Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2

1God reminding the Jews of his former kindness contendeth with them for their causeless and unprecedented revolt. 14They are the authors of their own calamities. 18God upbraideth them with their fondness for idolatrous worship. 35The vain confidences of Judah are rejected.

1MOREOVER the ^aword of the LORD came to me, saying,

a ch. 7.1; 23.28. Eze. 3.16,17; 7.1. He. 1.1.

2Go and ^bcry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember ¹thee, the ^ckindness of thy youth, the love of thine ^d*espousals, when thou ^ewentest after me in the wilderness, ^fin a land that was not sown.

b Is. 58.1. Ho. 8.1. Pr. 1.21; 8.3,4; 9.3-5. c Ho. 2.15. Eze. 16.8,22,60. Is. 48.10. Ex. 14.31; 15.1. Eze. 23.3,8,19. Ps. 129.1. d Eze. 16.8,43. Ex. 19.5,6; 24.3,7,8. De. 29.1. e v.6. De. 2.7. Ne. 9.11,12,15,19. De. 8.14-16. f De. 8.2,3.

3Israel was ^gholiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: ^hall that devour him shall offend; ⁱevil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

g Ex. 19.5,6; 28.36. 1Pe. 2.9. De. 4.20; 14.2. Ja. 1.18. Re. 14.4. h Ps. 105.14. ch. 12.14; 50.7. Ex. 4.23; 7-14. Jos. 6-11. Ju. 3; 4; 7; 11. 1Sa. 7. 2Sa. 5; 8; 10. Is. 13-37. ch. 25; 46-51. Eze. 25-39. i Joel 1.3,7,8.

4^jHear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

j Ps. 81.8-10. Is. 51.1,4.

5¶Thus saith the LORD, ^kWhat iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after ^lvanity, and are ^mbecome vain?

k v.31. Is. 1.2,3; 5.3,4. Mi. 6.3,4. l 2Ki. 17.15. De. 32.21. 1Sa. 12.21. ch. 10.14,15. Jonah 2.8. m Ro. 1.21-25. Ps. 115.8. Is. 44.9-20. ch. 10.8,14; 51.17.

6Neither ⁿsaid they, ^oWhere is the LORD that ^pbrought us up out of the land of Egypt, ^qthat 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?

n Ps. 77.5. o v.8. ch. 5.24. p Is. 63.9,11-13. Ho. 12.13; 13.4. Ex. 7-14. q De. 8.14-16; 32.10. Ex. 17.3. Nu. 20.2,5. v.2. Job 3.15.

7And I ^rbrought you into ²a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye ^sdefiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

r Jos. 3-21. De. 8.7-9; 6.10,11,18; 11.9,11,12. Is. 1.19. Ne. 9.24,25. Eze. 20.6. s Ps. 78.58; 106.38. Ge. 6.12. Eze. 20.28; 36.17. ch. 4.1,9. Ju. 2-10; 17-21. Eze. 16; 20; 22; 23.

8The ^tpriests said not, Where is the LORD? and ^uthey that handle the law knew me not: ^vthe pastors also transgressed against me, and ^wthe prophets prophesied by Baal, and ^xwalked after things that do not profit.

t Mal. 2.6,7. Ne. 8.8. De. 33.10. Ro. 2.21,22. Ho. 4.6. Lu. 11.52. Is. 56.9-12. ch. 8.10-12; 10.21. u ch. 18.18. v ch. 3.15. w ch. 5.31; 23.13. x Hab. 2.18.

9¶Wherefore I ^ywill yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and ^zwith your children's children will I plead.

y Is. 43.26. Ho. 2.2. Mi. 6.2. Is. 66.16. ch. 25.31. Eze. 17.20; 20.35,36. v.35. z Ex. 20.5. Le. 20.5.

10For pass ³over the ^aisles of Chittim, and see; and send unto ^bKedar, and consider diligently, ^cand see if there be such a thing.

a Is. 23.1,12. Ge. 10.4,5; 25.13,18. Ps. 120.5. b Is. 60.7. c ch. 18.13,14.

