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Jer 2:1 - Moreover^H1961^➔ the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^➔^H1961 to me,^H413 saying,^H559

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Jer 2:2 - Go^H1980 and cry^H7121 in the ears^H241 of Jerusalem,^H3389 saying,^H559 Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD;^H3068 I remember^H2142 thee, the kindness^H2617 of thy youth,^H5271 the love^H160 of thine espousals,^H3623 when thou wentest^H3212 after me^H310 in the wilderness,^H4057 in a land^H776 that was not^H3808 sown.^H2232

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Jer 2:3 - Israel^H3478 was holiness^H6944 unto the LORD,^H3068 and the firstfruits^H7225 of his increase:^H8393 all^H3605 that devour him^H398 shall offend;^H816 evil^H7451 shall come^H935 upon them,^H413 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

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Jer 2:4 - Hear ye^H8085 the word^H1697 of the LORD,^H3068 O house^H1004 of Jacob,^H3290 and all^H3605 the families^H4940 of the house^H1004 of Israel:^H3478

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Jer 2:5 - Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 What^H4100 iniquity^H5766 have^H4672^➔ your fathers^H1 found^➔^H4672 in me, that^H3588 they are gone far^H7368 from me,^H5921 and have walked^H3212 after^H310 vanity,^H1892 and are become vain?^H1891

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Jer 2:6 - Neither^H3808 said they,^H559 Where^H346 is the LORD^H3068 that brought^H5927^➔ us^H853 up^➔^H5927 out of the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 that led^H3212 us^H853 through the wilderness,^H4057 through a land^H776 of deserts^H6160 and of pits,^H7745 through a land^H776 of drought,^H6723 and of the shadow of death,^H6757 through a land^H776 that^H5674^➔ no^H3808 man^H376 passed^➔^H5674 through, and^H3808^➔ where^H8033 no^➔^H3808 man^H120 dwelt?^H3427

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Jer 2:7 - And I brought^H935 you^H853 into^H413 a^H776^➔ plentiful^H3759 country,^➔^H776 to eat^H398 the fruit thereof^H6529 and the goodness thereof;^H2898 but when ye entered,^H935 ye defiled^H2930 my land,^H776 and^H5159^➔ made^H7760 mine heritage^➔^H5159 an abomination.^H8441

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Jer 2:8 - The priests^H3548 said^H559 not,^H3808 Where^H346 is the LORD?^H3068 and they that handle^H8610 the law^H8451 knew me^H3045 not:^H3808 the pastors also^H7462 transgressed^H6586 against me, and the prophets^H5030 prophesied^H5012 by Baal,^H1168 and^H310^➔ walked^H1980 after^➔^H310 things that do^H3276^➔ not^H3808 profit.^➔^H3276

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Jer 2:9 - Wherefore^H3651 I will^H7378^➔ yet^H5750 plead^➔^H7378 with you,^H854 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 and with^H854 your children's^H1121 children^H1121 will I plead.^H7378

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Jer 2:10 - For^H3588 pass over^H5674 the isles^H339 of Chittim,^H3794 and see;^H7200 and^H6938^➔ send^H7971 unto Kedar,^➔^H6938 and consider^H995 diligently,^H3966 and see^H7200 if^H2005 there be^H1961 such a thing.^H2063

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Jer 2:11 - Hath^H4171^➔ a nation^H1471 changed^➔^H4171 their gods,^H430 which^H1992^➔ are yet^➔^H1992 no^H3808 gods?^H430 but my people^H5971 have changed^H4171 their glory^H3519 for^H3808^➔ that which doth^H3276^➔ not^➔^H3808 profit.^➔^H3276

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Jer 2:12 - Be astonished,^H8074 O ye heavens,^H8064 at^H5921 this,^H2063 and be horribly afraid,^H8175 be ye^H2717^➔ very^H3966 desolate,^➔^H2717 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

