2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Compare verse3 commentaries
3 Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come on them, said the LORD. Compare verse3 commentaries
4 Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Compare verse3 commentaries
5 Thus said the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Compare verse3 commentaries
6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelled? Compare verse3 commentaries
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. Compare verse3 commentaries
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Compare verse3 commentaries
9 Why I will yet plead with you, said the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. Compare verse6 commentaries
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Compare verse6 commentaries
11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Compare verse6 commentaries
12 Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, said the LORD. Compare verse7 commentaries
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Compare verse21 commentaries
15 The young lions roared on him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Compare verse1 commentary
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head. Compare verse1 commentary
17 Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? Compare verse1 commentary
18 And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? Compare verse6 commentaries
19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, said the Lord GOD of hosts. Compare verse5 commentaries
20 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when on every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot. Compare verse1 commentary
21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me? Compare verse14 commentaries
22 For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, said the Lord GOD. Compare verse14 commentaries
23 How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways; Compare verse1 commentary
24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. Compare verse1 commentary
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. Compare verse2 commentaries
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets. Compare verse2 commentaries
27 Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Compare verse4 commentaries
28 But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. Compare verse1 commentary
29 Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, said the LORD. Compare verse1 commentary
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. Compare verse3 commentaries
31 O generation, see you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more to you? Compare verse1 commentary
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. Compare verse2 commentaries
33 Why trim you your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways. Compare verse1 commentary
34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but on all these. Compare verse1 commentary
35 Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned. Compare verse4 commentaries
36 Why gad you about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria. Compare verse1 commentary
37 Yes, you shall go forth from him, and your hands on your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them. Compare verse2 commentaries