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1 # Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to me, saying <0559> (8800),
2 Go <01980> (8800) and cry <07121> (8804) in the ears <0241> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; I remember <02142> (8804) thee, the kindness <02617> of thy youth <05271>, the love <0160> of thine espousals <03623>, when thou wentest <03212> (8800) after <0310> me in the wilderness <04057>, in a land <0776> that was not sown <02232> (8803).
3 Israel <03478> was holiness <06944> unto the LORD <03068>, and the firstfruits <07225> of his increase <08393>: all that devour <0398> (8802) him shall offend <0816> (8799); evil <07451> shall come <0935> (8799) upon them, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
4 Hear <08085> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and all the families <04940> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>:
5 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, What iniquity <05766> have your fathers <01> found <04672> (8804) in me, that they are gone far <07368> (8804) from me, and have walked <03212> (8799) after <0310> vanity <01892> , and are become vain <01891> (8799)?
6 Neither said <0559> (8804) they, Where is the LORD <03068> that brought us up <05927> (8688) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, that led <03212> (8688) us through the wilderness <04057>, through a land <0776> of deserts <06160> and of pits <07745>, through a land <0776> of drought <06723>, and of the shadow of death <06757>, through a land <0776> that no man <0376> passed through <05674> (8804), and where no man <0120> dwelt <03427> (8804)?
7 And I brought <0935> (8686) you into a plentiful <03759> country <0776>, to eat <0398> (8800) the fruit <06529> thereof and the goodness <02898> thereof; but when ye entered <0935> (8799), ye defiled <02930> (8762) my land <0776>, and made <07760> (8804) mine heritage <05159> an abomination <08441>.
8 The priests <03548> said <0559> (8804) not, Where is the LORD <03068>? and they that handle <08610> (8802) the law <08451> knew <03045> (8804) me not: the pastors <07462> (8802) also transgressed <06586> (8804) against me, and the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> (8738) by Baal <01168>, and walked <01980> (8804) after <0310> things that do not profit <03276> (8686).
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9 # Wherefore I will yet plead <07378> (8799) with you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, and with your children's <01121> children <01121> will I plead <07378> (8799).
10 For pass over <05674> (8798) the isles <0339> of Chittim <03794>, and see <07200> (8798); and send <07971> (8798) unto Kedar <06938>, and consider <0995> (8708) diligently <03966>, and see <07200> (8798) if there be such a thing.
11 Hath a nation <01471> changed <03235> (8689) their gods <0430>, which are yet no gods <0430> ? but my people <05971> have changed <04171> (8689) their glory <03519> for that which doth not profit <03276> (8686).
12 Be astonished <08074> (8798), O ye heavens <08064>, at this, and be horribly afraid <08175> (8798), be ye very <03966> desolate <02717> (8798), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
13 For my people <05971> have committed <06213> (8804) two <08147> evils <07451>; they have forsaken <05800> (8804) me the fountain <04726> of living <02416> waters <04325>, and hewed them out <02672> (8800) cisterns <0877>, broken <07665> (8737) cisterns <0877>, that can hold <03557> (8686) no water <04325>.
14 # Is Israel <03478> a servant <05650>? is he a homeborn <01004> <03211> slave? why <04069> is he spoiled <0957>?
15 The young lions <03715> roared <07580> (8799) upon him, and yelled <05414> (8804) <06963> , and they made <07896> (8799) his land <0776> waste <08047>: his cities <05892> are burned <03341> (8738) without inhabitant <03427> (8802).
16 Also the children <01121> of Noph <05297> and Tahapanes <08471> have broken <07462> (8799) the crown of thy head <06936>.
17 Hast thou not procured <06213> (8799) this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, when <06256> he led <03212> (8688) thee by the way <01870>?
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Egypt <04714>, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of Sihor <07883>? or what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Assyria <0804>, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of the river <05104>?
19 Thine own wickedness <07451> shall correct <03256> (8762) thee, and thy backslidings <04878> shall reprove <03198> (8686) thee: know <03045> (8798) therefore and see <07200> (8798) that it is an evil <07451> thing and bitter <04751>, that thou hast forsaken <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and that my fear <06345> is not in thee, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> of hosts <06635>.
20 # For of old time <05769> I have broken <07665> (8804) thy yoke <05923>, and burst <05423> (8765) thy bands <04147>; and thou saidst <0559> (8799), I will not transgress <05674> (8799) (8675) <05647> (8799); when upon every high <01364> hill <01389> and under every green <07488> tree <06086> thou wanderest <06808> (8802) , playing the harlot <02181> (8802).
