Jeremiah 2:20
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20 For long ago you broke your yoke
and burst your bonds,
and you said, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you sprawled and prostituted yourself.(A)
Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness
so that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil schemes
lodge within you?(A)
Jeremiah 5:7
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7 How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of prostitutes.(A)
Jeremiah 5:8
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8 They were well-fed lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.(A)
Jeremiah 11:15
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15 What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds? Can vows[a] and sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?(A)
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- 11.15 Gk: Heb Can many
Hosea 8:5
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5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?(A)
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