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Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah prosecutes Judah for abandoning the LORD who brought them from Egypt, exchanging their glory for useless idols, trusting foreign powers, and pursuing spiritual adultery while denying guilt.

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Jeremiah prosecutes Judah for abandoning the LORD who brought them from Egypt, exchanging their glory for useless idols, trusting foreign powers, and pursuing spiritual adultery while denying guilt.

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Verses 1–8The LORD remembers Israel’s early devotion and charges leaders with forsaking him Verses 9–13Israel has committed two evils: forsaking the fountain of living waters and making broken cisterns Verses 14–19Israel’s own backsliding has brought ruin and exposed the folly of seeking foreign help Verses 20–28Judah is compared to a degenerate vine and is confronted for idolatry Verses 29–37The people resist correction and look to Egypt and Assyria, but those alliances will shame them

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1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus…3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of…4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of…5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found…6Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us…7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat…8The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they…9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD,…10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and…11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no…12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly…13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken…14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why…15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they…16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the…17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou…18And now what hast thou to do in the way…19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall…20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and…21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a…22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee…23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have…24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up…25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from…26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so…27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to…28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?…29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed…30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no…31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have…32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her…33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast…34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the…35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger…36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?…37Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands…