Jeremiah 2:1-13

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    Jeremiah 2:1-13

  • Jeremiah 2:1–13

    Israel Forsakes the Lord

    2:1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD,

      “I remember the devotion of your youth,
        your love as a bride,
      how you followed me in the wilderness,
        in a land not sown.
    3   Israel was holy to the LORD,
        the firstfruits of his harvest.
      All who ate of it incurred guilt;
        disaster came upon them,
          declares the LORD.”

    4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the LORD:

      “What wrong did your fathers find in me
        that they went far from me,
      and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
    6   They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
        who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
      who led us in the wilderness,
        in a land of deserts and pits,
      in a land of drought and deep darkness,
        in a land that none passes through,
        where no man dwells?’
    7   And I brought you into a plentiful land
        to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
      But when you came in, you defiled my land
        and made my heritage an abomination.
    8   The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
        Those who handle the law did not know me;
      the shepherds transgressed against me;
        the prophets prophesied by Baal
        and went after things that do not profit.
    9   “Therefore I still contend with you,
          declares the LORD,
        and with your children’s children I will contend.
    10   For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
        or send to Kedar and examine with care;
        see if there has been such a thing.
    11   Has a nation changed its gods,
        even though they are no gods?
      But my people have changed their glory
        for that which does not profit.
    12   Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
        be shocked, be utterly desolate,
          declares the LORD,
    13   for my people have committed two evils:
      they have forsaken me,
        the fountain of living waters,
      and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
        broken cisterns that can hold no water.