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Jeremiah 2 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[2] “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
[3] Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,” ’ says Yahweh.”
[4] Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
[5] Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
[6] They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
[7] I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
[8] The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
[9] “Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
[10] For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
[11] Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
[12] “Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.
[13] “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
[14] Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
[15] The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
[16] The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
[17] “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
[18] Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
[19] “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
[20] “For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
[21] Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
[22] For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.
[23] “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
[24] a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
[25] “Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
[26] As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
[27] who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
[28] “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
[29] “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.
[30] “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
[31] Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
[32] “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
[33] How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
[34] Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
[35] “Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
[36] Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
[37] You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.

Jeremiah 2:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Jeremiah 2:18 i.e., the Euphrates River

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 2 (KJVS)

[1] Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ()
[2] Go () and cry () in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, () Thus saith () the Lord; I remember () thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest () after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. ()
[3] Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour () him shall offend; () evil shall come () upon them, saith () the Lord.
[4] Hear () ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
[5] thus saith () the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found () in me, that they are gone far () from me, and have walked () after vanity, and are become vain? ()
[6] Neither said () they, Where is the Lord that brought us up () out of the land of Egypt, that led () us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, () and where no man dwelt? ()
[7] And I brought () you into a plentiful country, to eat () the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, () ye defiled () my land, and made () mine heritage an abomination.
[8] The priests said () not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle () the law knew () me not: the pastors () also transgressed () against me, and the prophets prophesied () by Baal, and walked () after things that do not profit. ()
[9] Wherefore I will yet plead () with you, saith () the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead. ()
[10] For pass over () the isles of Chittim, and see; () and send () unto Kedar, and consider () diligently, and see () if there be such a thing.
[11] Hath a nation changed () their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed () their glory for that which doth not profit. ()
[12] Be astonished, () O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, () be ye very desolate, () saith () the Lord.
[13] For my people have committed () two evils; they have forsaken () me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out () cisterns, broken () cisterns, that can hold () no water.
[14] Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
[15] The young lions roared () upon him, and yelled, () and they made () his land waste: his cities are burned () without inhabitant. ()
[16] Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken () the crown of thy head.
[17] Hast thou not procured () this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken () the Lord thy God, when he led () thee by the way?
[18] And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink () the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink () the waters of the river?
[19] Thine own wickedness shall correct () thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove () thee: know () therefore and see () that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken () the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith () the Lord God of hosts.
[20] For of old time I have broken () thy yoke, and burst () thy bands; and thou saidst, () I will not transgress; () () () when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, () playing the harlot. ()
[21] Yet I had planted () thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned () into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
[22] For though thou wash () thee with nitre, and take thee much () soap, yet thine iniquity is marked () before me, saith () the Lord God.
[23] How canst thou say, () I am not polluted, () I have not gone () after Baalim? see () thy way in the valley, know () what thou hast done: () thou art a swift dromedary traversing () her ways;
[24] a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up () the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? () all they that seek () her will not weary () themselves; in her month they shall find () her.
[25] Withhold () thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, () There is no hope: () no; for I have loved () strangers, () and after them will I go. ()
[26] As the thief is ashamed when he is found, () so is the house of Israel ashamed; () they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
[27] saying () to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: () for they have turned () their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, () Arise, () and save () us.
[28] But where are thy gods that thou hast made () thee? let them arise, () if they can save () thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
[29] Wherefore will ye plead () with me? ye all have transgressed () against me, saith () the Lord.
[30] In vain have I smitten () your children; they received () no correction: your own sword hath devoured () your prophets, like a destroying () lion.
[31] O generation, see () ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say () my people, We are lords; () we will come () no more unto thee?
[32] Can a maid forget () her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten () me days without number.
[33] Why trimmest () thou thy way to seek () love? therefore hast thou also taught () the wicked ones thy ways.
[34] Also in thy skirts is found () the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found () it by secret search, but upon all these.
[35] Yet thou sayest, () Because I am innocent, () surely his anger shall turn () from me. Behold, I will plead () with thee, because thou sayest, () I have not sinned. ()
[36] Why gaddest thou about () so much to change () thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed () of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed () of Assyria.
[37] Yea, thou shalt go forth () from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected () thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper () in them.

