Jeremiah 2:24-26

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²⁴a wild donkey accustomed to the desert,
    sniffing the wind in her passion.
When she’s in heat,
    who can turn her away?
None of the males who pursue her need to tire themselves out,
    for in her month^[a] they’ll find her.”

²⁵“Don’t run until your feet are bare
and your throat is dry.^[b]
But you say, ‘It’s hopeless!
Because I love foreign gods,^[c] I’ll go after them!’”

²⁶“As a thief is disgraced when he’s caught,
so the house of Israel is disgraced—
they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,

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Jeremiah 2:24 I.e. at mating time
Jeremiah 2:25 Lit. Hold back your feet from being bare and your throat from being dry
Jeremiah 2:25 Or foreigners

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Jeremiah 2:24-26

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