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Moreover the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to me, saying[H559],
2Go[H1980] and cry[H7121] in the ears[H241] of Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; I remember[H2142] thee, the kindness[H2617] of thy youth[H5271], the love[H160] of thine espousals[H3623], when thou wentest[H3212]after[H310] me in the wilderness[H4057], in a land[H776] that was not sown[H2232].
3Israel[H3478] was holiness[H6944] unto the LORD[H3068], and the firstfruits[H7225] of his increase[H8393]: all that devour[H398] him shall offend[H816]; evil[H7451] shall come[H935] upon them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
4Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], O house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and all the families[H4940] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], What iniquity[H5766] have your fathers[H1]found[H4672] in me, that they are gone far[H7368] from me, and have walked[H3212]after[H310]vanity[H1892], and are become vain?[H1891]
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Neither said[H559] they, Where is the LORD[H3068] that brought us up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], that led[H3212] us through[H5674] the wilderness[H4057], through[H5674] a land[H776] of deserts[H6160] and of pits[H7745], through[H5674] a land[H776] of drought[H6723], and of the shadow of death[H6757], through[H5674] a land[H776] that no man[H376] passed through[H5674], and where no man[H120]dwelt?[H3427]
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And I brought[H935] you into a plentiful[H3759]country[H776], to eat[H398] the fruit[H6529] thereof and the goodness[H2898] thereof; but when ye entered[H935], ye defiled[H2930] my land[H776], and made[H7760] mine heritage[H5159] an abomination[H8441].
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The priests[H3548]said[H559] not, Where is the LORD?[H3068] and they that handle[H8610] the law[H8451]knew[H3045] me not: the pastors[H7462] also transgressed[H6586] against me, and the prophets[H5030]prophesied[H5012] by Baal[H1168], and walked[H1980]after[H310] things that do not profit[H3276].
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Wherefore I will yet plead[H7378] with you, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and with your children[H1121]'s children[H1121] will I plead[H7378].
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For pass over[H5674] the isles[H339] of Chittim[H3794], and see[H7200]; and send[H7971] unto Kedar[H6938], and consider[H995]diligently[H3966], and see[H7200] if there be such a thing.
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Hath a nation[H1471]changed[H3235] their gods[H430], which are yet no gods?[H430] but my people[H5971] have changed[H4171] their glory[H3519] for that which doth not profit[H3276].
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Be astonished[H8074], O ye heavens[H8064], at this, and be horribly afraid[H8175], be ye very[H3966]desolate[H2717], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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For my people[H5971] have committed[H6213]two[H8147]evils[H7451]; they have forsaken[H5800] me the fountain[H4726] of living[H2416]waters[H4325], and hewed them out[H2672]cisterns[H877], broken[H7665]cisterns[H877], that can hold[H3557] no water[H4325].
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Is Israel[H3478] a servant?[H5650] is he a homeborn[H1004] slave? why[H4069] is he spoiled?[H957]
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The young lions[H3715]roared[H7580] upon him, and yelled[H5414], and they made[H7896] his land[H776]waste[H8047]: his cities[H5892] are burned[H3341] without inhabitant[H3427].
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Also the children[H1121] of Noph[H5297] and Tahapanes[H8471] have broken[H7462] the crown of thy head[H6936].
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Hast thou not procured[H6213] this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], when[H6256] he led[H3212] thee by the way?[H1870]
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And now what hast thou to do in the way[H1870] of Egypt[H4714], to drink[H8354] the waters[H4325] of Sihor?[H7883] or what hast thou to do in the way[H1870] of Assyria[H804], to drink[H8354] the waters[H4325] of the river?[H5104]
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Thine own wickedness[H7451] shall correct[H3256] thee, and thy backslidings[H4878] shall reprove[H3198] thee: know[H3045] therefore and see[H7200] that it is an evil[H7451] thing and bitter[H4751], that thou hast forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and that my fear[H6345] is not in thee, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635].
