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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Jeremiah
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 2
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Go, and cry in the ears of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember ^6 for thee the kindness of
thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the
wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness unto Jehovah,
the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty;
evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.
[Footnote 6: Or, concerning]
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of
the house of Israel: Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your
fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after
vanity, and are become vain? Neither said they, Where is Jehovah 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 ^1 the shadow of
death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt? And I
brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an
abomination. The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle
the law knew me not: the ^2 rulers also transgressed against me, and the
prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
[Footnote 1: Or, deep darkness]
[Footnote 2: Heb. shepherds.]
Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your
children's children will I contend. For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and
see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been
such a thing. Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my
people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Be
astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very
desolate, saith Jehovah. 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.
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?
The young lions have roared upon him, and ^3 yelled; and they have made his
land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant. The children also
of Memphis and Tahpanhes have ^4 broken the crown of thy head. Hast thou not
procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when
he led thee by the way? And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to
drink the waters of the ^5 Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to
Assyria, to drink the waters of ^6 the River? Thine own wickedness shall
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see
that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy
God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
[Footnote 3: Heb. given out their voice.]
[Footnote 4: Or, fed on]
[Footnote 5: That is, the Nile.]
[Footnote 6: That is, the Euphrates]
For of old time ^7 I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou
saidst, I will not ^8 serve; for upon every high hill and under every green
tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot. Yet I had planted thee a
noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate
branches of a foreign vine unto me? For though thou wash thee with lye, and
take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord
Jehovah. How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the
Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift
^9 dromedary traversing her ways; a wild ass used to the wilderness, that
snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away?
all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find
her. Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But
thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them
will I go.
[Footnote 7: Or, thou hast]
[Footnote 8: Another reading is, transgress.]
[Footnote 9: Or, young camel]
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; who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast
^10 brought ^11 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. 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.
[Footnote 10: Or, begotten me]
[Footnote 11: Another reading is, us.]
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me,
saith Jehovah. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no ^1
correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying
lion. O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness
unto Israel? or a land of ^2 thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are
broken loose; we will come no more unto thee? Can a virgin forget her
ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days
without number. How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the
wicked women hast thou taught thy ways. Also in thy skirts is found the blood
of the souls of the innocent poor: ^3 thou didst not find them breaking in;
but it is because of all these things. Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely
his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with
thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. Why gaddest thou about so much
to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed
of Assyria. From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy
head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt
not prosper with them.
[Footnote 1: Or, instruction]
[Footnote 2: Or, darkness from Jah]
[Footnote 3: Or, I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these]