Jeremiah 2:1 The word1697 of Yahweh3068 came to me, saying,559 cr 2 "Go,1980 and cry7121 in the ears241 of Jerusalem,3389 saying,559 ‘Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 "I remember2142 for you the kindness2617 of your youth,5271 the love160 of your weddings;3623 how you went3212 after310 me in the wilderness,4057 in a land776 that was not sown.2232 cr 3 Israel3478 was holiness6944 to Yahweh,3068 the first fruits7225 of his increase.8393 All who devour398 him shall be held guilty.816 Evil7451 shall come935 on them,"' says5002 Yahweh."3068 cr

Jeremiah 2:4 Hear8085 the word1697 of Yahweh,3068 O house1004 of Jacob,3290 and all the families4940 of the house1004 of Israel!3478 cr 5 Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 "What unrighteousness5766 have your fathers1 found4672 in me, that they have gone far7368 from me, and have walked3212 after310 vanity,1892 and are become vain?1891 cr 6 Neither did they say,559 ‘Where is Yahweh3068 who brought us up5927 out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 who led3212 us through the wilderness,4057 through a land776 of deserts6160 and of pits,7745 through a land776 of drought6723 and of the shadow of death,6757 through a land776 that none376 passed through,5674 and where no man376 lived?'3427 cr 7 I brought935 you into a plentiful3759 land,776 to eat398 its fruit6529 and its goodness;2898 but when you entered,935 you defiled2930 my land,776 and made7760 my heritage5159 an abomination.8441 cr 8 The priests3548 didn't say,559 ‘Where is Yahweh?'3068 and those who handle8610 the law8451 didn't know3045 me. The rulers7462 also transgressed6586 against me, and the prophets5030 prophesied5012 by Baal,1168 and walked1980 after310 things that do not profit.3276 cr

Jeremiah 2:9 "Therefore I will yet contend7378 with you," says5002 Yahweh,3068 "and I will contend7378 with your children's1121 children.1121 cr 10 For pass over5674 to the islands339 of Kittim,3794 and see;7200 and send7971 to Kedar,6938 and consider995 diligently;3966 and see7200 if there has been such a thing. cr 11 Has a nation1471 changed3235 its gods,430 which really are no gods?430 But my people5971 have changed4171 their glory3519 for that which does not profit.3276 cr

Jeremiah 2:12 "Be astonished,8074 you heavens,8064 at this, and be horribly afraid.8175 Be very3966 desolate,"2717 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 13 "For my people5971 have committed6213 two8147 evils:7451 they have forsaken5800 me, the spring4726 of living2416 waters,4325 and cut them out2672 cisterns,877 broken7665 cisterns,877 that can hold3557 no water.4325 cr 14 Is Israel3478 a servant?5650 Is he a native-born1004 slave? Why4069 has he become a prey?957 cr 15 The young lions3715 have roared7580 at him, and yelled.5414 They have made7896 his land776 waste.8047 His cities5892 are burned3341 up, without inhabitant.3427 cr 16 The children1121 also of Memphis5297 and Tahpanhes8471 have broken7462 the crown of your head.6936 cr

Jeremiah 2:17 {The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} "Haven't you procured6213 this to yourself, in that you have forsaken5800 Yahweh3068 your God,430 when6256 he led3212 you by the way?1870 cr 18 {i. e., the Euphrates River} Now what have you to do in the way1870 to Egypt,4714 to drink8354 the waters4325 of the Shihor?7883 Or what have you to do in the way1870 to Assyria,804 to drink8354 the waters4325 of the River?5104 cr

Jeremiah 2:19 "Your own wickedness7451 shall correct3256 you, and your backsliding4878 shall reprove3198 you. Know3045 therefore and see7200 that it is an evil7451 thing and a bitter,4751 that you have forsaken5800 Yahweh3068 your God,430 and that my fear6345 is not in you," says5002 the Lord,136 Yahweh3069 of Armies.6635 cr 20 "For of old time5769 I have broken7665 your yoke,5923 and burst5423 your bonds;4147 and you said,559 ‘I will not serve;'5674 for on every high1364 hill1389 and under every green7488 tree6086 you bowed yourself,6808 playing the prostitute.2181 cr 21 Yet I had planted5193 you a noble vine,8321 wholly a right571 seed.2233 How then have you turned2015 into the degenerate branches5494 of a foreign5237 vine1612 to me? cr 22 For though you wash3526 yourself with lye,5427 and use much7235 soap,1287 yet your iniquity5771 is marked3799 before6440 me," says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh.3069 cr

Jeremiah 2:23 "How can you say,559 ‘I am not defiled.2930 I have not gone1980 after310 the Baals'?1168 See7200 your way1870 in the valley.1516 Know3045 what you have done.6213 You are a swift7031 dromedary1072 traversing8308 her ways;1870 cr 24 a wild donkey6501 used3928 to the wilderness,4057 that snuffs up7602 the wind7307 in her desire.185 When she is in heat,8385 who can turn her away?7725 All those who seek1245 her will not weary3286 themselves. In her month,2320 they will find4672 her. cr

Jeremiah 2:25 "Withhold4513 your foot7272 from being unshod,3182 and your throat1627 from thirst.6773 But you said,559 ‘It is in vain.2976 No, for I have loved157 strangers,2114 and I will go3212 after310 them.' cr 26 As the thief1590 is ashamed1322 when he is found,4672 so is the house1004 of Israel3478 ashamed;3001 they, their kings,4428 their princes,8269 and their priests,3548 and their prophets;5030 cr 27 who tell559 wood,6086 ‘You are my father;'1 and a stone,68 ‘You have brought me out:'3205 for they have turned6437 their back6203 to me, and not their face;6440 but in the time6256 of their trouble7451 they will say,559 ‘Arise,6965 and save3467 us.' cr

Jeremiah 2:28 "But where are your gods430 that you have made6213 for yourselves? Let them arise,6965 if they can save3467 you in the time6256 of your trouble:7451 for according to the number4557 of your cities5892 are your gods,430 Judah.3063 cr

Jeremiah 2:29 "Why will you contend7378 with me? You all have transgressed6586 against me," says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr

Jeremiah 2:30 "I have struck5221 your children1121 in vain.7723 They received3947 no correction.4148 Your own sword2719 has devoured398 your prophets,5030 like a destroying7843 lion.738 cr 31 Generation,1755 consider7200 the word1697 of Yahweh.3068 Have I been a wilderness4057 to Israel?3478 Or a land776 of thick darkness?3991 Why do my people5971 say,559 ‘We have broken loose.7300 We will come935 to you no more?' cr

Jeremiah 2:32 "Can a virgin1330 forget7911 her ornaments,5716 or a bride3618 her attire?7196 Yet my people5971 have forgotten7911 me for days3117 without number.4557 cr 33 How well you prepare3190 your way1870 to seek1245 love!160 Therefore you have taught3925 even the wicked women7451 your ways.1870 cr 34 Also the blood1818 of the souls5315 of the innocent5355 poor34 is found4672 in your skirts.3671 You did not find4672 them breaking in;4290 but it is because of all these things. cr

Jeremiah 2:35 "Yet you said,559 ‘I am innocent.5352 Surely his anger639 has turned7725 away from me.' "Behold, I will judge8199 you, because you say,559 ‘I have not sinned.'2398 cr 36 Why do you go about235 so much3966 to change8138 your way?1870 You will be ashamed954 of Egypt4714 also, as you were ashamed954 of Assyria.804 cr 37 From there also you shall go forth,3318 with your hands3027 on your head;7218 for Yahweh3068 has rejected3988 those in whom you trust,4009 and you shall not prosper6743 with them. cr