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Jeremiah 2:1-21

2:1

Moreover the word
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of the LORD
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came to me, saying
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2:2

Go
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and cry
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in the ears
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of Jerusalem
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saying
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Thus saith
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the LORD
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I remember
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thee, the kindness
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of thy youth
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the love
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of thine espousals
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when thou wentest
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after
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me in the wilderness
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in a land
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[that was] not sown
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{thee: or, for thy sake}

2:3

Israel
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[was] holiness
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unto the LORD
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[and] the firstfruits
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of his increase
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all that devour
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him shall offend
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evil
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shall come
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upon them, saith
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the LORD
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2:4

Hear
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ye the word
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of the LORD
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O house
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of Jacob
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and all the families
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of the house
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of Israel
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2:5

Thus saith
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the LORD
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What iniquity
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have your fathers
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found
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in me, that they are gone far
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from me, and have walked
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after
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vanity
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and are become vain
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2:6

Neither said
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they, Where [is] the LORD
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that brought us up
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out of the land
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of Egypt
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that led
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us through the wilderness
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through a land
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of deserts
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and of pits
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through a land
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of drought
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and of the shadow of death
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through a land
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that no man
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passed through
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and where no man
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dwelt
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2:7

And I brought
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you into a plentiful
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country
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to eat
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the fruit
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thereof and the goodness
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thereof; but when ye entered
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ye defiled
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my land
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and made
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mine heritage
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an abomination
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{a plentiful...: or, the land of Carmel}

2:8

The priests
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said
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not, Where [is] the LORD
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and they that handle
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the law
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knew
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me not: the pastors
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also transgressed
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against me, and the prophets
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prophesied
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by Baal
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and walked
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after
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[things that] do not profit
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2:9

Wherefore I will yet plead
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with you, saith
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the LORD
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and with your children's
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children
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will I plead
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2:10

For pass over
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the isles
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of Chittim
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and see
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and send
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unto Kedar
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and consider
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diligently
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and see
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if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to}

2:11

Hath a nation
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changed
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[their] gods
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which [are] yet no gods
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but my people
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have changed
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their glory
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for [that which] doth not profit
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2:12

Be astonished
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O ye heavens
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at this, and be horribly afraid
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be ye very
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desolate
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saith
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the LORD
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2:13

For my people
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have committed
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two
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evils
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they have forsaken
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me the fountain
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of living
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waters
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[and] hewed them out
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cisterns
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broken
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cisterns
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that can hold
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no water
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2:14

[Is] Israel
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a servant
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[is] he a homeborn
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[slave]? why
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is he spoiled
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{spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}

2:15

The young lions
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roared
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upon him, [and] yelled
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and they made
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his land
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waste
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his cities
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are burned
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without inhabitant
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{yelled: Heb. gave out their voice}

2:16

Also the children
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of Noph
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and Tahapanes
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have broken
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the crown of thy head
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{have...: or, feed on thy crown}

2:17

Hast thou not procured
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this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
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the LORD
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thy God
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when
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he led
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thee by the way
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2:18

And now what hast thou to do in the way
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of Egypt
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to drink
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the waters
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of Sihor
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or what hast thou to do in the way
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of Assyria
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to drink
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the waters
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of the river
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2:19

Thine own wickedness
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shall correct
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thee, and thy backslidings
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shall reprove
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thee: know
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therefore and see
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that [it is] an evil
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[thing] and bitter
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that thou hast forsaken
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the LORD
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thy God
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and that my fear
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[is] not in thee, saith
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the Lord
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GOD
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of hosts
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2:20

For of old time
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I have broken
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thy yoke
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[and] burst
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thy bands
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and thou saidst
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I will not transgress
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when upon every high
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hill
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and under every green
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tree
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thou wanderest
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playing the harlot
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{transgress: or, serve}

2:21

Yet I had planted
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thee a noble vine
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wholly a right
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seed
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how then art thou turned
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into the degenerate plant
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of a strange
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vine
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unto me?