| 2:1 | Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to me, saying <0559> (8800), |
| 2:2 | Go <01980> (8800) and cry <07121> (8804) in the ears <0241> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; I remember <02142> (8804) thee, the kindness <02617> of thy youth <05271>, the love <0160> of thine espousals <03623>, when thou wentest <03212> (8800) after <0310> me in the wilderness <04057>, in a land <0776> [that was] not sown <02232> (8803). {thee: or, for thy sake} |
| 2:3 | Israel <03478> [was] holiness <06944> unto the LORD <03068>, [and] the firstfruits <07225> of his increase <08393>: all that devour <0398> (8802) him shall offend <0816> (8799); evil <07451> shall come <0935> (8799) upon them, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. |
| 2:4 | Hear <08085> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and all the families <04940> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>: |
| 2:5 | Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, What iniquity <05766> have your fathers <01> found <04672> (8804) in me, that they are gone far <07368> (8804) from me, and have walked <03212> (8799) after <0310> vanity <01892>, and are become vain <01891> (8799)? |
| 2:6 | Neither said <0559> (8804) they, Where [is] the LORD <03068> that brought us up <05927> (8688) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, that led <03212> (8688) us through the wilderness <04057>, through a land <0776> of deserts <06160> and of pits <07745>, through a land <0776> of drought <06723>, and of the shadow of death <06757>, through a land <0776> that no man <0376> passed through <05674> (8804), and where no man <0120> dwelt <03427> (8804)? |
| 2:7 | And I brought <0935> (8686) you into a plentiful <03759> country <0776>, to eat <0398> (8800) the fruit <06529> thereof and the goodness <02898> thereof; but when ye entered <0935> (8799), ye defiled <02930> (8762) my land <0776>, and made <07760> (8804) mine heritage <05159> an abomination <08441>. {a plentiful...: or, the land of Carmel} |
| 2:8 | The priests <03548> said <0559> (8804) not, Where [is] the LORD <03068>? and they that handle <08610> (8802) the law <08451> knew <03045> (8804) me not: the pastors <07462> (8802) also transgressed <06586> (8804) against me, and the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> (8738) by Baal <01168>, and walked <01980> (8804) after <0310> [things that] do not profit <03276> (8686). |
| 2:9 | Wherefore I will yet plead <07378> (8799) with you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, and with your children's <01121> children <01121> will I plead <07378> (8799). |
| 2:10 | For pass over <05674> (8798) the isles <0339> of Chittim <03794>, and see <07200> (8798); and send <07971> (8798) unto Kedar <06938>, and consider <0995> (8708) diligently <03966>, and see <07200> (8798) if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to} |
| 2:11 | Hath a nation <01471> changed <03235> (8689) [their] gods <0430>, which [are] yet no gods <0430>? but my people <05971> have changed <04171> (8689) their glory <03519> for [that which] doth not profit <03276> (8686). |
| 2:12 | Be astonished <08074> (8798), O ye heavens <08064>, at this, and be horribly afraid <08175> (8798), be ye very <03966> desolate <02717> (8798), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. |
| 2:13 | For my people <05971> have committed <06213> (8804) two <08147> evils <07451>; they have forsaken <05800> (8804) me the fountain <04726> of living <02416> waters <04325>, [and] hewed them out <02672> (8800) cisterns <0877>, broken <07665> (8737) cisterns <0877>, that can hold <03557> (8686) no water <04325>. |
| 2:14 | [Is] Israel <03478> a servant <05650>? [is] he a homeborn <01004> <03211> [slave]? why <04069> is he spoiled <0957>? {spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?} |
| 2:15 | The young lions <03715> roared <07580> (8799) upon him, [and] yelled <05414> (8804) <06963>, and they made <07896> (8799) his land <0776> waste <08047>: his cities <05892> are burned <03341> (8738) without inhabitant <03427> (8802). {yelled: Heb. gave out their voice} |
| 2:16 | Also the children <01121> of Noph <05297> and Tahapanes <08471> have broken <07462> (8799) the crown of thy head <06936>. {have...: or, feed on thy crown} |
| 2:17 | Hast thou not procured <06213> (8799) this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, when <06256> he led <03212> (8688) thee by the way <01870>? |
| 2:18 | And now what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Egypt <04714>, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of Sihor <07883>? or what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Assyria <0804>, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of the river <05104>? |
| 2:19 | Thine own wickedness <07451> shall correct <03256> (8762) thee, and thy backslidings <04878> shall reprove <03198> (8686) thee: know <03045> (8798) therefore and see <07200> (8798) that [it is] an evil <07451> [thing] and bitter <04751>, that thou hast forsaken <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and that my fear <06345> [is] not in thee, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> of hosts <06635>. |
