Jeremiah 2:1-13 ▼

1 And he said, Thus saith the Lord,

2 I remember the kindness of thy youth, and the love of thine espousals,

3 in following the Holy One of Israel, saith the Lord, Israel was the holy people to the Lord, and the first-fruits of his increase: al that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel.

5 Thus saith the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?

6 And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?

7 And I brought you to Carmel, that ye should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and ye went in, and defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children's children.

10 For go to the isles of the Chettians, and se; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;

11 if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, for that from which they shall not be profited.

12 The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.

13 For my people has committed two faults , and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.