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Jer 2:13 - For^H3588 my people^H5971 have committed^H6213 two^H8147 evils;^H7451 they have forsaken^H5800 me^H853 the fountain^H4726 of^H4325^➔ living^H2416 waters,^➔^H4325 and hewed^H2672^➔ them out^➔^H2672 cisterns,^H877 broken^H7665 cisterns,^H877 that^H834 can hold^H3557 no^H3808 water.^H4325

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Jer 2:14 - Is Israel^H3478 a servant?^H5650 is^H518 he^H1931 a homeborn^H3211^H1004 slave? why^H4069 is he^H1961 spoiled?^H957

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Jer 2:15 - The young lions^H3715 roared^H7580 upon him,^H5921 and yelled,^H5414^H6963 and they made^H7896 his land^H776 waste:^H8047 his cities^H5892 are burned^H3341 without^H1097 inhabitant.^H3427

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Jer 2:16 - Also^H1571 the children^H1121 of Noph^H5297 and Tahapanes^H8471 have broken^H7462 the crown of thy head.^H6936

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Jer 2:17 - Hast thou^H6213^➔ not^H3808 procured^➔^H6213 this^H2063 unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken^H5800 the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 when^H6256 he led thee^H3212 by the way?^H1870

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Jer 2:18 - And now^H6258 what^H4100 hast thou to do in the way^H1870 of Egypt,^H4714 to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of Sihor?^H7883 or what^H4100 hast thou to do in the way^H1870 of Assyria,^H804 to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the river?^H5104

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Jer 2:19 - Thine own wickedness^H7451 shall correct thee,^H3256 and thy backslidings^H4878 shall reprove thee:^H3198 know therefore^H3045 and see^H7200 that^H3588 it is an evil^H7451 thing and bitter,^H4751 that thou hast forsaken^H5800 the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 and^H3808^➔ that my fear^H6345 is not^➔^H3808 in thee,^H413 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts.^H6635

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Jer 2:20 - For^H3588 of old time^H5769 I have broken^H7665 thy yoke,^H5923 and burst^H5423 thy bands;^H4147 and thou saidst,^H559 I will^H5674^➔ not^H3808 transgress;^➔^H5674 when^H3588 upon^H5921 every^H3605 high^H1364 hill^H1389 and under^H8478 every^H3605 green^H7488 tree^H6086 thou^H859 wanderest,^H6808 playing the harlot.^H2181

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Jer 2:21 - Yet I^H595 had planted thee^H5193 a noble vine,^H8321 wholly^H3605 a^H2233^➔ right^H571 seed:^➔^H2233 how then^H349 art thou turned^H2015 into the degenerate plant^H5494 of a^H1612^➔ strange^H5237 vine^➔^H1612 unto me?^H589

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Jer 2:22 - For^H3588 though^H518 thou wash thee^H3526 with nitre,^H5427 and take^H7235^➔ thee much^➔^H7235 soap,^H1287 yet thine iniquity^H5771 is marked^H3799 before me,^H6440 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD.^H3069

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Jer 2:23 - How^H349 canst thou say,^H559 I am^H2930^➔ not^H3808 polluted,^➔^H2930 I have^H1980^➔ not^H3808 gone^➔^H1980 after^H310 Baalim?^H1168 see^H7200 thy way^H1870 in the valley,^H1516 know^H3045 what^H4100 thou hast done:^H6213 thou art a^H1072^➔ swift^H7031 dromedary^➔^H1072 traversing^H8308 her ways;^H1870

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Jer 2:24 - A wild ass^H6501 used^H3928 to the wilderness,^H4057 that snuffeth up^H7602 the wind^H7307 at her pleasure;^H185^H5315 in her occasion^H8385 who^H4310 can turn her away?^H7725 all^H3605 they that seek her^H1245 will^H3286^➔ not^H3808 weary themselves;^➔^H3286 in her month^H2320 they shall find her.^H4672

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Jer 2:25 - Withhold^H4513 thy foot^H7272 from being unshod,^H3182 and thy throat^H1627 from thirst:^H6773 but thou saidst,^H559 There is no hope:^H2976 no;^H3808 for^H3588 I have loved^H157 strangers,^H2114 and after them^H310 will I go.^H3212

