Verse 25
Jeremiah 2:25
World Messianic Bible
25
“Keep your feet from being bare,
and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is in vain.
No, for I have loved strangers,
and I will go after them.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִנְעִ֤י רַגְלֵ/ךְ֙ מִ/יָּחֵ֔ף ו/גורנ/ך וּ/גְרוֹנֵ֖/ךְ מִ/צִּמְאָ֑ה וַ/תֹּאמְרִ֣י נוֹאָ֔שׁ ל֕וֹא כִּֽי אָהַ֥בְתִּי זָרִ֖ים וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֥ם אֵלֵֽךְ
English Translation
Keep your feet from being bare and your throat from thirst, and you say, "I am weary; I will not love strangers, for I have loved foreign men, and after them I will go."
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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2
“Go, and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says,
“I remember for you the kindness o...
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3
Israel was holiness to Yahweh,
the first fruits of his increase.
All who devour him will be held gui...
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4
Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
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5
Yahweh says,
“What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me,
that they have gone far from me,
a...
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6
They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
who led us through the...
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7
I brought you into a plentiful land,
to eat its fruit and its goodness;
but when you entered, you de...
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8
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’
and those who handle the law didn’t know me.
The rulers a...
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9
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh,
“and I will contend with your children’s child...
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10
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see;
and send to Kedar, and consider diligently;
and see...
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11
Has a nation changed its gods,
which really are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory for...
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12
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this,
and be horribly afraid.
Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.
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13
“For my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
and cut...
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14
Is Israel a slave?
Is he born into slavery?
Why has he become a captive?
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15
The young lions have roared at him, and yelled.
They have made his land waste.
His cities are burned...
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16
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
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17
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself,
in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God (Elohim), when he l...
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18
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor?
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19
“Your own wickedness will correct you,
and your backsliding will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see...
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20
“For long ago I broke off your yoke,
and burst your bonds.
You said, ‘I will not serve;’
for on ever...
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21
Yet I had planted you a noble vine,
a pure and faithful seed.
How then have you turned into the dege...
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22
For though you wash yourself with lye,
and use much soap,
yet your iniquity is marked before me,” sa...
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23
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled.
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley.
K...
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24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving.
When she is in heat, who...
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25
“Keep your feet from being bare,
and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is in vain.
No, for...
26
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so is the house of Israel ashamed;
they, their kings, thei...
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27
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28
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise, if they can save you in...
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29
“Why will you contend with me?
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30
“I have struck your children in vain.
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31
Generation, consider Yahweh’s word.
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32
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
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33
How well you prepare your way to seek love!
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34
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35
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36
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37
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