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Isaiah 66 - Jeremiah 2
English Standard Version
Isaiah 66 - Jeremiah 2
English Standard Version
The Humble and Contrite in Spirit
66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
2 (C)All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(D)But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
3 (E)“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers (F)pig's blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
(G)These have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;
4 (H)I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and bring (I)their fears upon them,
(J)because when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
(K)but they did what was evil in my eyes
and chose that in which I did not delight.”
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, (L)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy’;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
6 “The sound of an uproar from the city!
A sound from the temple!
The sound of the Lord,
(M)rendering recompense to his enemies!
Rejoice with Jerusalem
7 (N)“Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she delivered a son.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For (O)as soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.
10 (P)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.”[a]
12 For thus says the Lord:
(Q)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (R)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so (S)I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
(T)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (U)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord
15 “For behold, (V)the Lord will come in fire,
and (W)his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For (X)by fire (Y)will the Lord enter into judgment,
and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
17 (Z)“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, (AA)eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.
18 “For I know[b] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[c] (AB)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (AC)I will send survivors to the nations, to (AD)Tarshish, (AE)Pul, and (AF)Lud, who draw the bow, to (AG)Tubal and (AH)Javan, (AI)to the coastlands far away, (AJ)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (AK)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (AL)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 (AM)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
22 “For as (AN)the new heavens and the new earth
that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so (AO)shall your offspring and your name remain.
23 (AP)From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.
24 “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For (AQ)their worm shall not die, (AR)their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one (AS)of the priests who were in (AT)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of (AU)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in (AV)the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of (AW)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and (AX)until the end of the eleventh year of (AY)Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, (AZ)until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
The Call of Jeremiah
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 (BA)“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born (BB)I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet (BC)to the nations.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, (BD)I do not know how to speak, (BE)for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and (BF)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 (BG)Do not be afraid of them,
(BH)for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”
9 (BI)Then the Lord put out his hand and (BJ)touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,
“Behold, I have put (BK)my words in your mouth.
10 See, I have set you this day (BL)over nations and over kingdoms,
(BM)to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (BN)“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond[d] branch.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”
13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see (BO)a boiling pot, facing away (BP)from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, (BQ)“Out of the north disaster[e] shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, (BR)I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, (BS)and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And (BT)I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil (BU)in forsaking me. (BV)They have made offerings to other gods and (BW)worshiped the works of their own hands. 17 But you, (BX)dress yourself for work;[f] arise, and (BY)say to them everything that I command you. (BZ)Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. 18 And I, behold, I make you this day (CA)a fortified city, (CB)an iron pillar, and (CC)bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 (CD)They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for (CE)I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.”
Israel Forsakes the Lord
2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,
“I remember the devotion of (CF)your youth,
your love (CG)as a bride,
(CH)how you followed me in the wilderness,
(CI)in a land not sown.
3 (CJ)Israel was holy to the Lord,
(CK)the firstfruits of his harvest.
(CL)All who ate of it incurred guilt;
disaster came upon them,
declares the Lord.”
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord:
(CM)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
(CN)and went after (CO)worthlessness, and became worthless?
6 They did not say, (CP)‘Where is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us (CQ)in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’
7 (CR)And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, (CS)you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
(CT)Those who handle the law did not know me;
(CU)the shepherds[g] transgressed against me;
(CV)the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after (CW)things that do not profit.
9 “Therefore (CX)I still contend with you,
declares the Lord,
and (CY)with your children's children I will contend.
10 For cross to the coasts of (CZ)Cyprus and see,
or send to (DA)Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.
11 (DB)Has a nation changed its gods,
(DC)even though they are no gods?
But my people (DD)have changed their glory
for (DE)that which does not profit.
12 Be appalled, (DF)O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
(DG)they have forsaken (DH)me,
the fountain of (DI)living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
14 (DJ)“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
Why then has he become a prey?
15 (DK)The lions have roared against him;
they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
his cities are in ruins, (DL)without inhabitant.
16 Moreover, the men of (DM)Memphis and (DN)Tahpanhes
(DO)have shaved[h] the crown of your head.
17 (DP)Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when (DQ)he led you in the way?
