Verse 5

Jeremiah 2:5

Young's Literal Translation

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5 Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

Original Language Text

hebrew

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה מַה מָּצְא֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֥ם בִּ/י֙ עָ֔וֶל כִּ֥י רָחֲק֖וּ מֵ/עָלָ֑/י וַ/יֵּֽלְכ֛וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י הַ/הֶ֖בֶל וַ/יֶּהְבָּֽלוּ

English Translation

Thus says the LORD: What have your fathers found in me that is wicked, that they have gone far from me and have walked after vanity and have become vain?

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Chapter 2 Context

1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, Focus ↗

2 'Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for... Focus ↗

3 Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil com... Focus ↗

4 Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel. Focus ↗

5 Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off fro...

6 And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us i... Focus ↗

7 Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in... Focus ↗

8 The priests have not said, 'Where [is] Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And t... Focus ↗

9 Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead. Focus ↗

10 For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there h... Focus ↗

11 Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that... Focus ↗

12 Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah... Focus ↗

13 For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out fo... Focus ↗

14 A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey? Focus ↗

15 Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desol... Focus ↗

16 Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head! Focus ↗

17 Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God (Elohim), At the time He is lea... Focus ↗

18 And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in t... Focus ↗

19 Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and... Focus ↗

20 For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, 'I do not serve,' For,... Focus ↗

21 And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the de... Focus ↗

22 But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity be... Focus ↗

23 How sayest thou, 'I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valle... Focus ↗

24 A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her mee... Focus ↗

25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, 'It is incurable,... Focus ↗

26 As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their... Focus ↗

27 Saying to wood, 'My father [art] thou!' And to a stone, 'Thou hast brought me forth,' For they turne... Focus ↗

28 And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In... Focus ↗

29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. Focus ↗

30 In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your... Focus ↗

31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkne... Focus ↗

32 Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without... Focus ↗

33 What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught th... Focus ↗

34 Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found th... Focus ↗

35 And thou sayest, 'Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I ha... Focus ↗

36 What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashame... Focus ↗

37 Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 2 (37 verses)
Version: Young's Literal Translation

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