Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 2:9-19

9ThereforeH3651, I will contendH7378 withH854 you againH5750, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, and I will bring a caseH7378 againstH854 your children’sH1121 childrenH1121.10 Cross overH5674 to the coastsH339 of CyprusH3794 1 and take a lookH7200; sendH7971 to KedarH6938 and considerH995 carefullyH3966; seeH7200 ifH2005 there has ever beenH1961 anything like thisH2063:11Has a nationH1471 ever changedH3235 its godsH430? (Yet theyH1992 are notH3808 godsH430 at all.) But My peopleH5971 have exchangedH4171 their GloryH3519 2 for uselessH3808 idolsH3276.12Be stunnedH8074 byH5921 thisH2063, O heavensH8064; be shockedH8175 and utterlyH3966 appalledH2717,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.13“ForH3588 My peopleH5971 have committedH6213 twoH8147 evilsH7451:

They have forsaken MeH5800,the fountainH4726 of livingH2416 waterH4325,and they have dugH2672 their own cisternsH877—brokenH7665 cisternsH877 thatH834 cannotH3808 holdH3557 waterH4325.

14Is IsraelH3478 H518 a slaveH5650?Was heH1931 born into slaveryH3211 H1004?Why thenH4069 has he becomeH1961 preyH957?15The young lionsH3715 have roaredH7580 at himH5921;they have soundedH5414 their voicesH6963.They have laidH7896 wasteH8047 his landH776;his citiesH5892 lie in ruinsH5327, withoutH1097 inhabitantH3427.16The menH1121 of MemphisH5297 3 and TahpanhesH8471 have shavedH7462 the crown of your headH6936.17Have you notH3808 broughtH6213 thisH2063 on yourselfby forsakingH5800 the LORDH3068 your GodH430whenH6256 He led youH1980 in the wayH1870?

18NowH6258 what will you gainH4100 on your wayH1870 to EgyptH4714to drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of the NileH7883 4?What will you gainH4100 on your wayH1870 to AssyriaH804to drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of the EuphratesH5104 5?19Your own evilH7451 will discipline youH3256;your own apostasiesH4878 will reprimand youH3198.ConsiderH3045 and realizeH7200howH3588 evilH7451 and bitter it isH4751for you to forsakeH5800 the LORDH3068 your GodH430and to haveH413 noH3808 fear of MeH6345,”declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635.

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