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25 Keep your feet from being barefoot
And your throat from thirst;
But you said, ‘(A)It is [a]hopeless!
No! For I have (B)loved strangers,
And after them I will walk.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:25 Or desperate

The Polluted Land

God [a]says, “(A)If a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely [b]polluted?
But you (B)are a harlot with many [c]lovers;
Yet you (C)turn to Me,” declares Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:1 Lit saying
  2. Jeremiah 3:1 Or alienated
  3. Jeremiah 3:1 Lit companions

20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry out also from (A)Abarim,
For all your (B)lovers have been broken.
21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But (C)you said, ‘I will not listen!’
(D)This has been your way (E)from your youth,
That you have not listened to My voice.
22 The wind will sweep away all your (F)shepherds,
And your (G)lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be (H)ashamed and feel dishonor
Because of all your evil.

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