Jeremiah 2
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Jeremiah 2:20-25

20For of old timeH5769 I have brokenH7665 thy yokeH5923, and burstH5423 thy bandsH4147; and thou saidstH559, I will not transgressH5647H5674; when upon every highH1364 hillH1389 and under every greenH7488 treeH6086 thou wanderestH6808, playing the harlotH2181.1 21Yet I had plantedH5193 thee a noble vineH8321, wholly a rightH571 seedH2233: how then art thou turnedH2015 into the degenerate plantH5494 of a strangeH5237 vineH1612 unto me? 22For though thou washH3526 thee with nitreH5427, and take thee muchH7235 soapH1287, yet thine iniquityH5771 is markedH3799 beforeH6440 me, saithH5002 the LordH136 YhwhH3069. 23How canst thou sayH559, I am not pollutedH2930, I have not goneH1980 afterH310 BaalimH1168? seeH7200 thy wayH1870 in the valleyH1516, knowH3045 what thou hast doneH6213: thou art a swiftH7031 dromedaryH1072 traversingH8308 her waysH1870;2 24A wild donkeyH6501 usedH3928 to the wildernessH4057, that snuffeth upH7602 the windH7307 at her pleasureH5315H185; in her occasionH8385 who can turn her awayH7725? all they that seekH1245 her will not wearyH3286 themselves; in her monthH2320 they shall findH4672 her.3456 25WithholdH4513 thy footH7272 from being unshodH3182, and thy throatH1627 from thirstH6773: but thou saidstH559, There is no hopeH2976: no; for I have lovedH157 strangersH2114, and afterH310 them will I goH3212.7

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 2:20 transgress: or, serve. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 2:23 thou art…: or, O swift dromedary. ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 2:24 A wild…: or, O wild donkey, etc. ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 2:24 used: Heb. taught. ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 2:24 her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart. ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 2:24 turn…: or, reverse it? ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 2:25 There…: or, Is the case desperate? ↩

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