1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 23:28, Ezekiel 7:1, 2 Peter 1:21, Hebrews 1:1

2Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown.

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Ezekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:8, Jeremiah 11:6

3Israel is holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his increase: all they that devour him offend: evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

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Revelation 14:4, James 1:18, Revelation 14:4, James 1:18, Isaiah 41:11

4Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel:

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Jeremiah 33:24, Isaiah 51:1, Isaiah 51:4, Jeremiah 5:21, Jeremiah 34:4

5Thus 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?

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2 Kings 17:15, 2 Kings 17:15, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:21, Jonah 2:8

6And they have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt?

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Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 32:10, Hosea 13:4, Hosea 13:4, Isaiah 63:11

7And I brought you into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: and when ye entered in, you defiled my land and made my inheritance an abomination.

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Deuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 8:9, Deuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 8:9, Jeremiah 16:18

8The priests did not say: Where is the Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastors transgressed against me: and the prophets prophesied in Baal, and followed idols.

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Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:18, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 5:31

9Therefore will I yet contend in judgment with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children.

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Ezekiel 20:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Ezekiel 20:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Jeremiah 2:35

10Pass over to the isles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider diligently: and see if there hath been done any thing like this.

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Psalms 120:5, Psalms 120:5, 1 Corinthians 5:1, Ezekiel 27:6, 1 Chronicles 1:7

11If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.

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Romans 1:23, Romans 1:23, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 37:19, Jeremiah 16:20

12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

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Isaiah 1:2, Isaiah 1:2, Jeremiah 22:29, Jeremiah 6:19, Micah 6:2

13For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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John 4:14, John 4:14, John 7:37, John 7:37, Revelation 21:6

14Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become a prey?

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Exodus 4:22, Exodus 4:22, Genesis 15:3, Isaiah 50:1, Ecclesiastes 2:7

15The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down, and there is none to dwell in them.

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Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:17, Isaiah 1:7

16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.

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Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 43:7, Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 43:7

17Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?

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Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 2:13

18And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

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Joshua 13:3, Joshua 13:3, Hosea 7:11, Isaiah 31:1, Jeremiah 2:36

19Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

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Isaiah 3:9, Isaiah 3:9, Psalms 36:1, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 2:17

20Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself.

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Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 12:2, Leviticus 26:13, Leviticus 26:13, Jeremiah 17:2

21Yet, I planted thee a chosen vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard?

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Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 5:4, Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:17, Psalms 44:2

22Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.

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Jeremiah 17:1, Jeremiah 17:1, Job 14:17, Job 14:17, Hosea 13:12

23How canst thou say: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.

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Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:31, Proverbs 30:12, Proverbs 30:12, Isaiah 57:5

24A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth they shall find her.

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Jeremiah 14:6, Jeremiah 14:6, Hosea 5:15, Job 39:5, Job 39:8

25Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.

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Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:16, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 18:12, Jeremiah 3:13

26As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, their princes and their priests, and their prophets.

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Nehemiah 9:32, Nehemiah 9:34, Ezra 9:7, Jeremiah 32:32, Nehemiah 9:32

27Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us.

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Isaiah 26:16, Isaiah 26:16, Hosea 7:14, Hosea 7:14, Judges 10:8

28Where are the gods, whom thou hast made thee? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thy affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda.

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Jeremiah 11:13, Jeremiah 11:13, Isaiah 45:20, Deuteronomy 32:37, Isaiah 45:20

29Why will you contend with me in judgment? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 6:13, Daniel 9:11, Jeremiah 5:1, Jeremiah 6:13, Daniel 9:11

30In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.

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Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:26, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15

31See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no more?

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Deuteronomy 32:15, 2 Samuel 12:7, 2 Samuel 12:9, Deuteronomy 32:15, 2 Samuel 12:7

32Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.

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Psalms 106:21, Psalms 106:21, Jeremiah 13:25, Jeremiah 3:21, Jeremiah 2:11

33Why dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who hast also taught thy malices to be thy ways,

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Isaiah 57:7, Isaiah 57:10, Isaiah 57:7, Isaiah 57:10, 2 Chronicles 33:9

34And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.

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2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4, Jeremiah 19:4, 2 Kings 24:4

35And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgment, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.

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Proverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:8, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 1:8

36How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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Jeremiah 31:22, Jeremiah 31:22, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 12:1

37For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.

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2 Samuel 13:19, 2 Samuel 13:19, Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:20, Jeremiah 17:5