These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
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Jeremiah 2
Tanakh 37 verses
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And the of came to me, saying:
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Go, and cry in the ears of , saying: Thus saith : I for thee the affection of thy youth, The of thine espousals; How thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, In a land that was not sown.
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Ezekiel 16:8 Ezekiel 16:60 Deuteronomy 2:7 Jeremiah 11:6 Jeremiah 7:2 Jeremiah 2:6 Exodus 24:3-8 Hosea 2:15 Nehemiah 9:12-21 Deuteronomy 8:15-16 Isaiah 58:1 Deuteronomy 8:2 Exodus 14:31 Isaiah 63:7-14 Luke 12:13 Ezekiel 23:8 Proverbs 1:20 Song of Solomon 3:11 Hosea 8:1 Ezekiel 16:22 Exodus 16:8 Jonah 1:2 Jeremiah 19:2 Ezekiel 23:19 Matthew 11:15 Ezekiel 23:3 Proverbs 8:1-4 -
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is Yahweh’S hallowed portion, His first-fruits of the increase; All that devour him shall be held guilty, Evil shall come upon them, saith .
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James 1:18 Jeremiah 50:7 Revelation 14:4 Deuteronomy 7:6 Isaiah 41:11 Exodus 19:5-6 Jeremiah 12:14 Deuteronomy 14:2 Isaiah 47:6 Acts 9:4-5 Zechariah 2:8 Exodus 23:16 Ephesians 1:4 Amos 6:1 Exodus 4:22-23 Romans 11:16 Zechariah 1:15 Romans 16:5 Zechariah 14:20-21 Zechariah 12:2-4 Psalm 105:14-15 Psalm 105:25-36 1 Peter 2:9 Exodus 22:29 Joel 1:7-8 Joel 1:3 Psalm 81:14-15 Deuteronomy 26:19 Numbers 18:12 Jeremiah 30:16 - 4 Hear ye the of , O house of , And all the families of the house of ;
- 5 Thus saith : What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, That they are gone far from Me, And have walked after things of nought, and are become nought?
- 6 Neither said they: ‘Where is that brought us up Out of the land of ; That 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 no man passed through, And where no man dwelt?’
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And I brought you into a land of fruitful fields, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination.
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The priests said not: ‘Where is ?’ And they that handle the knew Me not, And the rulers transgressed against Me; The prophets also prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.
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Habakkuk 2:18 Jeremiah 10:21 Jeremiah 5:31 John 16:3 2 Corinthians 4:2 Romans 2:17-24 Isaiah 28:7 Jeremiah 12:10 Deuteronomy 33:10 Jeremiah 16:19 Isaiah 30:5 Matthew 16:26 1 Kings 18:22 Jeremiah 23:1-2 Jeremiah 4:22 Jeremiah 8:8-11 1 Kings 18:40 Jeremiah 2:11 Isaiah 56:9-12 1 Samuel 2:12 Luke 11:52 Hosea 4:6 Jeremiah 2:6 1 Kings 18:29 John 8:55 Jeremiah 7:8 Malachi 2:6-9 Jeremiah 23:9-15 1 Samuel 12:21 Isaiah 29:10 -
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Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith , And with your children’s children will I plead.
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- 10 For pass over to the isles of the Kittites, and see, And send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, And see if there hath been such a thing.
- 11 Hath a nation changed its Elohims, Which yet are no Elohims? But My people hath changed its For that which doth not profit.
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Be astonished, O ye , at this, And be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, Saith .
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For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, That can hold no water.
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John 4:14 Psalm 36:9 Jeremiah 17:13 Isaiah 55:2 Revelation 22:1 Revelation 21:6 Revelation 22:17 John 7:37 Psalm 81:11-13 Psalm 115:4-8 Jeremiah 15:6 Jeremiah 2:17 Jeremiah 18:14 Isaiah 44:9-20 Jeremiah 2:31-32 Jeremiah 2:26 Jeremiah 1:16 Micah 6:3 Judges 10:13 2 Peter 2:17 Psalm 146:3-4 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 12:8 Isaiah 1:3 Ecclesiastes 2:26 Isaiah 63:8 Micah 2:8 Isaiah 46:6-7 Ecclesiastes 4:4 Ecclesiastes 1:2 Jeremiah 4:22 Isaiah 5:13 Jeremiah 5:26 Jeremiah 2:11 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Jeremiah 5:31 1 Samuel 12:10 -
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Is a ? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey?
