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And I brought you to the land of the orchard,
    to eat its fruit, and its good things.[a]
But you entered and defiled my land,
    and my inheritance you made a detestable thing.[b]
The priests did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’
    and those who handle the law did not know me,
and the shepherds have rebelled against me,[c]
    and the prophets prophesied by Baal,
and they went after things which do not profit.

The Unfaithfulness of Contemporary Israel

Therefore[d] I again bring a lawsuit against you,” declares[e] Yahweh,
    “and with your children[f] I bring a lawsuit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:7 Hebrew “good thing”
  2. Jeremiah 2:7 Or “abomination”
  3. Jeremiah 2:8 Literally “broken with me”
  4. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “To thus”
  5. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “sons of your sons”