Jeremiah 2:2 Or, for thy sake
Jeremiah 2:10 Or, over to
Jeremiah 2:14 Heb. become a spoil
Jeremiah 2:15 Heb. gave out their voice
Jeremiah 2:16 Or, feed on thy crown, deut. 33.12 Isai. 8.8
Jeremiah 2:20 Or, serve
Jeremiah 2:24a Or, O wild ass etc.
Jeremiah 2:24b Heb. taught
Jeremiah 2:24c Heb. the desire of her heart
Jeremiah 2:24d Or, reverse it
Jeremiah 2:25 Or, is the case desperate?
Jeremiah 2:27a Or, begotten me
Jeremiah 2:27b Heb. the hinder part part [sic] of the neck
Jeremiah 2:28 Heb. evil
Jeremiah 2:31 Heb. we have dominion
Jeremiah 2:34 Heb. digging

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 2 (BYZ)

[2] και ειπεν ταδε λεγει κυριος εμνησθην ελεους νεοτητος σου και αγαπης τελειωσεως σου του εξακολουθησαι σε τω αγιω ισραηλ λεγει κυριος
[3] αγιος ισραηλ τω κυριω αρχη γενηματων αυτου παντες οι εσθοντες αυτον πλημμελησουσιν κακα ηξει επ αυτους φησιν κυριος
[4] ακουσατε λογον κυριου οικος ιακωβ και πασα πατρια οικου ισραηλ
[5] ταδε λεγει κυριος τι ευροσαν οι πατερες υμων εν εμοι πλημμελημα οτι απεστησαν μακραν απ εμου και επορευθησαν οπισω των ματαιων και εματαιωθησαν
[6] και ουκ ειπαν που εστιν κυριος ο αναγαγων ημας εκ γης αιγυπτου ο καθοδηγησας ημας εν τη ερημω εν γη απειρω και αβατω εν γη ανυδρω και ακαρπω εν γη εν η ου διωδευσεν εν αυτη ουθεν και ου κατωκησεν εκει υιος ανθρωπου
[7] και εισηγαγον υμας εις τον καρμηλον του φαγειν υμας τους καρπους αυτου και τα αγαθα αυτου και εισηλθατε και εμιανατε την γην μου και την κληρονομιαν μου εθεσθε εις βδελυγμα
[8] οι ιερεις ουκ ειπαν που εστιν κυριος και οι αντεχομενοι του νομου ουκ ηπισταντο με και οι ποιμενες ησεβουν εις εμε και οι προφηται επροφητευον τη βααλ και οπισω ανωφελους επορευθησαν
[9] δια τουτο ετι κριθησομαι προς υμας λεγει κυριος και προς τους υιους των υιων υμων κριθησομαι
[10] διοτι διελθετε εις νησους χεττιιμ και ιδετε και εις κηδαρ αποστειλατε και νοησατε σφοδρα και ιδετε ει γεγονεν τοιαυτα
[11] ει αλλαξονται εθνη θεους αυτων και ουτοι ουκ εισιν θεοι ο δε λαος μου ηλλαξατο την δοξαν αυτου εξ ης ουκ ωφεληθησονται
[12] εξεστη ο ουρανος επι τουτω και εφριξεν επι πλειον σφοδρα λεγει κυριος
[13] οτι δυο πονηρα εποιησεν ο λαος μου εμε εγκατελιπον πηγην υδατος ζωης και ωρυξαν εαυτοις λακκους συντετριμμενους οι ου δυνησονται υδωρ συνεχειν
[14] μη δουλος εστιν ισραηλ η οικογενης εστιν δια τι εις προνομην εγενετο
[15] επ αυτον ωρυοντο λεοντες και εδωκαν την φωνην αυτων οι εταξαν την γην αυτου εις ερημον και αι πολεις αυτου κατεσκαφησαν παρα το μη κατοικεισθαι
[16] και υιοι μεμφεως και ταφνας εγνωσαν σε και κατεπαιζον σου
[17] ουχι ταυτα εποιησεν σοι το καταλιπειν σε εμε λεγει κυριος ο θεος σου
[18] και νυν τι σοι και τη οδω αιγυπτου του πιειν υδωρ γηων και τι σοι και τη οδω ασσυριων του πιειν υδωρ ποταμων
