Jeremiah 2:9-19

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.