18 (DR)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of (DS)the Nile?
(DT)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of (DU)the Euphrates?[i]
19 (DV)Your evil will chastise you,
and (DW)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (DX)bitter
for (DY)you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
20 “For long ago I (DZ)broke your yoke
and burst your bonds;
but you said, (EA)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (EB)on every high hill
and under every green tree
you bowed down (EC)like a whore.
21 (ED)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
wholly of pure seed.
(EE)How then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?
22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
(EF)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
23 (EG)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (EH)in the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
24 (EI)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.
25 Keep (EJ)your feet from going unshod
and (EK)your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
(EL)for I have loved foreigners,
and after them I will go.’
26 “As a thief is shamed when caught,
so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
(EM)they, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets,
27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But (EN)in the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’
28 But (EO)where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, (EP)if they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for (EQ)as many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.
29 “Why do you contend with me?
You have all transgressed against me,
declares the Lord.
30 In vain have I (ER)struck your children;
they took no correction;
(ES)your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.
31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?
32 (ET)Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
Yet (EU)my people have forgotten me
days without number.
33 “How well you direct your course
to seek love!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
(EV)the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them (EW)breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
35 you say, ‘I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.’
(EX)Behold, I will bring you to judgment
for (EY)saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 (EZ)How much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be (FA)put to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.
37 From it too you will come away
with (FB)your hands on your head,
for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,
and you will not prosper by them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 66:11 Or breast
- Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
- Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming
- Jeremiah 1:11 Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12)
- Jeremiah 1:14 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:17 Hebrew gird up your loins
- Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers
- Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew grazed
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River
Isaiah 66 - Jeremiah 2
New International Version
Isaiah 66 - Jeremiah 2
New International Version
Judgment and Hope
66 This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,(A)
and the earth is my footstool.(B)
Where is the house(C) you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
2 Has not my hand made all these things,(D)
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(E)
and who tremble at my word.(F)
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull(G)
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s(H) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(I)
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(J)
and they delight in their abominations;(K)
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and will bring on them what they dread.(L)
For when I called, no one answered,(M)
when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(N) in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”(O)
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:(P)
“Your own people who hate(Q) you,
and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy!’
Yet they will be put to shame.(R)
6 Hear that uproar from the city,
hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound(S) of the Lord
repaying(T) his enemies all they deserve.
7 “Before she goes into labor,(U)
she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
she delivers a son.(V)
8 Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen(W) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day(X)
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.(Y)
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth(Z)
and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
10 “Rejoice(AA) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love(AB) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
all you who mourn(AC) over her.
11 For you will nurse(AD) and be satisfied
at her comforting breasts;(AE)
you will drink deeply
and delight in her overflowing abundance.”(AF)
12 For this is what the Lord says:
“I will extend peace(AG) to her like a river,(AH)
and the wealth(AI) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(AJ) on her arm
and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child,(AK)
so will I comfort(AL) you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(AM)
and you will flourish(AN) like grass;
the hand(AO) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(AP)
but his fury(AQ) will be shown to his foes.
15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(AR)
and his chariots(AS) are like a whirlwind;(AT)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
and his rebuke(AU) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(AV) and with his sword(AW)
the Lord will execute judgment(AX) on all people,
and many will be those slain(AY) by the Lord.
17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(AZ) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(BA) rats(BB) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(BC) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(BD) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(BE) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(BF)
19 “I will set a sign(BG) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(BH) to the nations—to Tarshish,(BI) to the Libyans[b] and Lydians(BJ) (famous as archers), to Tubal(BK) and Greece,(BL) and to the distant islands(BM) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(BN) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(BO) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(BP) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(BQ) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(BR) 21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(BS) and Levites,” says the Lord.
