Jeremiah:2 Parallel Bible - WLD WEB |
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| Jeremiah 2:1 | The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, | Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| Jeremiah 2:2 | Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. | Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. |
| Jeremiah 2:3 | Israel [was] holiness to Yahweh, the first-fruits of his increase: all who devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come on them, says Yahweh. | Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah 2:4 | Hear you the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: | Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: |
| Jeremiah 2:5 | thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? | Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain? |
| Jeremiah 2:6 | Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who 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 none passed through, and where no man lived? | Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drouth, and of the shades of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? |
| Jeremiah 2:7 | I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. | And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it, and the goodness of it; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. |
| Jeremiah 2:8 | The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. | 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. |
| Jeremiah 2:9 | Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend. | Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. |
| Jeremiah 2:10 | For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing. | For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing. |
| Jeremiah 2:11 | Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. | Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. |
| Jeremiah 2:12 | Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says Yahweh. | Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah 2:13 | For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. | For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. |
| Jeremiah 2:14 | Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey? | Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he laid waste? |
| Jeremiah 2:15 | The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant. | The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. |
| Jeremiah 2:16 | The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. | Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. |
| Jeremiah 2:17 | Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way? | Hast thou not procured this to thyself in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? |
| Jeremiah 2:18 | Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River? | And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? |
| Jeremiah 2:19 | Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts. | Thy own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
| Jeremiah 2:20 | For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute. | For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. |
| Jeremiah 2:21 | Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me? | Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me? |
| Jeremiah 2:22 | For though you wash you with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh. | For though thou shalt wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Jeremiah 2:23 | How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways; | How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; |
| Jeremiah 2:24 | a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. | A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth 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. |
| Jeremiah 2:25 | Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. | Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. |
| Jeremiah 2:26 | 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; | 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, |
| Jeremiah 2:27 | who tell 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. | Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast 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. |
| Jeremiah 2:28 | 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, Judah. | But where are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. |
| Jeremiah 2:29 | Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh. | Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah 2:30 | In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. | In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. |
| Jeremiah 2:31 | Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you? | O generation, see ye 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 thee? |
| Jeremiah 2:32 | Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. | Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. |
| Jeremiah 2:33 | How trimmest you your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women have you taught your ways. | Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. |
| Jeremiah 2:34 | Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things. | Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. |
| Jeremiah 2:35 | Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned. | Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. |
| Jeremiah 2:36 | Why go you about so much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria. | Why dost thou go about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. |
| Jeremiah 2:37 | From there also shall you go forth, with your hands on your head: for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them. | Yes, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. |
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