Jeremiah 2:4-8
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord,
O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 Thus saith the Lord,
What iniquity have your fathers found in me,
that they are gone far from me,
and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord
that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
that 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 man passed through,
and where no man dwelt?
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country,
to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof;
but when ye entered, ye defiled my land,
and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord?
and they that handle the law knew me not:
the pastors also transgressed against me,
and the prophets prophesied by Baal,
and walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah 2:4-8
American Standard Version
4 Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of [a]the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the [b]rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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- Jeremiah 2:6 Or, deep darkness
- Jeremiah 2:8 Hebrew shepherds.
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