2:1 The
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me,
saying,
2:2 "Go
and
proclaim
in
the
hearing
of
Jerusalem,
Thus
says
the
LORD,
"I
remember
the
devotion
of
your
youth,
your
love
as
a
bride,
how
you
followed
me
in
the
wilderness,
in
a
land
not
sown.
2:3 Israel
was
holy
to
the
LORD,
the
firstfruits
of
his
harvest.
All
who
ate
of
it
incurred
guilt;
disaster
came
upon
them,
declares
the
LORD."
2:4 Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD,
O
house
of
Jacob,
and
all
the
clans
of
the
house
of
Israel.
2:5 Thus
says
the
LORD:
"What
wrong
did
your
fathers
find
in
me
that
they
went
far
from
me,
and
went
after
worthlessness,
and
became
worthless
2:6 They
did
not
say,
'Where
is
the
LORD
who
brought
us
up
from
the
land
of
Egypt,
who
led
us
in
the
wilderness,
in
a
land
of
deserts
and
pits,
in
a
land
of
drought
and
deep
darkness,
in
a
land
that
none
passes
through,
where
no
man
dwells'
2:7 And
I
brought
you
into
a
plentiful
land
to
enjoy
its
fruits
and
its
good
things.
But
when
you
came
in,
you
defiled
my
land
and
made
my
heritage
an
abomination.
2:8 The
priests
did
not
say,
'Where
is
the
LORD'
Those
who
handle
the
law
did
not
know
me;
the
shepherds
transgressed
against
me;
the
prophets
prophesied
by
Baal
and
went
after
things
that
do
not
profit.
2:9 "Therefore
I
still
contend
with
you,
declares
the
LORD,
and
with
your
children's
children
I
will
contend.
2:10 For
cross
to
the
coasts
of
Cyprus
and
see,
or
send
to
Kedar
and
examine
with
care;
see
if
there
has
been
such
a
thing.
2:11 Has
a
nation
changed
its
gods,
even
though
they
are
no
gods
But
my
people
have
changed
their
glory
for
that
which
does
not
profit.
2:12 Be
appalled,
O
heavens,
at
this;
be
shocked,
be
utterly
desolate,
declares
the
LORD,
2:13 for
my
people
have
committed
two
evils:
they
have
forsaken
me,
the
fountain
of
living
waters,
and
hewed
out
cisterns
for
themselves,
broken
cisterns
that
can
hold
no
water.
2:14 "Is
Israel
a
slave
Is
he
a
homeborn
servant
Why
then
has
he
become
a
prey
2:15 The
lions
have
roared
against
him;
they
have
roared
loudly.
They
have
made
his
land
a
waste;
his
cities
are
in
ruins,
without
inhabitant.
2:16 Moreover,
the
men
of
Memphis
and
Tahpanhes
have
shaved
the
crown
of
your
head.
2:17 Have
you
not
brought
this
upon
yourself
by
forsaking
the
LORD
your
God,
when
he
led
you
in
the
way
2:18 And
now
what
do
you
gain
by
going
to
Egypt
to
drink
the
waters
of
the
Nile
Or
what
do
you
gain
by
going
to
Assyria
to
drink
the
waters
of
the
Euphrates
2:19 Your
evil
will
chastise
you,
and
your
apostasy
will
reprove
you.
Know
and
see
that
it
is
evil
and
bitter
for
you
to
forsake
the
LORD
your
God;
the
fear
of
me
is
not
in
you,
declares
the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts.
2:20 "For
long
ago
I
broke
your
yoke
and
burst
your
bonds;
but
you
said,
'I
will
not
serve.'
Yes,
on
every
high
hill
and
under
every
green
tree
you
bowed
down
like
a
whore.
2:21 Yet
I
planted
you
a
choice
vine,
wholly
of
pure
seed.
How
then
have
you
turned
degenerate
and
become
a
wild
vine
2:22 Though
you
wash
yourself
with
lye
and
use
much
soap,
the
stain
of
your
guilt
is
still
before
me,
declares
the
Lord
GOD.
2:23 How
can
you
say,
'I
am
not
unclean,
I
have
not
gone
after
the
Baals'
Look
at
your
way
in
the
valley;
know
what
you
have
done--
a
restless
young
camel
running
here
and
there,
2:24 a
wild
donkey
used
to
the
wilderness,
in
her
heat
sniffing
the
wind!
Who
can
restrain
her
lust
None
who
seek
her
need
weary
themselves;
in
her
month
they
will
find
her.
2:25 Keep
your
feet
from
going
unshod
and
your
throat
from
thirst.
But
you
said,
'It
is
hopeless,
for
I
have
loved
foreigners,
and
after
them
I
will
go.'
2:26 "As
a
thief
is
shamed
when
caught,
so
the
house
of
Israel
shall
be
shamed:
they,
their
kings,
their
officials,
their
priests,
and
their
prophets,
2:27 who
say
to
a
tree,
'You
are
my
father,'
and
to
a
stone,
'You
gave
me
birth.'
For
they
have
turned
their
back
to
me,
and
not
their
face.
But
in
the
time
of
their
trouble
they
say,
'Arise
and
save
us!'
2:28 But
where
are
your
gods
that
you
made
for
yourself
Let
them
arise,
if
they
can
save
you,
in
your
time
of
trouble;
for
as
many
as
your
cities
are
your
gods,
O
Judah.
2:29 "Why
do
you
contend
with
me
You
have
all
transgressed
against
me,
declares
the
LORD.
2:30 In
vain
have
I
struck
your
children;
they
took
no
correction;
your
own
sword
devoured
your
prophets
like
a
ravening
lion.
2:31 And
you,
O
generation,
behold
the
word
of
the
LORD.
Have
I
been
a
wilderness
to
Israel,
or
a
land
of
thick
darkness
Why
then
do
my
people
say,
'We
are
free,
we
will
come
no
more
to
you'
2:32 Can
a
virgin
forget
her
ornaments,
or
a
bride
her
attire
Yet
my
people
have
forgotten
me
days
without
number.
2:33 "How
well
you
direct
your
course
to
seek
love!
So
that
even
to
wicked
women
you
have
taught
your
ways.
2:34 Also
on
your
skirts
is
found
the
lifeblood
of
the
guiltless
poor;
you
did
not
find
them
breaking
in.
Yet
in
spite
of
all
these
things
2:35 you
say,
'I
am
innocent;
surely
his
anger
has
turned
from
me.'
Behold,
I
will
bring
you
to
judgment
for
saying,
'I
have
not
sinned.'
2:36 How
much
you
go
about,
changing
your
way!
You
shall
be
put
to
shame
by
Egypt
as
you
were
put
to
shame
by
Assyria.
2:37 From
it
too
you
will
come
away
with
your
hands
on
your
head,
for
the
LORD
has
rejected
those
in
whom
you
trust,
and
you
will
not
prosper
by
them.