Genesis 3

New International Version

The Fall

3 Now the serpent^(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?^(B)”

²The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,^(C) ³but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”^(D)

⁴“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.^(E) ⁵“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,^(F) knowing good and evil.”

⁶When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable^(G) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,^(H) who was with her, and he ate it.^(I) ⁷Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;^(J) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.^(K)

⁸Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking^(L) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid^(M) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”^(N)

¹⁰He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid^(O) because I was naked;^(P) so I hid.”

¹¹And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?^(Q) Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?^(R)”

¹²The man said, “The woman you put here with me^(S)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,^(T) and I ate.”

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed^(U) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust^(V)
    all the days of your life.
¹⁵And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[a]^(W) and hers;^(X)
he will crush^[b] your head,^(Y)
    and you will strike his heel.”

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.^(Z)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.^(AA)”

¹⁷To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’^(AB)

“Cursed^(AC) is the ground^(AD) because of you;
    through painful toil^(AE) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.^(AF)
¹⁸It will produce thorns and thistles^(AG) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(AH)
¹⁹By the sweat of your brow^(AI)
    you will eat your food^(AJ)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(AK)

²⁰Adam^[c] named his wife Eve,^[d]^(AL) because she would become the mother of all the living.

²¹The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.^(AM) ²²And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,^(AN) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life^(AO) and eat, and live forever.” ²³So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden^(AP) to work the ground^(AQ) from which he had been taken. ²⁴After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[e] of the Garden of Eden^(AR) cherubim^(AS) and a flaming sword^(AT) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.^(AU)

Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Or seed
Genesis 3:15 Or strike
Genesis 3:20 Or The man
Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front

Jeremiah 2

New International Version

Israel Forsakes God

2 The word^(A) of the Lord came to me: ²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,^(B)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,^(C)
    through a land not sown.
³Israel was holy^(D) to the Lord,^(E)
    the firstfruits^(F) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(G) her were held guilty,^(H)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

⁴Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
all you clans of Israel.

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols^(I)
    and became worthless^(J) themselves.
⁶They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(K)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(L) and ravines,^(M)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(N) and no one lives?’
⁷I brought you into a fertile land
    to eat its fruit and rich produce.^(O)
But you came and defiled my land
    and made my inheritance detestable.^(P)
⁸The priests did not ask,
    ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;^(Q)
    the leaders^(R) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,^(S)
    following worthless idols.^(T)

⁹“Therefore I bring charges^(U) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
¹⁰Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus^(V) and look,
    send to Kedar^[a]^(W) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
¹¹Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods^(X) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious^(Y) God
    for worthless idols.
¹²Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
¹³“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken^(Z) me,
    the spring of living water,^(AA)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
¹⁴Is Israel a servant, a slave^(AB) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?
¹⁵Lions^(AC) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste^(AD) his land;
    his towns are burned^(AE) and deserted.^(AF)
¹⁶Also, the men of Memphis^(AG) and Tahpanhes^(AH)
    have cracked your skull.
¹⁷Have you not brought this on yourselves^(AI)
    by forsaking^(AJ) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
¹⁸Now why go to Egypt^(AK)
    to drink water from the Nile^[b]?^(AL)
And why go to Assyria^(AM)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(AN)
¹⁹Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding^(AO) will rebuke^(AP) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter^(AQ) it is for you
when you forsake^(AR) the Lord your God
    and have no awe^(AS) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

²⁰“Long ago you broke off your yoke^(AT)
    and tore off your bonds;^(AU)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’^(AV)
Indeed, on every high hill^(AW)
    and under every spreading tree^(AX)
    you lay down as a prostitute.^(AY)
²¹I had planted^(AZ) you like a choice vine^(BA)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,^(BB) wild vine?
²²Although you wash^(BC) yourself with soap^(BD)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.^(BE)
²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;^(BF)
    I have not run after the Baals’?^(BG)
See how you behaved in the valley;^(BH)
    consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
    running^(BI) here and there,
²⁴a wild donkey^(BJ) accustomed to the desert,^(BK)
    sniffing the wind in her craving—
    in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
    at mating time they will find her.
²⁵Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!^(BL)
    I love foreign gods,^(BM)
    and I must go after them.’^(BN)

²⁶“As a thief is disgraced^(BO) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests^(BP) and their prophets.^(BQ)
²⁷They say to wood,^(BR) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,^(BS) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs^(BT) to me
    and not their faces;^(BU)
yet when they are in trouble,^(BV) they say,
    ‘Come and save^(BW) us!’
²⁸Where then are the gods^(BX) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!^(BY)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.^(BZ)

²⁹“Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all^(CA) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
³⁰“In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.^(CB)
Your sword has devoured your prophets^(CC)
    like a ravenous lion.

³¹“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(CD)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(CE)
³²Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten^(CF) me,
    days without number.
³³How skilled you are at pursuing^(CG) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
³⁴On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood^(CH) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.^(CI)
Yet in spite of all this
³⁵    you say, ‘I am innocent;^(CJ)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment^(CK) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’^(CL)
³⁶Why do you go about so much,
    changing^(CM) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt^(CN)
    as you were by Assyria.
³⁷You will also leave that place
    with your hands on your head,^(CO)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
    you will not be helped^(CP) by them.