22 “As the new heavens and the new earth(BT) that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.(BU) 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath(BV) to another, all mankind will come and bow down(BW) before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(BX) of those who rebelled(BY) against me; the worms(BZ) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(CA) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth(CB) in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lord came(CC) to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah(CD) son of Amon king of Judah, 3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim(CE) son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah(CF) son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.(CG)
The Call of Jeremiah
4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb(CH) I knew[c](CI) you,
before you were born(CJ) I set you apart;(CK)
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.(CL)”
6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak;(CM) I am too young.”(CN)
7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid(CO) of them, for I am with you(CP) and will rescue(CQ) you,” declares the Lord.(CR)
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched(CS) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.(CT) 10 See, today I appoint you over nations(CU) and kingdoms to uproot(CV) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”(CW)
11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(CX)
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[d](CY) to see that my word is fulfilled.”
13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”(CZ)
“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”
14 The Lord said to me, “From the north(DA) disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.
“Their kings will come and set up their thrones
in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;
they will come against all her surrounding walls
and against all the towns of Judah.(DB)
16 I will pronounce my judgments(DC) on my people
because of their wickedness(DD) in forsaking me,(DE)
in burning incense to other gods(DF)
and in worshiping(DG) what their hands have made.(DH)
17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say(DI) to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified(DJ) by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18 Today I have made you(DK) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you but will not overcome(DL) you, for I am with you(DM) and will rescue(DN) you,” declares the Lord.
Israel Forsakes God
2 The word(DO) 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,(DP)
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(DQ)
through a land not sown.
3 Israel was holy(DR) to the Lord,(DS)
the firstfruits(DT) of his harvest;
all who devoured(DU) her were held guilty,(DV)
and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
all you clans of Israel.
5 This is what the Lord says:
“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols(DW)
and became worthless(DX) themselves.
6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
who brought us up out of Egypt(DY)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
through a land of deserts(DZ) and ravines,(EA)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
a land where no one travels(EB) and no one lives?’
7 I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.(EC)
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.(ED)
8 The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;(EE)
the leaders(EF) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,(EG)
following worthless idols.(EH)
9 “Therefore I bring charges(EI) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
“And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(EJ) and look,
send to Kedar[e](EK) and observe closely;
see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods(EL) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(EM) God
for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(EN) me,
the spring of living water,(EO)
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(EP) by birth?
Why then has he become plunder?
15 Lions(EQ) have roared;
they have growled at him.
They have laid waste(ER) his land;
his towns are burned(ES) and deserted.(ET)
16 Also, the men of Memphis(EU) and Tahpanhes(EV)
have cracked your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(EW)
by forsaking(EX) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(EY)
to drink water from the Nile[f]?(EZ)
And why go to Assyria(FA)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(FB)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding(FC) will rebuke(FD) you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter(FE) it is for you
when you forsake(FF) the Lord your God
and have no awe(FG) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(FH)
and tore off your bonds;(FI)
you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(FJ)
Indeed, on every high hill(FK)
and under every spreading tree(FL)
you lay down as a prostitute.(FM)
21 I had planted(FN) you like a choice vine(FO)
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt,(FP) wild vine?
22 Although you wash(FQ) yourself with soap(FR)
and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(FS)
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;(FT)
I have not run after the Baals’?(FU)
See how you behaved in the valley;(FV)
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running(FW) here and there,
24 a wild donkey(FX) accustomed to the desert,(FY)
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.
25 Do not run until your feet are bare
and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!(FZ)
I love foreign gods,(GA)
and I must go after them.’(GB)
26 “As a thief is disgraced(GC) when he is caught,
so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
their priests(GD) and their prophets.(GE)
27 They say to wood,(GF) ‘You are my father,’
and to stone,(GG) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(GH) to me
and not their faces;(GI)
yet when they are in trouble,(GJ) they say,
‘Come and save(GK) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(GL) you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!(GM)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
as you have towns.(GN)
29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all(GO) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
they did not respond to correction.(GP)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(GQ)
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?(GR)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
we will come to you no more’?(GS)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(GT) me,
days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(GU) love!
Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
34 On your clothes is found
the lifeblood(GV) of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.(GW)
Yet in spite of all this
35 you say, ‘I am innocent;(GX)
he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(GY) on you
because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(GZ)
36 Why do you go about so much,
changing(HA) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(HB)
as you were by Assyria.
37 You will also leave that place
with your hands on your head,(HC)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not be helped(HD) by them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul
- Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose
- Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
- Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
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