11^dHath a nation changed their gods, ^ewhich are yet no gods? but my people ^fhave changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

d Mi. 4.5. ch. 16.20. v.5. e Is. 37.19. f Ro. 1.23. Ps. 106.20. De. 4.7,8; 33.29. Eze. 16.10,14.

12Be ^gastonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye ^hvery desolate, saith the LORD.

g De. 4.26; 32.1. Is. 1.2. ch. 6.19; 22.29. Mi. 6.2. h Is. 13.10; 24.13. Mat. 27.45.

13For my people have committed two evils; they have ⁱforsaken me the ^jfountain of living waters, and ^*hewed them out cisterns, broken ^kcisterns, that can hold no water.

i Ps. 81.11. j Ps. 36.9. ch. 17.13; 18.13,14. Jn. 4.10,14. Re. 22.1,17. Ca. 4.15. k v.11,18,25,36. ch. 17.5. Ps. 62.9; 146.3; 115.4-8; 135.15-18. Is. 44.9-20; 45.20; 46.6,7.

14¶Is ^lIsrael a servant? is he a homeborn slave ? why is he ⁴spoiled?

l v.17,19. Is. 50.1; 52.3. Ex. 4.22.

15The ^myoung lions roared upon him, and ⁵yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

m Ps. 57.4. Is. 1.7; 5.29. Job 4.10,11. Ps. 34.10; 58.6. Na. 2.11,12. Eze. 19.3,6. ch. 50.17. 2Ki. 17; 18; 24; 25. ch. 4.7. Zep. 1.18.

16Also ⁿthe children of Noph and Tahapanes ⁶have broken the crown of thy head.

n 2Ki. 17.4; 18.21; 23.33. Is. 30.1-6; 31.1-3. ch. 43.7; 44.1. Eze. 29.7.

17^oHast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he ^pled thee by the way?

o Ho. 13.9. v.19. ch. 4.18. Nu. 32.23. Is. 1.2,4. Le. 26.15-39. De. 28.15-68. p Ex. 13.21. De. 32.10. Ps. 78.52-54; 136.11-16.

18And now ^qwhat 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 ^rthe river?

q v.13. Is. 30.1-7; 31.1-3; 23.3; 8.7. Eze. 17.12,15. La. 4.17; 5.6. Is. 52.4. Ho. 7.11; 5.13. Jos. 13.3. Is. 36.6. r Ge. 31.21.

19Thine own ^swickedness 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.

s Is. 5.5; 3.9. Ho. 5.5. Pr. 5.22; 14.14. ch. 4.18. De. 4.25-27; 31.16,17; 32.15-26. Is. 24.5,6. Ho. 4.1-3. ch. 5.7,9.

20¶For ^tof old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I ^uwill not ⁷transgress; when ^vupon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, ^wplaying the harlot.

t Ex. 3.8; 13.14. Ps. 81.6. ch. 11.4. u De. 5.27; 26.17. Ex. 19.8. Jos. 24.18. Ju. 10.16. 1Sa. 12.10. v Is. 1.21; 57.5,7. ch. 3.6; 17.2. Eze. 20.28. 1Ki. 12.31; 13.32; 15.24. De. 12.2. w Eze. 6.13.

21Yet I had ^xplanted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou ^yturned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

x Ex. 15.17. Ps. 44.2; 80.8. Is. 5.1,2. Mat. 21.33. Mar. 12.1. Lu. 20.9. y Is. 1.2,21. De. 32.32.

22For ^zthough thou wash thee with ^*nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

z Job 9.30; 14.17; 34.5-9. Ho. 13.12. Is. 3.9. Ps. 90.8. Am. 8.7. ch. 16.17. De. 32.34.

23How ^acanst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? ^bsee thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: ⁸thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

a Pr. 30.12,20; 28.13. Ju. 2.11,13,17; 3.6,7; 10.6. b ch. 3.2; 7.31,32; 19.2,6; 11.13. Is. 57.9,10. Ho. 5.13; 12.1. Eze. 16; 22; 23.

