Jeremiah 2 (kjv)

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:

⁵Thus 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?⁶Neither 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 the wilderness^H4057, through a land^H776 of deserts^H6160 and of pits^H7745, through a land^H776 of drought^H6723, and of the shadow of death^H6757, through a land^H776 that no man^H376 passed through^H5674, and where no man^H120 dwelt^H3427?⁷And 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^H8441.⁸The 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^H3276.⁹Wherefore I will yet plead^H7378 with you, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, and with your children's^H1121 children^H1121 will I plead^H7378.¹⁰For 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.¹¹Hath 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^H3276.¹²Be astonished^H8074, O ye heavens^H8064, at this, and be horribly afraid^H8175, be ye very^H3966 desolate^H2717, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.¹³For 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.

¹⁴Is Israel^H3478 a servant^H5650? is he a homeborn^{H1004 H3211} slave? why^H4069 is he spoiled^H957?¹⁵The young lions^H3715 roared^H7580 upon him, and yelled^{H5414 H6963}, and they made^H7896 his land^H776 waste^H8047: his cities^H5892 are burned^H3341 without inhabitant^H3427.¹⁶Also the children^H1121 of Noph^H5297 and Tahapanes^H8471 have broken^H7462 the crown of thy head^H6936.¹⁷Hast 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?

¹⁸And 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?¹⁹Thine 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^H6635.²⁰For 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 H5647}; when upon every high^H1364 hill^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree^H6086 thou wanderest^H6808, playing the harlot^H2181.²¹Yet 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?²²For 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^H3069.²³How 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;²⁴A wild ass^H6501 used^H3928 to the wilderness^H4057, that snuffeth up^H7602 the wind^H7307 at her pleasure^{H185 H5315}; 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^H3212.²⁶As 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.²⁸But 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^H3063.²⁹Wherefore will ye plead^H7378 with me? ye all have transgressed^H6586 against me, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.³⁰In 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^H738.³¹O 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?³²Can 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^H4557.³³Why trimmest^H3190 thou thy way^H1870 to seek^H1245 love^H160? therefore hast thou also taught^H3925 the wicked ones^H7451 thy ways^H1870.³⁴Also 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.

³⁵Yet 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^H2398.³⁶Why 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^H804.³⁷Yea, 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.