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The young lions have roared upon him, And let their voice resound; And they have made his land desolate, His cities are laid waste, Without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 50:17 Isaiah 1:7 Isaiah 5:29 Jeremiah 9:11 Isaiah 24:1 Zephaniah 1:18 Job 4:10 Jeremiah 44:22 Jeremiah 33:10 Amos 3:4 Isaiah 5:9 Jeremiah 5:6 Isaiah 6:11 Amos 3:12 Zephaniah 3:6 Hosea 13:7-8 Hosea 5:14 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 25:30 Psalm 57:4 Zephaniah 2:5 Amos 3:8 Ezekiel 5:14 Nahum 2:11 Jeremiah 26:9 Hosea 11:10 Judges 14:5 - 16 The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes Feed upon the of thy head.
- 17 Is it not this that doth cause it unto thee, That thou hast forsaken thy , When He led thee by the way?
- 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way to , To drink the waters of Shihor? Or what hast thou to do in the way to , To drink the waters of the River?
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Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, And thy backslidings shall reprove thee: Know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, That thou hast forsaken thy , Neither is My in thee, Saith of hosts.
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For of old time I have broken thy yoke, And burst thy bands, And thou saidst: ‘I will not transgress’; Upon every high hill And under every leafy tree Thou didst recline, playing the harlot.
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Deuteronomy 12:2 Leviticus 26:13 Isaiah 1:21 Hosea 3:3 Jeremiah 17:2 Jeremiah 30:8 Joshua 24:24 Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 5:27 Isaiah 10:27 Exodus 19:8 Nahum 1:13 Deuteronomy 4:20 Ezekiel 23:5 Exodus 24:3 Ezekiel 16:41 Isaiah 57:5-7 Ezekiel 20:28 Psalm 78:58 Ezekiel 16:28 1 Samuel 12:10 Ezekiel 16:15-16 1 Kings 12:32 Isaiah 14:25 Exodus 3:8 Jeremiah 3:6-8 Hosea 2:5 Ezekiel 16:24-25 Isaiah 9:4 Ezekiel 16:31 Deuteronomy 15:15 Joshua 24:26 Joshua 1:16 Jeremiah 3:1-2 Deuteronomy 4:34 Exodus 34:14-16 - 21 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 unto Me?
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For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, Saith .
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How canst thou say: ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim’? See thy way in the Valley, Know what thou hast done; Thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;
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A wild ass used to the wilderness, That snuffeth up the wind in her desire; Her lust, who can hinder it? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; In her month they shall find her.
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- 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst; But thou saidst: ‘There is no ; No, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.’
- 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, So is the house of ashamed; They, their kings, their princes, And their priests, and their prophets;
- 27 Who say to a stock: ‘Thou art my father’, And to a stone: ‘Thou hast brought us forth’, For they have turned their back unto Me, and not their ; But in the time of their trouble they will say: ‘Arise, and us.’
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But where are thy Elohims that thou hast made thee? Let them arise, if they can thee in the time of thy trouble; For according to the number of thy cities Are thy Elohims, O .
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Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, Saith .
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In vain have I smitten your children—They received no correction; Your sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion.
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Nehemiah 9:26 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Jeremiah 26:20-24 Jeremiah 5:3 Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 9:13 Jeremiah 7:28 Luke 11:47-51 1 Kings 19:14 2 Chronicles 24:21 Ezekiel 24:13 2 Chronicles 28:22 2 Chronicles 36:16 1 Kings 19:10 Matthew 23:34-37 Revelation 9:20-21 Revelation 16:9 Luke 13:33-34 Matthew 21:35-36 Jeremiah 6:29-30 Matthew 23:29 Zephaniah 3:2 Mark 12:2-8 Jeremiah 31:18 - 31 O generation, see ye the of : Have I been a wilderness unto ? Or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say My people: ‘We roam at large; We will come no more unto Thee’?
- 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number.
- 33 How trimmest thou thy way To seek ! Therefore—even the wicked women Hast thou taught thy ways;
- 34 Also in thy skirts is found the Of the souls of the innocent poor; Thou didst not find them breaking in; Yet for all these things
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Thou saidst: ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me’—Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest: ‘I have not sinned.’
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- 36 How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself To change thy way? Thou shalt be ashamed of also, As thou wast ashamed of Asshur.
- 37 From him also shalt thou go forth, With thy hands upon thy head; For hath rejected them in whom thou didst trust, And thou shalt not prosper in them.