| 2:20 | For of old time <05769> I have broken <07665> (8804) thy yoke <05923>, [and] burst <05423> (8765) thy bands <04147>; and thou saidst <0559> (8799), I will not transgress <05674> (8799) (8675) <05647> (8799); when upon every high <01364> hill <01389> and under every green <07488> tree <06086> thou wanderest <06808> (8802), playing the harlot <02181> (8802). {transgress: or, serve} |
| 2:21 | Yet I had planted <05193> (8804) thee a noble vine <08321>, wholly a right <0571> seed <02233>: how then art thou turned <02015> (8738) into the degenerate plant <05494> of a strange <05237> vine <01612> unto me? |
| 2:22 | For though thou wash <03526> (8762) thee with nitre <05427>, and take thee much <07235> (8686) soap <01287>, [yet] thine iniquity <05771> is marked <03799> (8737) before <06440> me, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>. |
| 2:23 | How canst thou say <0559> (8799), I am not polluted <02930> (8738), I have not gone <01980> (8804) after <0310> Baalim <01168>? see <07200> (8798) thy way <01870> in the valley <01516>, know <03045> (8798) what thou hast done <06213> (8804): [thou art] a swift <07031> dromedary <01072> traversing <08308> (8764) her ways <01870>; {thou art...: or, O swift dromedary} |
| 2:24 | A wild ass <06501> used <03928> to the wilderness <04057>, [that] snuffeth up <07602> (8804) the wind <07307> at her pleasure <0185> <05315>; in her occasion <08385> who can turn her away <07725> (8686)? all they that seek <01245> (8764) her will not weary <03286> (8799) themselves; in her month <02320> they shall find <04672> (8799) her. {A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc} {used: Heb. taught} {her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart} {turn...: or, reverse it?} |
| 2:25 | Withhold <04513> (8798) thy foot <07272> from being unshod <03182>, and thy throat <01627> from thirst <06773>: but thou saidst <0559> (8799), There is no hope <02976> (8737): no; for I have loved <0157> (8804) strangers <02114> (8801), and after <0310> them will I go <03212> (8799). {There...: or, Is the case desperate?} |
| 2:26 | As the thief <01590> is ashamed <01322> when he is found <04672> (8735), so is the house <01004> of Israel <03478> ashamed <03001> (8689); they, their kings <04428>, their princes <08269>, and their priests <03548>, and their prophets <05030>, |
| 2:27 | Saying <0559> (8802) to a stock <06086>, Thou [art] my father <01>; and to a stone <068>, Thou hast brought me forth <03205> (8804): for they have turned <06437> (8804) [their] back <06203> unto me, and not [their] face <06440>: but in the time <06256> of their trouble <07451> they will say <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798), and save <03467> (8685) us. {brought...: or, begotten me} {their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck} |
| 2:28 | But where [are] thy gods <0430> that thou hast made <06213> (8804) thee? let them arise <06965> (8799), if they can save <03467> (8686) thee in the time <06256> of thy trouble <07451>: for [according to] the number <04557> of thy cities <05892> are thy gods <0430>, O Judah <03063>. {trouble: Heb. evil} |
| 2:29 | Wherefore will ye plead <07378> (8799) with me? ye all have transgressed <06586> (8804) against me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. |
| 2:30 | In vain <07723> have I smitten <05221> (8689) your children <01121>; they received <03947> (8804) no correction <04148>: your own sword <02719> hath devoured <0398> (8804) your prophets <05030>, like a destroying <07843> (8688) lion <0738>. |
| 2:31 | O generation <01755>, see <07200> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>. Have I been a wilderness <04057> unto Israel <03478>? a land <0776> of darkness <03991>? wherefore say <0559> (8804) my people <05971>, We are lords <07300> (8804); we will come <0935> (8799) no more unto thee? {We are...: Heb. We have dominion} |
| 2:32 | Can a maid <01330> forget <07911> (8799) her ornaments <05716>, [or] a bride <03618> her attire <07196>? yet my people <05971> have forgotten <07911> (8804) me days <03117> without number <04557>. |
| 2:33 | Why trimmest <03190> (8686) thou thy way <01870> to seek <01245> (8763) love <0160>? therefore hast thou also taught <03925> (8765) the wicked ones <07451> thy ways <01870>. |
| 2:34 | Also in thy skirts <03671> is found <04672> (8738) the blood <01818> of the souls <05315> of the poor <034> innocents <05355>: I have not found <04672> (8804) it by secret search <04290>, but upon all these. {secret...: Heb. digging} |
| 2:35 | Yet thou sayest <0559> (8799), Because I am innocent <05352> (8738), surely his anger <0639> shall turn <07725> (8804) from me. Behold, I will plead <08199> (8737) with thee, because thou sayest <0559> (8800), I have not sinned <02398> (8804). |
| 2:36 | Why gaddest thou about <0235> (8799) so much <03966> to change <08138> (8763) thy way <01870>? thou also shalt be ashamed <0954> (8799) of Egypt <04714>, as thou wast ashamed <0954> (8804) of Assyria <0804>. |
| 2:37 | Yea, thou shalt go forth <03318> (8799) from him, and thine hands <03027> upon thine head <07218>: for the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> (8804) thy confidences <04009>, and thou shalt not prosper <06743> (8686) in them. |
Jeremiah 2 - AV with Strong Numbers