24⁹A wild ass ¹⁰used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at ¹¹her pleasure; in her occasion who can ¹²turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; ^cin her month they shall find her.

c v.27. Is. 26.16. Ho. 5.15. ch. 22.22.

25^dWithhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, ¹³There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

d Pr. 6.26. Eze. 16.25. De. 29.19. ch. 13.22; 14.10.

26As ^ethe 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,

e v.23,28,36. ch. 3.24,25. Is. 1.29; 2.10-21. ch. 22.22,23. Ro. 6.21.

27Saying to ^fa ^*stock, ^gThou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast ¹⁴brought me forth: for they have turned ¹⁵their back unto me, and not their face: but ^hin the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

f 2Ki. 17.10,13. ch. 3.9. g Is. 44.9-20; 46.6-8. ch. 10.3-15. Ps. 115.4-8. v.11,13. h Ju. 2.18; 10.9-16. Is. 26.16. Ho. 5.15. 1Sa. 12.13. Ps. 78.34.

28But ⁱwhere are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy ¹⁶trouble: for ^jaccording to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

i Ju. 10.14. De. 32.37. 2Ki. 3.13. Is. 45.20; 44.20; 46.2,7. j ch. 11.13. Ho. 8.11; 10.1. 2Ki. 17.30,31.

29^kWherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

k v.23,24,34,35. ch. 3.2. Eze. 16; 22; 23.

30In vain have I ^lsmitten your children; they received no correction: ^myour own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

l Is. 9.13; 1.5. ch. 5.3. 2Ch. 28.22. m 2Ch. 36.16. Mar. 12.2-8. Mat. 23.31,34,35,37. Ne. 9.26. Ac. 7.52. Lu. 11.47. 1Th. 2.15.

31¶O generation, ⁿsee ye the word of the LORD. ^oHave I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We ¹⁷are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

n Mi. 6.9. Is. 1.10. Re. 2.29. ch. 22.29. o v.5. ch. 22.15. 2Ch. 26.5; 31.10; 32.22,23.

32Can a maid forget her ^pornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have ^qforgotten me days without number.

p v.11. De. 4.7,8. 2Sa. 7.23,24. Is. 60.19. q Ps. 106.21. ch. 13.25; 18.15; 3.21. Is. 17.10. Ho. 4.6; 8.14; 13.6. Eze. 22.12.

33^rWhy ^*trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also ^staught the wicked ones thy ways.

r ch. 3.1,2; 4.13; 22.22. Eze. 16.28-34. Ho. 2.5. Is. 57.9,10. s 2Ch. 33.9. Eze. 16.27,47,51,52.

34Also ^tin thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by ¹⁸secret search, but upon all these.

t v.23. Eze. 7.23; 16.20,21; 20.31; 9.9. 2Ki. 21.16; 24.4. Is. 59.3,7. La. 4.14. Ps. 106.38. ch. 19.4,5; 7.31.

35Yet thou sayest, ^uBecause I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, ^vI will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

u Ro. 7.9. 1Jn. 1.8,10. Pr. 30.12,20. Lu. 18.11. Is. 58.3. v v.9,23,29. Pr. 28.13. Eze. 17.20. Am. 3.2. Is. 59.4.

36^wWhy gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

w v.18,19. ch. 31.22; 37.7. Ho. 5.13; 12.1. Is. 30.1-7; 31.1-3; 20.5. 2Ch. 28.20. La. 4.17; 5.6.

37Yea, thou shalt go forth from ¹⁹him, and ^xthine hands upon thine head: for the LORD ^yhath rejected thy confidences, and ^zthou shalt not prosper in them.

x 2Sa. 13.19. Is. 21.3. y Is. 30.1-7; 31.1-3. ch. 37.7. Eze. 29.6,7; 17.15. z Is. 28.15-17.