Jeremiah 2:8-26

8The priestsH3548 saidH559 not, WhereH346 is Jehovah? and they that handled the lawH8451 knewH3045 me not; and the shepherdsH7462 transgressedH6586 against me; and the prophetsH5030 prophesiedH5012 by BaalH1168, and walkedH1980 after [things that] do not profitH3276.

9ThereforeH3651 will I yetH5750 plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.

10For passH5674 over to the isles of Chittim, and seeH7200; and sendH7971 unto KedarH6938, and considerH7200 diligently, and seeH7200 if there have beenH1961 such a thing.

11Hath a nationH1471 changed [its] 1godsH430? and they are no 2godsH430; — but my peopleH5971 have changed their gloryH3519 for that which doth not profitH3276.

12Be astonished, ye heavensH8064, at this, and shudder; be amazed veryH3966 much, saith Jehovah.

13For my peopleH5971 have committed twoH8147 evils: they have forsaken me, the fountainH4726 of living watersH4325, to hew them out cisternsH877, brokenH7665 cisternsH877 that holdH3557 no waterH4325.

14Is IsraelH3478 a bondman? Is he a home-born [slaveH5650]? WhyH4069 is he becomeH1961 a spoilH957?

15The youngH3715 lionsH3715 roaredH7580 against him, they gaveH5414 forth their voiceH6963, and they madeH5414 his landH776 desolate: his citiesH5892 are burnedH3341, without inhabitantH3427.

16Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy 3GodH430, at the timeH6256 he was leading thee in the wayH1870?

18And nowH6258, what hast thou to do with the wayH1870 of EgyptH4714, to drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of ShihorH7883? And what hast thou to do with the wayH1870 of AssyriaH804, to drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of the RiverH5104?

19Thine own wickednessH7451 chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reproveH3198 thee: knowH3045 then and seeH7200 that it is an evilH7451 thing and bitterH4751 that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy 4GodH430, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hostsH6635.

20For of old thou hast brokenH7665 thy yokeH5923, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serveH5647. For upon every highH1364 hillH1389, and under every green treeH6086, thou bowest downH7665, playingH2181 the harlot.

21And I, — I had plantedH5193 thee a noble vineH1612, wholly a right seedH2233; howH349 then art thou turnedH2015 into the degenerate shoots of a strange vineH1612 unto me?

22For though thou washH3526 thee with nitre, and take thee muchH7235 potash, thine iniquityH5771 is marked before me, saith the LordH136 Jehovah.

23HowH4100 sayest thou, I am not defiledH2930, I have not goneH1980 after the BaalsH1168? SeeH7200 thy wayH1870 in the valleyH1516, acknowledge what thou hast done — a swiftH7031 dromedary traversing her waysH1870!

24— a wildH6501 ass, used to the wildernessH4057, that snuffeth up the windH7307 in her desireH5315! In her ardour, who shall turnH7725 her awayH7725? All they that seekH1245 her will not wearyH3286 themselves; in her monthH2320 they shall findH4672 her.

25WithholdH4513 thy footH7272 from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I loveH157 strangersH2114, and after them will I go.

26As a thiefH1590 is ashamedH954 when he is foundH4672, soH3651 shall the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 be ashamedH954 — they, their kingsH4428, their princesH8269, and their priestsH3548, and their prophetsH5030 —