Verse 4
Jeremiah 2:4
Geneva Bible
4
Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iaakob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְ/כָֽל מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Moreover, the woorde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
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2
Goe, and crie in the eares of Ierusalem, saying, Thus sayeth the Lord, I remember thee, with the kin...
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3
Israel was as a thing halowed vnto the Lord, and his first fruits: all they that eat it, shall offen...
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4
Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iaakob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
5
Thus sayeth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in mee, that they are gone farre from...
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6
For they saide not, Where is the Lord that brought vs vp out of the lande of Egypt? that led vs thro...
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7
And I brought you into a plentifull countrey, to eat the fruit thereof, and the commodities of the s...
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8
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that should minister the Lawe, knewe me not: the p...
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9
Wherefore I wil yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and I will pleade with your childrens children.
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10
For goe ye to the yles of Chittim, and beholde, and sende vnto Kedar. and take diligent heede, and s...
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11
Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people haue chaged their glorie, f...
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12
O yee heauens, be astonied at this: bee afraid and vtterly confounded, sayeth the Lord.
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13
For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken mee the fountaine of liuing waters, to di...
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14
Is Israel a seruaunt, or is hee borne in the house? why then is he spoiled?
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15
The lions roared vpon him and yelled, and they haue made his land waste: his cities are burnt withou...
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16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes haue broken thine head.
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17
Hast not thou procured this vnto thy selfe, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God (Elohim), wh...
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18
And what hast thou now to do in the way of Egypt? to drinke the water of Nilus? or what makest thou...
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19
Thine owne wickednes shall correct thee, and thy turnings backe shall reprooue thee: know therefore...
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20
For of olde time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bondes, and thou saidest, I will no more tran...
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21
Yet I had planted thee, a noble vine, whose plants were all natural: howe then art thou turned vnto...
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22
Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me,...
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23
Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the val...
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24
And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure...
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25
Keepe thou thy feete from barenes, and thy throte from thirst: but thou saidest desperately, No, for...
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26
As the theefe is ashamed, when he is foud, so is the house of Israel ashamed, they, their kings, the...
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27
Saying to a tree, Thou art my father, and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: for they haue turned th...
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28
But where are thy gods, that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can helpe thee in the time...
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29
Wherefore wil ye pleade with me? ye all haue rebelled against me, sayeth the Lord.
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30
I haue smitten your children in vaine, they receiued no correction: your owne sworde hath deuoured y...
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31
O generation, take heede to the worde of the Lord: haue I bene as a wildernesse vnto Israel? or a la...
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32
Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies withou...
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33
Why doest thou prepare thy way, to seeke amitie? euen therefore will I teach thee, that thy waies ar...
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34
Also in thy wings is founde the bloud of the soules of ye poore innocents: I haue not found it in ho...
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35
Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter...
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36
Why runnest thou about so much to change thy waies? for thou shalt be confounded of Egypt, as thou a...
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37
For thou shalt goe foorth from thence, and thine hands vpon thine head, because the Lord hath reiect...
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