21 Yet I had planted <05193> (8804) thee a noble vine <08321>, wholly a right <0571> seed <02233>: how then art thou turned <02015> (8738) into the degenerate plant <05494> of a strange <05237> vine <01612> unto me?
22 For though thou wash <03526> (8762) thee with nitre <05427>, and take thee much <07235> (8686) soap <01287> , yet thine iniquity <05771> is marked <03799> (8737) before <06440> me, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.
23 How canst thou say <0559> (8799), I am not polluted <02930> (8738), I have not gone <01980> (8804) after <0310> Baalim <01168>? see <07200> (8798) thy way <01870> in the valley <01516>, know <03045> (8798) what thou hast done <06213> (8804): thou art a swift <07031> dromedary <01072> traversing <08308> (8764) her ways <01870>;
24 A wild ass <06501> used <03928> to the wilderness <04057>, that snuffeth up <07602> (8804) the wind <07307> at her pleasure <0185> <05315>; in her occasion <08385> who can turn her away <07725> (8686)? all they that seek <01245> (8764) her will not weary <03286> (8799) themselves; in her month <02320> they shall find <04672> (8799) her.
25 Withhold <04513> (8798) thy foot <07272> from being unshod <03182>, and thy throat <01627> from thirst <06773>: but thou saidst <0559> (8799), There is no hope <02976> (8737): no; for I have loved <0157> (8804) strangers <02114> (8801), and after <0310> them will I go <03212> (8799).
26 As the thief <01590> is ashamed <01322> when he is found <04672> (8735), so is the house <01004> of Israel <03478> ashamed <03001> (8689); they, their kings <04428>, their princes <08269>, and their priests <03548>, and their prophets <05030>,
27 Saying <0559> (8802) to a stock <06086>, Thou art my father <01>; and to a stone <068>, Thou hast brought me forth <03205> (8804): for they have turned <06437> (8804) their back <06203> unto me, and not their face <06440> : but in the time <06256> of their trouble <07451> they will say <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798), and save <03467> (8685) us.
28 But where are thy gods <0430> that thou hast made <06213> (8804) thee? let them arise <06965> (8799) , if they can save <03467> (8686) thee in the time <06256> of thy trouble <07451>: for according to the number <04557> of thy cities <05892> are thy gods <0430>, O Judah <03063>.
29 # Wherefore will ye plead <07378> (8799) with me? ye all have transgressed <06586> (8804) against me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
30 In vain <07723> have I smitten <05221> (8689) your children <01121>; they received <03947> (8804) no correction <04148>: your own sword <02719> hath devoured <0398> (8804) your prophets <05030>, like a destroying <07843> (8688) lion <0738>.
31 O generation <01755>, see <07200> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>. Have I been a wilderness <04057> unto Israel <03478>? a land <0776> of darkness <03991>? wherefore say <0559> (8804) my people <05971>, We are lords <07300> (8804); we will come <0935> (8799) no more unto thee?
32 Can a maid <01330> forget <07911> (8799) her ornaments <05716>, or a bride <03618> her attire <07196>? yet my people <05971> have forgotten <07911> (8804) me days <03117> without number <04557>.
33 Why trimmest <03190> (8686) thou thy way <01870> to seek <01245> (8763) love <0160>? therefore hast thou also taught <03925> (8765) the wicked ones <07451> thy ways <01870>.
34 Also in thy skirts <03671> is found <04672> (8738) the blood <01818> of the souls <05315> of the poor <034> innocents <05355>: I have not found <04672> (8804) it by secret search <04290>, but upon all these.
35 Yet thou sayest <0559> (8799), Because I am innocent <05352> (8738), surely his anger <0639> shall turn <07725> (8804) from me. Behold, I will plead <08199> (8737) with thee, because thou sayest <0559> (8800), I have not sinned <02398> (8804).
36 Why gaddest thou about <0235> (8799) so much <03966> to change <08138> (8763) thy way <01870>? thou also shalt be ashamed <0954> (8799) of Egypt <04714>, as thou wast ashamed <0954> (8804) of Assyria <0804>.
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth <03318> (8799) from him, and thine hands <03027> upon thine head <07218>: for the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> (8804) thy confidences <04009>, and thou shalt not prosper <06743> (8686) in them.