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Jeremiah 2:1-37

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
<01>

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
<03068>_?

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
<03276> (8686)_.

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?

2:22

For though thou wash
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thee with nitre
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and take thee much
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soap
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[yet] thine iniquity
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is marked
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before
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me, saith
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the Lord
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GOD
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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
<0398> (8804)

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
<03478>_?

a land
<0776>

of darkness
<03991>_?

wherefore say
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my people
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We are lords
<07300> (8804)_;

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
<03618>

her attire
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yet my people
<05971>

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

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
<03671>

is found
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the blood
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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
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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
<0559> (8800)_,

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
<03027>

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
<06743> (8686)

in them.