[19] παιδευσει σε η αποστασια σου και η κακια σου ελεγξει σε και γνωθι και ιδε οτι πικρον σοι το καταλιπειν σε εμε λεγει κυριος ο θεος σου και ουκ ευδοκησα επι σοι λεγει κυριος ο θεος σου
[20] οτι απ αιωνος συνετριψας τον ζυγον σου διεσπασας τους δεσμους σου και ειπας ου δουλευσω αλλα πορευσομαι επι παν βουνον υψηλον και υποκατω παντος ξυλου κατασκιου εκει διαχυθησομαι εν τη πορνεια μου
[21] εγω δε εφυτευσα σε αμπελον καρποφορον πασαν αληθινην πως εστραφης εις πικριαν η αμπελος η αλλοτρια
[22] εαν αποπλυνη εν νιτρω και πληθυνης σεαυτη ποαν κεκηλιδωσαι εν ταις αδικιαις σου εναντιον εμου λεγει κυριος
[23] πως ερεις ουκ εμιανθην και οπισω της βααλ ουκ επορευθην ιδε τας οδους σου εν τω πολυανδριω και γνωθι τι εποιησας οψε φωνη αυτης ωλολυξεν τας οδους αυτης
[24] επλατυνεν εφ υδατα ερημου εν επιθυμιαις ψυχης αυτης επνευματοφορειτο παρεδοθη τις επιστρεψει αυτην παντες οι ζητουντες αυτην ου κοπιασουσιν εν τη ταπεινωσει αυτης ευρησουσιν αυτην
[25] αποστρεψον τον ποδα σου απο οδου τραχειας και τον φαρυγγα σου απο διψους η δε ειπεν ανδριουμαι οτι ηγαπηκει αλλοτριους και οπισω αυτων επορευετο
[26] ως αισχυνη κλεπτου οταν αλω ουτως αισχυνθησονται οι υιοι ισραηλ αυτοι και οι βασιλεις αυτων και οι αρχοντες αυτων και οι ιερεις αυτων και οι προφηται αυτων
[27] τω ξυλω ειπαν οτι πατηρ μου ει συ και τω λιθω συ εγεννησας με και εστρεψαν επ εμε νωτα και ου προσωπα αυτων και εν τω καιρω των κακων αυτων ερουσιν αναστα και σωσον ημας
[28] και που εισιν οι θεοι σου ους εποιησας σεαυτω ει αναστησονται και σωσουσιν σε εν καιρω της κακωσεως σου οτι κατ αριθμον των πολεων σου ησαν θεοι σου ιουδα και κατ αριθμον διοδων της ιερουσαλημ εθυον τη βααλ
[29] ινα τι λαλειτε προς με παντες υμεις ησεβησατε και παντες υμεις ηνομησατε εις εμε λεγει κυριος
[30] ματην επαταξα τα τεκνα υμων παιδειαν ουκ εδεξασθε μαχαιρα κατεφαγεν τους προφητας υμων ως λεων ολεθρευων και ουκ εφοβηθητε
[31] ακουσατε λογον κυριου ταδε λεγει κυριος μη ερημος εγενομην τω ισραηλ η γη κεχερσωμενη δια τι ειπεν ο λαος μου ου κυριευθησομεθα και ουχ ηξομεν προς σε ετι
[32] μη επιλησεται νυμφη τον κοσμον αυτης και παρθενος την στηθοδεσμιδα αυτης ο δε λαος μου επελαθετο μου ημερας ων ουκ εστιν αριθμος
[33] τι ετι καλον επιτηδευσεις εν ταις οδοις σου του ζητησαι αγαπησιν ουχ ουτως αλλα και συ επονηρευσω του μιαναι τας οδους σου
[34] και εν ταις χερσιν σου ευρεθησαν αιματα ψυχων αθωων ουκ εν διορυγμασιν ευρον αυτους αλλ επι παση δρυι
[35] και ειπας αθωος ειμι αλλα αποστραφητω ο θυμος αυτου απ εμου ιδου εγω κρινομαι προς σε εν τω λεγειν σε ουχ ημαρτον
[36] τι κατεφρονησας σφοδρα του δευτερωσαι τας οδους σου και απο αιγυπτου καταισχυνθηση καθως κατησχυνθης απο ασσουρ
[37] οτι και εντευθεν εξελευση και αι χειρες σου επι της κεφαλης σου οτι απωσατο κυριος την ελπιδα σου και ουκ ευοδωθηση εν αυτη