9 “Therefore aI will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
10 For pass beyond the coasts of1 Cyprus and see,
Send to1 Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a athing.
Send to1 Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a athing.
11 aHas a nation changed its gods,
Which are bnot gods?
cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
Which are bnot gods?
cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
They have forsaken Me, the afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
15 aThe young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
17 aHave you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When bHe led you in the way?
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When bHe led you in the way?
18 And now why take athe road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of1 bSihor?
Or why take the road to cAssyria,
To drink the waters of the River?
To drink the waters of1 bSihor?
Or why take the road to cAssyria,
To drink the waters of the River?
19 Your own wickedness will acorrect you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the1 fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the1 fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
20 “For of old I have abroken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, dplaying the harlot.
And byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, dplaying the harlot.
21 Yet I had aplanted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?
How then have you turned before Me
Into bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Jeremiah 2:11.
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