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Therefore, I will bring my case against you,”
    says the Lord.
“I will even bring charges against your children’s children
    in the years to come.

10 “Go west and look in the land of Cyprus[a];
    go east and search through the land of Kedar.
Has anyone ever heard of anything
    as strange as this?
11 Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,
    even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God[b]
    for worthless idols!
12 The heavens are shocked at such a thing
    and shrink back in horror and dismay,”
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Hebrew Kittim.
  2. 2:11 Hebrew their glory.

“Therefore I’ll again accuse you,”
    declares the Lord,
“and I’ll accuse your grandchildren.”

10 “Indeed, go over to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
    send to Kedar and pay very close attention.
        See if there has ever been such a thing as this!
11 Has a nation ever changed gods
    when they aren’t even gods?
But my people have exchanged their glory
    for that which does not profit.
12 Heavens, be appalled at this,
    be shocked, be utterly[a] devastated,”
        declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:12 Lit. very

“Therefore I bring charges(A) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(B) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](C) 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(D) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(E) God
    for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert