Jeremiah 2:4-8
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says Yahweh,
“(A)What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after (B)vanity and became vain?
6 They did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh
Who (C)brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who (D)led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no man inhabited?’
7 I brought you into the (E)fruitful land
To eat its fruit and its good things.
But you came and (F)defiled My land,
And My inheritance you made an abomination.
8 The (G)priests did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’
And those who handle the law (H)did not know Me;
The [a]shepherds also transgressed against Me,
And the (I)prophets prophesied by Baal
And walked after (J)things that did not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:8 Rulers
Jeremiah 2:4-8
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord,
“(A)What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after (B)emptiness and became empty?
6 “They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who (C)brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who (D)led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of [a]deep darkness,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no man dwelt?’
7 “I brought you into the (E)fruitful land
To eat its fruit and its good things.
But you came and (F)defiled My land,
And My inheritance you made an abomination.
8 “The (G)priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the law (H)did not know Me;
The [b]rulers also transgressed against Me,
And the (I)prophets prophesied by Baal
And walked after (J)things that did not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:6 Or the shadow of death
- Jeremiah 2:8 Lit shepherds
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