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For of old time[H5769] I have broken[H7665] thy yoke[H5923], and burst[H5423] thy bands[H4147]; and thou saidst[H559], I will not transgress[H5674]; when upon every high[H1364]hill[H1389] and under every green[H7488]tree[H6086] thou wanderest[H6808], playing the harlot[H2181].
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Yet I had planted[H5193] thee a noble vine[H8321], wholly a right[H571]seed[H2233]: how then art thou turned[H2015] into the degenerate plant[H5494] of a strange[H5237]vine[H1612] unto me?
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For though thou wash[H3526] thee with nitre[H5427], and take thee much[H7235]soap[H1287], yet thine iniquity[H5771] is marked[H3799]before[H6440] me, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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How canst thou say[H559], I am not polluted[H2930], I have not gone[H1980]after[H310]Baalim?[H1168]see[H7200] thy way[H1870] in the valley[H1516], know[H3045] what thou hast done[H6213]: thou art a swift[H7031]dromedary[H1072]traversing[H8308] her ways[H1870];
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A wild ass[H6501]used[H3928] to the wilderness[H4057], that snuffeth up[H7602] the wind[H7307] at her pleasure[H185]; in her occasion[H8385] who can turn her away?[H7725] all they that seek[H1245] her will not weary[H3286] themselves; in her month[H2320] they shall find[H4672] her.
25Withhold[H4513] thy foot[H7272] from being unshod[H3182], and thy throat[H1627] from thirst[H6773]: but thou saidst[H559], There is no hope[H2976]: no; for I have loved[H157]strangers[H2114], and after[H310] them will I go[H3212].
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As the thief[H1590] is ashamed[H1322] when he is found[H4672], so is the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]ashamed[H3001]; they, their kings[H4428], their princes[H8269], and their priests[H3548], and their prophets[H5030],
27Saying[H559] to a stock[H6086], Thou art my father[H1]; and to a stone[H68], Thou hast brought me forth[H3205]: for they have turned[H6437] their back[H6203] unto me, and not their face[H6440]: but in the time[H6256] of their trouble[H7451] they will say[H559], Arise[H6965], and save[H3467] us.
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But where are thy gods[H430] that thou hast made[H6213] thee? let them arise[H6965], if they can save[H3467] thee in the time[H6256] of thy trouble[H7451]: for according to the number[H4557] of thy cities[H5892] are thy gods[H430], O Judah[H3063].
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Wherefore will ye plead[H7378] with me? ye all have transgressed[H6586] against me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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In vain[H7723] have I smitten[H5221] your children[H1121]; they received[H3947] no correction[H4148]: your own sword[H2719] hath devoured[H398] your prophets[H5030], like a destroying[H7843]lion[H738].
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O generation[H1755], see[H7200] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]. Have I been a wilderness[H4057] unto Israel?[H3478] a land[H776] of darkness?[H3991] wherefore say[H559] my people[H5971], We are lords[H7300]; we will come[H935] no more unto thee?
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Can a maid[H1330]forget[H7911] her ornaments[H5716], or a bride[H3618] her attire?[H7196] yet my people[H5971] have forgotten[H7911] me days[H3117] without number[H4557].
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Why trimmest[H3190] thou thy way[H1870] to seek[H1245]love?[H160] therefore hast thou also taught[H3925] the wicked ones[H7451] thy ways[H1870].
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Also in thy skirts[H3671] is found[H4672] the blood[H1818] of the souls[H5315] of the poor[H34]innocents[H5355]: I have not found[H4672] it by secret search[H4290], but upon all these.
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Yet thou sayest[H559], Because I am innocent[H5352], surely his anger[H639] shall turn[H7725] from me. Behold, I will plead[H8199] with thee, because thou sayest[H559], I have not sinned[H2398].
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Why gaddest thou about[H235] so much[H3966] to change[H8138] thy way?[H1870] thou also shalt be ashamed[H954] of Egypt[H4714], as thou wast ashamed[H954] of Assyria[H804].
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Yea, thou shalt go forth[H3318] from him, and thine hands[H3027] upon thine head[H7218]: for the LORD[H3068] hath rejected[H3988] thy confidences[H4009], and thou shalt not prosper[H6743] in them.