| 2:1 | Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| 2:2 | Go 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. |
| 2:3 | Israel 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. |
| 2:4 | Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: |
| 2:5 | Thus 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? |
| 2:6 | Neither 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? |
| 2:7 | And 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. |
| 2:8 | The 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. |
| 2:9 | Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. |
| 2:10 | For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. |
| 2:11 | Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. |
| 2:12 | Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. |
| 2:13 | 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. |
| 2:14 | Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? |
| 2:15 | The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. |
| 2:16 | Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. |
| 2:17 | Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? |
| 2:18 | And 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? |
| 2:19 | Thine 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. |
| 2:20 | For 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. |
| 2:20 | 我在古時折斷你的軛、解開你的繩索、你說、我必不事奉耶和華．因為你在各高岡上、各青翠樹下、屈身行淫。〔或作我在古時折斷你的軛解開你的繩索你就說我必不事奉別神誰知你在各高岡上各青翠樹下仍屈身行淫〕 |
| 2:20 | 我在古时折断你的轭、解开你的绳索、你说、我必不事奉耶和华．因为你在各高冈上、各青翠树下、屈身行淫。［或作我在古时折断你的轭解开你的绳索你就说我必不事奉别神谁知你在各高冈上各青翠树下仍屈身行淫］ |
| exo:19:8 | And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. |
| jos:24:18 | And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. |
| jug:10:16 | And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. |
| deu:12:2 | Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: |
| isa:57:5 | Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? |
| isa:57:7 | Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. |
| jer:3:6 | The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. |
| exo:34:15 | Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; |
| exo:34:16 | And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. |
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| 2:21 | Yet 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? |
| 2:22 | For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. |
| 2:23 | How 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; |
| 2:24 | A 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. |
| 2:25 | Withhold 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. |
| 2:26 | 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, |
| 2:27 | Saying 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. |
| 2:28 | 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. |
| 2:29 | Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. |
| 2:30 | In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. |
| 2:31 | O 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? |
| 2:32 | Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. |
| 2:33 | Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. |
| 2:34 | Also 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. |
| 2:35 | Yet 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. |
| 2:36 | Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. |
| 2:37 | Yea, 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. |
