1The word of Jehovah 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 proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember the kindness shown thee in thy youth, The love with which I espoused thee, When thou wast led by me through the wilderness, Through a land that was not sown.

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

3Israel was a sacred thing to Jehovah, His first ripe fruit. All that devoured him were held guilty; Evil came upon them, saith Jehovah.

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

4Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all the 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 Jehovah: What fault did your fathers find in me, That they went far from me, And walked after vanity, and practised folly?

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

6They said not, Where is Jehovah, Who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and deathlike gloom, Through a land which no man passed through, And where no man dwelt?

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

7I brought you to a land of fruitful fields, To eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof; But when ye had come in, ye 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 said not, Where is Jehovah? And the teachers of the law knew me not; The rulers also rebelled against me; The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal, And walked after things that could not profit.

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

9Therefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah; Yea, with your children’s children will I contend.

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

10For pass over to the islands of the Chittaeans, and see; Send ye to Kedar, and inform yourselves well; And see if such a thing hath been done!

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

11Hath any nation changed their gods, even those that are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which cannot profit.

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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! Shudder, and be amazed! saith Jehovah.

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

13For my people have committed two evils; Me have they forsaken, the fountain of living water, And they have hewn out for 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 slave? Is he a home-born servant? Why then hath he become a spoil?

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

15The young lions roar over him; They lift up their voice; They have made his land a desolation; His cities are burned so as to be without an inhabitant.

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

16Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have consumed the crown of thy head.

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

17Hath not this come upon thee, Because thou didst forsake Jehovah thy God, When he would have led thee in 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 with the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile? Or what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

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

19Thy wickedness shall chasten thee, And thy transgressions reprove thee; And thou shalt know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, And that the fear of me is not with thee, Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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

20Of old hast thou broken thy yoke, And burst thy bands, And said, "I will not be in subjection!" For upon every high hill, And under every green tree, Hast thou reclined, playing the harlot.

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

21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, Wholly a genuine seed; How then art thou changed to the degenerate shoot of a strange vine?

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

22For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah.

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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 gone after Baals"? Behold thy way in the valley! Know what thou hast done, A swift young camel, traversing her ways.

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

24A wild ass, used to the wilderness, That in her desire snuffeth up the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her aside? All that seek her do not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.

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

25Withhold thy feet from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst! But thou sayest, There is no remedy! No! For I love strangers, And after them I will go.

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

26As a thief is ashamed when he is taken, So is the house of Israel ashamed, They, their kings, and 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

27That say to a stock, Thou art my father, And to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth! For they turn the back to me, and not the face. Yet in the time of their trouble they say, Arise and save us!

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

28But where are thy gods, which 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!

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

29Why do ye enter into controversy with me? Ye have all rebelled against me, saith Jehovah.

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

30In vain have I smitten your children; They would receive no correction; Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion.

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

31O generation! Behold ye the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of darkness? Why then say my people, "We will rove at pleasure, We will come no more to thee"?

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

32Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her belt? Yet my people have 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 trimmest thou thy way to seek love? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wickedness.

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

34Upon thy skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor, Whom thou didst not find committing violence.

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

35But notwithstanding all this, thou sayest, I am innocent; Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest, "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

36Why dost thou run so eagerly, changing thy way? By Egypt also shalt thou be put to shame, Even as thou hast been put to shame by Assyria.

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

37From Egypt also shalt thou go forth With thy hands upon thy head. For Jehovah hath rejected the objects of thy confidence, Therefore shalt thou not prosper in them.

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