Jeremiah 2:4-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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:
What wrong did your ancestors find in me
that they went far from me
and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?(A)
6 They did not say, “Where is the Lord,
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that no one passes through,
where no one lives?”(B)
7 I brought you into a plentiful land
to eat its fruits and its good things.
But when you entered you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.(C)
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 Baal
and went after things that do not profit.(D)
Footnotes
- 2.8 Heb shepherds
Jeremiah 2:4-8
English Standard Version
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
(B)and went after (C)worthlessness, and became worthless?
6 They did not say, (D)‘Where is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us (E)in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’
7 (F)And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, (G)you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
(H)Those who handle the law did not know me;
(I)the shepherds[a] transgressed against me;
(J)the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after (K)things that do not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers
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