Jeremiah 2
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Jeremiah 2:14-19

14“Is IsraelH3478 1a slaveH5650? OrH518 is he a homebornH3211H1004 servant? WhyH4069 has he becomeH1961 a preyH957?15The youngH3715 2lionsH3715 have roaredH7580 at him, They have 3roaredH5414H6963 loudlyH5414H6963. And they have 4madeH7896 his landH776 a wasteH8047; His citiesH5892 have been destroyedH5327, withoutH1097 inhabitantH3427.16AlsoH1571 the 5menH1121 of 6MemphisH5297 and TahpanhesH8471 Have 7shavedH7462 the 8crownH6936 of your headH6936.17Have you not 9doneH6213 thisH2088 to yourself By your forsakingH5800 the LordH3068 your GodH430 WhenH6256 He 10ledH1980 you in the wayH1870?18But nowH6258 whatH4100 are you doing 11on the roadH1870 to EgyptH4714, To drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of the 1213NileH7883? Or whatH4100 are you doing on the roadH1870 to AssyriaH804, To drinkH8354 the watersH4325 of the 14EuphratesH5104?1915Your own wickednessH7463 will correctH3256 you, And your 16apostasiesH4878 will reproveH3198 you; KnowH3045 therefore and seeH7200 that it is evilH7451 and 17bitterH4751 For you to forsakeH5800 the LordH3068 your GodH430, And 18the dreadH6345 of Me is not in you,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 19GodH3068 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 2:14 Jer 5:19; 17:4 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 2:15 Jer 50:17 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 2:15 Lit given their voice ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 2:15 Jer 4:7 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 2:16 Or sons ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 2:16 Is 19:13; Jer 44:1; Hos 9:6 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 2:16 Lit grazed ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 2:16 Deut 33:20; Jer 48:45 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 2:17 Deut 32:10; Jer 4:18 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 2:17 Deut 32:10; Jer 4:18 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 2:18 Is 30:2 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 2:18 Heb Shihor ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 2:18 Josh 13:3 ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 2:18 Lit River ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 2:19 Is 3:9; Jer 4:18; Hos 5:5 ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 2:19 Jer 3:6, 8, 11, 14; Hos 11:7 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 2:19 Job 20:12-16; Amos 8:10 ↩
  18. 18. Jeremiah 2:19 Ps 36:1; Jer 5:24 ↩
  19. 19. Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩

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