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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 L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 sope,
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 L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
. 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?
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