and have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_.

4:1

If thou wilt return
<07725> (8799)_,

O Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

return
<07725> (8799)

unto me: and if thou wilt put away
<05493> (8686)

thine abominations
<08251>

out of my sight
<06440>_,

then shalt thou not remove
<05110> (8799)_.

4:2

And thou shalt swear
<07650> (8738)_,

The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

in truth
<0571>_,

in judgment
<04941>_,

and in righteousness
<06666>_;

and the nations
<01471>

shall bless
<01288> (8694)

themselves in him, and in him shall they glory
<01984> (8691)_.

4:3

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

to the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_,

Break up
<05214> (8798)

your fallow ground
<05215>_,

and sow
<02232> (8799)

not among thorns
<06975>_.

4:4

Circumcise
<04135> (8734)

yourselves to the LORD
<03068>_,

and take away
<05493> (8685)

the foreskins
<06190>

of your heart
<03824>_,

ye men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

and inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_:

lest my fury
<02534>

come forth
<03318> (8799)

like fire
<0784>_,

and burn
<01197> (8804)

that none can quench
<03518> (8764)

[it], because
<06440>

of the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_.