Jeremiah 2
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Jeremiah 2:9-13

9“ThereforeH3651 I will stillH5750 1contendH7378 with you,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “And I will contendH7378 with your sons’H1121 sonsH1121.10For 2crossH5674 to the coastlandsH339 of 3KittimH3794 and seeH7200, And sendH7971 to 4KedarH6938 and observeH995 closelyH3966, And seeH7200 ifH2005 there has beenH1961 anything like thisH2088!11Has a nationH1471 changedH4171 godsH430, When 5they were not godsH430? But My peopleH5971 have 6exchangedH4171 their gloryH3519 For that which is of noH3808 benefitH3276.12BeH8074 appalledH8074 at thisH2088, 7you heavensH8064, And shudderH8175, be veryH3966 desolateH2717,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.13“For My peopleH5971 have committedH6213 twoH8147 evilsH7451: They have abandonedH5800 Me, The 8fountainH4726 of livingH2416 watersH4325, To carveH2672 outH2672 for themselves 9cisternsH877, BrokenH7665 cisternsH877 That doH3808 not holdH3557 waterH4325.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 2:9 Jer 2:35; Ezek 20:35, 36 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 2:10 Is 23:12 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 2:10 I.e., Cyprus and other islands ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 2:10 Ps 120:5; Is 21:16; Jer 49:28 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 2:11 Is 37:19; Jer 5:7; 16:20 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 2:11 Ps 106:20; Rom 1:23 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 2:12 Is 1:2; Jer 4:23 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 2:13 Ps 36:9; Jer 17:13; John 4:14 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 2:13 Jer 14:3 ↩

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