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Jer 2:26 - As^H1322^➔ the thief^H1590 is ashamed^➔^H1322 when^H3588 he is found,^H4672 so^H3651 is^H954^➔ the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 ashamed;^➔^H954 they,^H1992 their kings,^H4428 their princes,^H8269 and their priests,^H3548 and their prophets,^H5030

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Jer 2:27 - Saying^H559 to a stock,^H6086 Thou^H859 art my father;^H1 and to a stone,^H68 Thou^H859 hast brought me forth:^H3205 for^H3588 they have turned^H6437 their back^H6203 unto me,^H413 and not^H3808 their face:^H6440 but in the time^H6256 of their trouble^H7451 they will say,^H559 Arise,^H6965 and save us.^H3467

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Jer 2:28 - But where^H346 are thy gods^H430 that^H834 thou hast made^H6213 thee? let them arise,^H6965 if^H518 they can save thee^H3467 in the time^H6256 of thy trouble:^H7451 for^H3588 according to the number^H4557 of thy cities^H5892 are^H1961 thy gods,^H430 O Judah.^H3063

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Jer 2:29 - Wherefore^H4100 will ye plead^H7378 with me?^H413 ye all^H3605 have transgressed^H6586 against me, saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

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Jer 2:30 - In vain^H7723 have I smitten^H5221 your children;^H1121 they received^H3947 no^H3808 correction:^H4148 your own sword^H2719 hath devoured^H398 your prophets,^H5030 like a^H738^➔ destroying^H7843 lion.^➔^H738

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Jer 2:31 - O generation,^H1755 see^H7200 ye^H859 the word^H1697 of the LORD.^H3068 Have I been^H1961 a wilderness^H4057 unto Israel?^H3478 a land^H776 of darkness?^H3991 wherefore^H4069 say^H559 my people,^H5971 We are lords;^H7300 we will come^H935 no^H3808 more^H5750 unto thee?^H413

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Jer 2:32 - Can^H7911^➔ a maid^H1330 forget^➔^H7911 her ornaments,^H5716 or a bride^H3618 her attire?^H7196 yet my people^H5971 have forgotten me^H7911 days^H3117 without^H369 number.^H4557

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Jer 2:33 - Why^H4100 trimmest thou^H3190 thy way^H1870 to seek^H1245 love?^H160 therefore^H3651 hast thou^H3925^➔ also^H1571 taught^➔^H3925 the wicked ones^H7451 thy ways.^H1870

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Jer 2:34 - Also^H1571 in thy skirts^H3671 is found^H4672 the blood^H1818 of the souls^H5315 of the poor^H34 innocents:^H5355 I have^H4672^➔ not^H3808 found it^➔^H4672 by secret search,^H4290 but^H3588 upon^H5921 all^H3605 these.^H428

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Jer 2:35 - Yet thou sayest,^H559 Because^H3588 I am innocent,^H5352 surely^H389 his anger^H639 shall turn^H7725 from me.^H4480 Behold, I^H2005 will plead^H8199 with thee,^H853 because^H5921 thou sayest,^H559 I have^H2398^➔ not^H3808 sinned.^➔^H2398

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Jer 2:36 - Why^H4100 gaddest thou about^H235 so much^H3966 to change^H8138 thy way?^H1870 thou^H954^➔ also^H1571 shalt be ashamed^➔^H954 of Egypt,^H4714 as^H834 thou wast ashamed^H954 of Assyria.^H804

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Jer 2:37 - Yea,^H1571 thou shalt go forth^H3318 from^H854 him,^H2088 and thine hands^H3027 upon^H5921 thine head:^H7218 for^H3588 the LORD^H3068 hath rejected^H3988 thy confidences,^H4009 and^H3808^➔ thou shalt^H6743^➔ not^➔^H3808 prosper^➔^H6743 in them.

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