Jeremiah 2:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
God Pleads with Israel to Repent
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 your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
3 Israel was holy to the Lord,
the first fruits of his harvest.
All who ate of it became guilty;
evil came upon them,
says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 2:1-3
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.
3 Israel 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.
Jeremiah 2:7-8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in you defiled my land,
and made my heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the rulers[a] transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Ba′al,
and went after things that do not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:8 Heb shepherds
Jeremiah 2:7-8
New International Version
7 I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.(A)
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.(B)
8 The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;(C)
the leaders(D) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,(E)
following worthless idols.(F)
Jeremiah 2:12-13
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this,
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
says the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 2:12-13
New International Version
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