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1 More­over the word of the LORD came to me, say­ing, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, say­ing, Thus saith the LORD; I re­mem­ber thee, the kind­ness of thy youth, the love of thine es­pousals, when thou wen­test af­ter me in the wilder­ness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Is­rael was ho­li­ness unto the LORD, and the first­fruits of his in­crease: all that de­vour him shall of­fend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 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. 9 Where­fore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's chil­dren will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chit­tim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and con­sid­er dili­gent­ly, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a na­tion changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my peo­ple have changed their glo­ry for that which doth not prof­it. 12 Be as­ton­ished, O ye heav­ens, at this, and be hor­ri­bly afraid, be ye very des­o­late, saith the LORD. 13 For my peo­ple have com­mit­ted two evils; they have for­sak­en me the foun­tain of liv­ing wa­ters, and hewed them out cis­terns, bro­ken cis­terns, that can hold no wa­ter. 14 Is Is­rael a ser­vant? is he a home­born slave? why is he spoiled? 15 The young li­ons roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned with­out in­hab­i­tant. 16 Also the chil­dren of Noph and Taha­panes have bro­ken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not pro­cured this unto thy­self, in that thou hast for­sak­en the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the wa­ters of Si­hor? or what hast thou to do in the way of As­syr­ia, to drink the wa­ters of the riv­er? 19 Thine own wicked­ness shall cor­rect thee, and thy back­slid­ings shall re­prove thee: know there­fore and see that it is an evil thing and bit­ter, that thou hast for­sak­en the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 20 For of old time I have bro­ken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon ev­ery high hill and un­der ev­ery green tree thou wan­der­est, play­ing the har­lot. 21 Yet I had plant­ed thee a no­ble vine, whol­ly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the de­gen­er­ate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with ni­tre, and take thee much soap, yet thine in­iq­ui­ty is marked be­fore me, saith the Lord GOD. 23 How canst thou say, I am not pol­lut­ed, I have not gone af­ter Baal­im? see thy way in the val­ley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary travers­ing her ways; 24 A wild ass used to the wilder­ness, that snuffeth up the wind at her plea­sure; in her oc­ca­sion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary them­selves; in her month they shall find her. 25 With­hold thy foot from be­ing un­shod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and af­ter them will I go. 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Is­rael ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 27 Say­ing to a stock, Thou art my fa­ther; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trou­ble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trou­ble: for ac­cord­ing to the num­ber of thy cities are thy gods, O Ju­dah. 29 Where­fore will ye plead with me? ye all have trans­gressed against me, saith the LORD. 30 In vain have I smit­ten your chil­dren; they re­ceived no cor­rec­tion: your own sword hath de­voured your prophets, like a de­stroy­ing li­on. 31 O gen­er­a­tion, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilder­ness unto Is­rael? a land of dark­ness? where­fore say my peo­ple, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid for­get her or­na­ments, or a bride her at­tire? yet my peo­ple have for­got­ten me days with­out num­ber. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? there­fore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor in­no­cents: I have not found it by se­cret search, but upon all these. 35 Yet thou sayest, Be­cause I am in­no­cent, sure­ly his anger shall turn from me. Be­hold, I will plead with thee, be­cause thou sayest, I have not sinned. 36 Why gad­dest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of As­syr­ia. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath re­ject­ed thy con­fi­dences, and thou shalt not pros­per in them.