Jeremiah:2 Parallel Bible - DRV YLT |
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| Jeremiah 2:1 | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: | And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, |
| Jeremiah 2:2 | Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy soul, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown. | `Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown. |
| Jeremiah 2:3 | Israel is holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his increase: all they that devour him offend: evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord. | Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah. |
| Jeremiah 2:4 | Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel. | Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel. |
| Jeremiah 2:5 | Thus saith 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? | Thus said Jehovah: What have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain, |
| Jeremiah 2:6 | And they have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt? | And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?` |
| Jeremiah 2:7 | And I brought you into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: ad when ye entered in, you defiled my land, and made my inheritance an abomination. | Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination. |
| Jeremiah 2:8 | The priests did not say: Where is the Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastors transgressed against me: and the prophets prophesied in Baal, and followed idols. | The priests have not said, `Where [is] Jehovah?` And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone. |
| Jeremiah 2:9 | Therefore will I yet contend in judgement with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children. | Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead. |
| Jeremiah 2:10 | Pass over to the isles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider diligently: and see if there hath been done any thing like this. | For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this: |
| Jeremiah 2:11 | If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods,: but my people have changed their glory into an idol. | Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit. |
| Jeremiah 2:12 | Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord. | Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah. |
| Jeremiah 2:13 | For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. | For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells broken wells, That contain not the waters. |
| Jeremiah 2:14 | Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey? | A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey? |
| Jeremiah 2:15 | The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down and there is none to dwell in them. | Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant. |
| Jeremiah 2:16 | The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head. | Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee the crown of the head! |
| Jeremiah 2:17 | Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way? | Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way? |
| Jeremiah 2:18 | And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river? | And now, what to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River? |
| Jeremiah 2:19 | Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts. | Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. |
| Jeremiah 2:20 | Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself. | For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,` For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering a harlot. |
| Jeremiah 2:21 | Yet I planted thee a chosen vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard? | And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine? |
| Jeremiah 2:22 | Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God. | But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. |
| Jeremiah 2:23 | How canst thou say: I am not polluted, and I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course. | How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?` See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways, |
| Jeremiah 2:24 | A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth they shall find her. | A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her. |
| Jeremiah 2:25 | Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them. | Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.` |
| Jeremiah 2:26 | As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, their princes and their priests, and their prophets. | As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets, |
| Jeremiah 2:27 | Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. | Saying to wood, `My father [art] thou!` And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,` For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.` |
| Jeremiah 2:28 | Where are the gods, whom thou hast made thee? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thy affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda. | And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, |
| Jeremiah 2:29 | Why will you contend with me in judgement? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord. | Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. |
| Jeremiah 2:30 | In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion. | In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion. |
| Jeremiah 2:31 | See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no more. | O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.` |
| Jeremiah 2:32 | Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number. | Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number. |
| Jeremiah 2:33 | Why dost thou endeavor to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who has also taught thy malices to be thy ways, | What dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways. |
| Jeremiah 2:34 | And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before. | Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these. |
| Jeremiah 2:35 | And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned. | And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?` Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.` |
| Jeremiah 2:36 | How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. | What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur, |
| Jeremiah 2:37 | For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein. | Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them! |
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