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Jeremiah - Chapter: 2

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2:1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
2:3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
2:4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
2:5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
2:6Neither said they, Where is the LORD 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 the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
2:7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
2:8The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
2:10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
2:11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
2:13For 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.
2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
2:18And now what 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 the river?
2:19Thine own wickedness 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.
2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
2:21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
2:22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
2:23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
2:24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
2:26As 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,
2:27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought 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.
2:28But 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.
2:29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
2:31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
2:33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
2:34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
2:35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
2:36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
2:37Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

 

2:1ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר׃
2:2הלך וקראת באזני ירושׁלם לאמר כה אמר יהוה זכרתי לך חסד נעוריך אהבת כלולתיך לכתך אחרי במדבר בארץ לא זרועה׃
2:3קדשׁ ישׂראל ליהוה ראשׁית תבואתה כל אכליו יאשׁמו רעה תבא אליהם נאם יהוה׃
2:4שׁמעו דבר יהוה בית יעקב וכל משׁפחות בית ישׂראל׃
2:5כה אמר יהוה מה מצאו אבותיכם בי עול כי רחקו מעלי וילכו אחרי ההבל ויהבלו׃
2:6ולא אמרו איה יהוה המעלה אתנו מארץ מצרים המוליך אתנו במדבר בארץ ערבה ושׁוחה בארץ ציה וצלמות בארץ לא עבר בה אישׁ ולא ישׁב אדם שׁם׃
2:7ואביא אתכם אל ארץ הכרמל לאכל פריה וטובה ותבאו ותטמאו את ארצי ונחלתי שׂמתם לתועבה׃
2:8הכהנים לא אמרו איה יהוה ותפשׂי התורה לא ידעוני והרעים פשׁעו בי והנביאים נבאו בבעל ואחרי לא יועלו הלכו׃
2:9לכן עד אריב אתכם נאם יהוה ואת בני בניכם אריב׃
2:10כי עברו איי כתיים וראו וקדר שׁלחו והתבוננו מאד וראו הן היתה כזאת׃
2:11ההימיר גוי אלהים והמה לא אלהים ועמי המיר כבודו בלוא יועיל׃
2:12שׁמו שׁמים על זאת ושׂערו חרבו מאד נאם יהוה׃
2:13כי שׁתים רעות עשׂה עמי אתי עזבו מקור מים חיים לחצב להם בארות בארת נשׁברים אשׁר לא יכלו המים׃
2:14העבד ישׂראל אם יליד בית הוא מדוע היה לבז׃
2:15עליו ישׁאגו כפרים נתנו קולם וישׁיתו ארצו לשׁמה עריו נצתה מבלי ישׁב׃
2:16גם בני נף ותחפנס ירעוך קדקד׃
2:17הלוא זאת תעשׂה לך עזבך את יהוה אלהיך בעת מוליכך בדרך׃
2:18ועתה מה לך לדרך מצרים לשׁתות מי שׁחור ומה לך לדרך אשׁור לשׁתות מי נהר׃
2:19תיסרך רעתך ומשׁבותיך תוכחך ודעי וראי כי רע ומר עזבך את יהוה אלהיך ולא פחדתי אליך נאם אדני יהוה צבאות׃
2:20כי מעולם שׁברתי עלך נתקתי מוסרתיך ותאמרי לא אעבד כי על כל גבעה גבהה ותחת כל עץ רענן את צעה זנה׃
2:21ואנכי נטעתיך שׂרק כלה זרע אמת ואיך נהפכת לי סורי הגפן נכריה׃
2:22כי אם תכבסי בנתר ותרבי לך ברית נכתם עונך לפני נאם אדני יהוה׃
2:23איך תאמרי לא נטמאתי אחרי הבעלים לא הלכתי ראי דרכך בגיא דעי מה עשׂית בכרה קלה משׂרכת דרכיה׃
2:24פרה למד מדבר באות נפשׁו שׁאפה רוח תאנתה מי ישׁיבנה כל מבקשׁיה לא ייעפו בחדשׁה ימצאונה׃
2:25מנעי רגלך מיחף וגורנך מצמאה ותאמרי נואשׁ לוא כי אהבתי זרים ואחריהם אלך׃
2:26כבשׁת גנב כי ימצא כן הבישׁו בית ישׂראל המה מלכיהם שׂריהם וכהניהם ונביאיהם׃
2:27אמרים לעץ אבי אתה ולאבן את ילדתני כי פנו אלי ערף ולא פנים ובעת רעתם יאמרו קומה והושׁיענו׃
2:28ואיה אלהיך אשׁר עשׂית לך יקומו אם יושׁיעוך בעת רעתך כי מספר עריך היו אלהיך יהודה׃
2:29למה תריבו אלי כלכם פשׁעתם בי נאם יהוה׃
2:30לשׁוא הכיתי את בניכם מוסר לא לקחו אכלה חרבכם נביאיכם כאריה משׁחית׃
2:31הדור אתם ראו דבר יהוה המדבר הייתי לישׂראל אם ארץ מאפליה מדוע אמרו עמי רדנו לוא נבוא עוד אליך׃
2:32התשׁכח בתולה עדיה כלה קשׁריה ועמי שׁכחוני ימים אין מספר׃
2:33מה תיטבי דרכך לבקשׁ אהבה לכן גם את הרעות למדתי את דרכיך׃
2:34גם בכנפיך נמצאו דם נפשׁות אביונים נקיים לא במחתרת מצאתים כי על כל אלה׃
2:35ותאמרי כי נקיתי אך שׁב אפו ממני הנני נשׁפט אותך על אמרך לא חטאתי׃
2:36מה תזלי מאד לשׁנות את דרכך גם ממצרים תבושׁי כאשׁר בשׁת מאשׁור׃
2:37גם מאת זה תצאי וידיך על ראשׁך כי מאס יהוה במבטחיך ולא תצליחי׃

 

2:1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
2:2`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.
2:3Holy `is' Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.
2:4Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.
2:5Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,
2:6And have not said, Where `is' Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'
2:7Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.
2:8The priests have not said, `Where `is' Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.
2:9Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.
2:10For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:
2:11Hath a nation changed gods? (And they `are' no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
2:12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
2:13For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells -- broken wells, That contain not the waters.
2:14A servant `is' Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
2:15Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.
2:16Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head!
2:17Dost thou not do this to thyself? `By' thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?
2:18And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?
2:19Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing `Is' thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.
2:20For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,' For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering -- a harlot.
2:21And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?
2:22But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
2:23How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
2:24A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting -- who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.
2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.'
2:26As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,
2:27Saying to wood, `My father `art' thou!' And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,' For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.'
2:28And where `are' thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,
2:29Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
2:30In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.
2:31O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'
2:32Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.
2:33What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.
2:34Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.
2:35And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.'
2:36What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,
2:37Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!

 


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