Daily Meditation
9 Wherefore I will
yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I
plead.
Today’s Reading
Jeremiah
Chapter 2
Hear Ye The Word Of
The Lord
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.
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