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2 Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear! I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, Following me in the wilderness, in a land unsown. 3 Israel was dedicated to the LORD, the first fruits of his harvest; All who ate of it were held guilty, evil befell them—oracle of the LORD. 4 Listen to the word of the LORD, house of Jacob! All you clans of the house of Israel, 5 thus says the LORD: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they withdrew from me, Went after emptiness, and became empty themselves? 6 They did not ask, “Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of wastes and ravines, A land of drought and darkness, a land which no one crosses, where no one dwells?” 7 I brought you into the garden land to eat its fine fruits, But you entered and defiled my land, you turned my heritage into an abomination. Jeremiah 2:2-7, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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