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\v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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\v 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this:
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\q I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged,
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\q when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown.
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\q
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\v 3 Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest!
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\q All who ate from the firstfruits were held guilty; disaster came upon them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
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\v 4 Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel.
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\v 5 Yahweh says this, "What did your fathers find wrong with me, that they went far from following me?
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\q That they went after useless idols and became useless themselves?
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\v 6 They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt?
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\q Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits,
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\q in a land of drought and deep darkness,
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\q a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?'
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\v 7 But I brought you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and other good things!
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\q Yet when you came, you defiled my land, you made my inheritance an abomination!
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\v 8 The priest did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and the experts in the law did not care about me!
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\q The shepherds transgressed against me. The prophets prophesied for Baal and walked after unprofitable things.
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\v 9 So I will still accuse you—this is Yahweh's declaration—and I will accuse your sons' sons.
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\v 10 For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look. Send messengers out to Kedar and find out
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\q and see if there has ever before been anything like this.
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\v 11 Has a nation exchanged gods, even though they were not gods?
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\q But my people have exchanged their glory for what cannot help them.
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa their glory \fqa* , some ancient copies have \fqa my glory \fqa* . \f*
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\v 12 Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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\v 13 For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters,
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\q and they have dug out cisterns for themselves,
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\q broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
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\v 14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born in his master's home? So why has he become plunder?
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\v 15 Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror.
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\q His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants.
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\v 16 Also, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes will shave your skull.
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\v 17 Did you not do this to yourselves
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\q when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way?
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\v 18 So now, why take the road to Egypt and drink the waters of Shihor?
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\q Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
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\v 19 Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter
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\q when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of Lord Yahweh of hosts.
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\v 20 For I broke your yoke that you had in ancient days; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said,
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\q 'I will not serve!' since you bowed down on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree, you adulterer.
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\v 21 I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed.
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\q How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?
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\v 22 For even if you clean yourself in the river or wash with strong soap,
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\q your iniquity is a stain before me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
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\v 23 How can you say, 'I am not defiled! I have not walked after the Baals'?
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\q Look at what you did in the valleys! Consider what you have done—you are a swift female camel running here and there,
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\v 24 a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind!
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\q Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her.
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\v 25 You must restrain your feet from becoming bare and your throat from being thirsty!
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\q But you have said, 'It is hopeless! No, I love strangers and go after them!'
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\v 26 Like the shame of a thief when he is found, so the house of Israel will be ashamed—
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\q they, their kings, their princes, and their priests and prophets!
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\v 27 These are the ones who say to the tree, 'You are my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth to me.'
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\q For their back faces me and not their faces. Nevertheless, they say in the time of troubles, 'Arise and save us!'
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\v 28 Yet where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them arise if they wish to save you in your time of troubles,
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\q for your idols equal your cities in number, Judah!
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\v 29 So why do you accuse me of doing wrong? All of you have sinned against me—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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\v 30 I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline.
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\q Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion!
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\v 31 You who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh! Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
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\q Or a land of deep darkness? Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'?
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\v 32 Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her veils?
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\q Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number!
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\v 33 How well you make your way to look for love.
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\q You have even taught your ways to wicked women.
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\v 34 The blood that was the life of innocent, poor people has been found on your clothes.
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\q These people were not discovered in acts of burglary.
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\v 35 Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.'
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\q But look! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
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\v 36 Why do you treat so very lightly this change in your ways?
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\q You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.
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\v 37 You will also go out from there dejected, with your hands on your head,
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\q for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted, so you will not be helped by them."
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