Jeremiah 2:17-19
17 aHave you not brought this upon yourselfby forsaking the Lord your God,
when bhe led you in the way?
18 cAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of dthe Nile?
eOr what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of fthe Euphrates? ▼
▼Hebrew the River
19 hYour evil will chastise you,
and iyour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and jbitter
for kyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 9:2-9
2 ▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
Oh that I had in the deserta travelers’ lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all madulterers,
a company of ntreacherous men.
3 oThey bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong ▼
▼Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
in the land;for they proceed from evil to evil,
qand they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 rLet everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every sbrother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor tgoes about as a slanderer.
5Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
uthey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, vI will refine them and wtest them,
for what else can I do, xbecause of my people?
8 yTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
zit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth aaeach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart abhe plans an ambush for him.
9 acShall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
Hosea 12:8
8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but adI am rich;I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors aethey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
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