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Jeremiah 2:23-37

2:23

How canst thou say
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I am not polluted
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I have not gone
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after
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Baalim
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see
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thy way
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in the valley
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know
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what thou hast done
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[thou art] a swift
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dromedary
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traversing
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her ways
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{thou art...: or, O swift dromedary}

2:24

A wild ass
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used
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to the wilderness
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[that] snuffeth up
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the wind
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at her pleasure
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in her occasion
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who can turn her away
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all they that seek
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her will not weary
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themselves; in her month
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they shall find
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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
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thy foot
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from being unshod
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and thy throat
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from thirst
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but thou saidst
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There is no hope
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no; for I have loved
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strangers
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and after
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them will I go
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{There...: or, Is the case desperate?}

2:26

As the thief
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is ashamed
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when he is found
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so is the house
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of Israel
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ashamed
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they, their kings
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their princes
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and their priests
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and their prophets
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2:27

Saying
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to a stock
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Thou [art] my father
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and to a stone
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Thou hast brought me forth
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for they have turned
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[their] back
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unto me, and not [their] face
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but in the time
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of their trouble
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they will say
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Arise
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and save
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us. {brought...: or, begotten me} {their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck}

2:28

But where [are] thy gods
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that thou hast made
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thee? let them arise
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if they can save
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thee in the time
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of thy trouble
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for [according to] the number
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of thy cities
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are thy gods
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O Judah
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{trouble: Heb. evil}

2:29

Wherefore will ye plead
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with me? ye all have transgressed
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against me, saith
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the LORD
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2:30

In vain
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have I smitten
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your children
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they received
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no correction
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your own sword
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hath devoured
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your prophets
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like a destroying
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lion
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2:31

O generation
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see
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ye the word
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of the LORD
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Have I been a wilderness
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unto Israel
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a land
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of darkness
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wherefore say
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my people
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We are lords
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we will come
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no more unto thee? {We are...: Heb. We have dominion}

2:32

Can a maid
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forget
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her ornaments
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[or] a bride
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her attire
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yet my people
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have forgotten
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me days
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without number
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2:33

Why trimmest
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thou thy way
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to seek
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love
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therefore hast thou also taught
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the wicked ones
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thy ways
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2:34

Also in thy skirts
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is found
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the blood
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of the souls
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of the poor
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innocents
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I have not found
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it by secret search
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but upon all these. {secret...: Heb. digging}

2:35

Yet thou sayest
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Because I am innocent
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surely his anger
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shall turn
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from me. Behold, I will plead
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with thee, because thou sayest
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I have not sinned
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2:36

Why gaddest thou about
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so much
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to change
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thy way
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thou also shalt be ashamed
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of Egypt
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as thou wast ashamed
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of Assyria
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2:37

Yea, thou shalt go forth
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from him, and thine hands
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upon thine head
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for the LORD
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hath rejected
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thy confidences
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and thou shalt not prosper
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in them.