1466 - Jeremiah 2 part 3

Jeremiah Chapter 2 part 3


No amount,of soap or lye, can make you clean.


I still see the stain, of your guilt.


I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!


“You say, ‘That’s not true!


I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’


But, how can you say that?


Go and look in any valley, in the land!


Face the awful sins you have done.


You are like a restless female camel, desperately searching for a mate.


You are like a wild donkey, sniffing the wind, at mating time.


Who can restrain her lust?


Those, who desire her, don’t need to search, because she goes running …to them!


When will you stop running?


When will you stop panting, after other gods?


But you say, ‘Save your breath.


I’m in love, with these foreign gods, and I can’t stop loving them, now!’


“Israel is like a thief, who feels shame, only when he gets caught.


They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets—

are all alike in this.


To an image carved from a piece of wood, they say:


‘You are my father.’


To an idol chiseled, from a block of stone they say:


‘You are my mother.’


They turn their backs on me, but in times of trouble, they cry out to me:


‘Come and save us!’


But, why not call on these gods, that you have made?


When trouble comes, let them save you, if they can!


For you have, as many gods, as there are towns in Judah.


Why do you accuse me, of doing wrong?


You are the ones, who have rebelled,” says the Lord.


“I punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline.


You yourselves have killed your prophets, as a lion kills its prey.


“O my people, listen to the words of the Lord!


Have I been like a desert, to Israel?


Have I been, to them, a land of darkness?


Why then do my people say: 

‘At last we are free from God!


We don’t need him anymore!’


Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride forget her wedding dress?


Yet, for years on end, my people have forgotten me.


“How you plot and scheme, to win your lovers.


Even an experienced prostitute could learn from you!


Your clothing is stained, with the blood… of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses!


And yet you say:

‘I have done nothing wrong.


Surely God isn’t angry with me!’


But, now, I will punish you severely, because you claim you have not sinned.


First here, then there—

you flit from one ally to another, asking for help.


But, your new friends, in Egypt, will let you down, just as Assyria did before.


In despair, you will be led into exile, with your hands on your heads, for the Lord has rejected the nations that you trust.


They will not help you, at all. 


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


 Jeremiah 2:22–37


Praise be to God!



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