Jeremiah 2:9-Jeremiah 3:5 - The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
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“And with your sons’ sons I will contend.
And send to
And see if there has been such a thing as this!
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the Lord.
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They have forsaken Me,
The
To hew for themselves
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.
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Why has he become a prey?
They have
And they have
His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
Have
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He
To drink the waters of the
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the
And your
Know therefore and see that it is evil and
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And
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And tore off your bonds;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every
And under every green tree
You have lain down as a harlot.
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A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the
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And
The
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.
And your throat from thirst;
But you said, ‘
No! For I have
And after them I will walk.’
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So the house of Israel is shamed;
They, their kings, their princes
And their priests and their prophets,
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their
And not their face;
But in the
‘Arise and save us.’
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can
In the time of your
For
Are your gods, O Judah.
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You have
They accepted no chastening.
Your
Like a destroying lion.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a
Why do My people say, ‘
We will no longer come to You’?
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people have
Days without number.
To seek love!
Therefore even
You have taught your ways.
The
You did not find them
But in spite of all these things,
Surely His anger is turned away from me.’
Behold, I will
Because you
Changing your way?
Also,
As you were put to shame by
With
For the Lord has rejected
And you will not prosper with them.”
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And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely
But you
Yet you
Where have you not been violated?
By the roads you have
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have
With your harlotry and with your wickedness.
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you had a
You refused to be ashamed.
‘
Will He
Behold, you have spoken
And have done evil things,
And you have