<vn='1'>Moreover the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="7121">cry</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; I <sn="2142">remember</s> thee, the <sn="2617">kindness</s> of thy <sn="5271">youth</s>, the <sn="160">love</s> of thine <sn="3623">espousals</s>, when thou <sn="1980">wentest</s><sn="310">after</s> me in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, in a <sn="776">land</s> that was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2232">sown</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3478">Israel</s> was <sn="6944">holiness</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="7225">firstfruits</s> of his <sn="8393">increase</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="398">devour</s> him shall <sn="816">offend</s>; <sn="7451">evil</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">upon</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="8085">Hear</s> ye the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4940">families</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s> have your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="4672">found</s> in me, <sn="3588">that</s> they are gone <sn="7368">far</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> me, and have <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1892">vanity</s>, and are become <sn="1891">vain</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3808">Neither</s><sn="559">said</s> they, <sn="346">Where</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s> that brought us <sn="5927 *853">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, that <sn="1980">led</s> us through the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, through a <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="6160">deserts</s> and of <sn="7745">pits</s>, through a <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="6723">drought</s>, and of the shadow of <sn="6757">death</s>, through a <sn="776">land</s> that <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> passed <sn="5674">through</s>, and <sn="8033">where</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s>? </v>
<vn='7'>And I <sn="935">brought</s> you <sn="413">into</s> a <sn="3759">plentiful</s><sn="776">country</s>, to <sn="398">eat</s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> thereof and the <sn="2898">goodness</s> thereof; but when ye <sn="935">entered</s>, ye <sn="2930">defiled</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7760">made</s> mine <sn="5159">heritage</s> an <sn="8441">abomination</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="346">Where</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? and they that <sn="8610">handle</s> the <sn="8451">law</s><sn="3045">knew</s> me <sn="3808">not</s>: the <sn="7462">pastors</s> also <sn="6586">transgressed</s> against me, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s> by <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="310">after</s> things that do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3276">profit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s> I will <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="7378">plead</s><sn="854">with</s> you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="854">with</s> your <sn="1121">children</s> 's <sn="1121">children</s> will I <sn="7378">plead</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> pass <sn="5674">over</s> the <sn="339">isles</s> of <sn="3794">Chittim</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s>; and <sn="7971">send</s> unto <sn="6938">Kedar</s>, and <sn="995">consider</s><sn="3966">diligently</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s> if there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="2063">such</s> a thing. </v>
<vn='11'>Hath a <sn="1471">nation</s><sn="4171">changed</s> their <sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="1992">which</s> are yet <sn="3808">no</s><sn="430">gods</s>? but my <sn="5971">people</s> have <sn="4171">changed</s> their <sn="3519">glory</s> for that which doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3276">profit</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Be <sn="8074">astonished</s>, O ye <sn="8064">heavens</s>, <sn="5921">at</s><sn="2063">this</s>, and be horribly <sn="8175">afraid</s>, be ye <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2717">desolate</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s> my <sn="5971">people</s> have <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="7451">evils</s>; they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me the <sn="4726">fountain</s> of <sn="2416">living</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, and hewed them <sn="2672">out</s><sn="877">cisterns</s>, <sn="7665">broken</s><sn="877">cisterns</s>, <sn="834">that</s> can <sn="3557">hold</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='14'> Is <sn="3478">Israel</s> a <sn="5650">servant</s>? is <sn="1931">he</s> a <sn="1004 3211">homeborn</s> slave? <sn="4069">why</s><sn="1961">is</s> he <sn="957">spoiled</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>The young <sn="3715">lions</s><sn="7580">roared</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and <sn="5414 6963">yelled</s>, and they <sn="7896">made</s> his <sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">waste</s>: his <sn="5892">cities</s> are <sn="3341">burned</s><sn="4480 1097">without</s><sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1571">Also</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5297">Noph</s> and <sn="8471">Tahapanes</s> have <sn="7462">broken</s> the crown of thy <sn="6936">head</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">procured</s><sn="2063">this</s> unto thyself, in that thou hast <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="6256">when</s> he <sn="1980">led</s> thee by the <sn="1870">way</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="4100">what</s> hast thou to do in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, to <sn="8354">drink</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> of <sn="7883">Sihor</s>? or <sn="4100">what</s> hast thou to do in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, to <sn="8354">drink</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> of the <sn="5104">river</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>Thine own <sn="7451">wickedness</s> shall <sn="3256">correct</s> thee, and thy <sn="4878">backslidings</s> shall <sn="3198">reprove</s> thee: <sn="3045">know</s> therefore and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3588">that</s> it is an <sn="7451">evil</s> thing and <sn="4751">bitter</s>, that thou hast <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, and that my <sn="6345">fear</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">in</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">For</s> of old <sn="4480 5769">time</s> I have <sn="7665">broken</s> thy <sn="5923">yoke</s>, and <sn="5423">burst</s> thy <sn="4147">bands</s>; and thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5674">transgress</s>; <sn="3588">when</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="1364">high</s><sn="1389">hill</s> and <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="6808">wanderest</s>, playing the <sn="2181">harlot</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Yet <sn="595">I</s> had <sn="5193">planted</s> thee a noble <sn="8321">vine</s>, <sn="3605">wholly</s> a <sn="571">right</s><sn="2233">seed</s>: <sn="349">how</s> then art thou <sn="2015">turned</s> into the <sn="5494">degenerate</s> plant of a <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="1612">vine</s> unto me? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">though</s> thou <sn="3526">wash</s> thee with <sn="5427">niter</s>, and take thee <sn="7235">much</s><sn="1287">soap</s>, yet thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s> is <sn="3799">marked</s><sn="6440">before</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="349">How</s> canst thou <sn="559">say</s>, I am <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2930">polluted</s>, I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">gone</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1168">Baalim</s>? <sn="7200">see</s> thy <sn="1870">way</s> in the <sn="1516">valley</s>, <sn="3045">know</s><sn="4100">what</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s>: thou art a <sn="7031">swift</s><sn="1072">dromedary</s><sn="8308">traversing</s> her <sn="1870">ways</s>; </v>
<vn='24'>A wild <sn="6501">ass</s><sn="3928">used</s> to the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, that snuffeth <sn="7602">up</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s> at her <sn="185 5315">pleasure</s>; in her <sn="8385">occasion</s><sn="4310">who</s> can turn her <sn="7725">away</s>? <sn="3605">all</s> they that <sn="1245">seek</s> her will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3286">weary</s> themselves; in her <sn="2320">month</s> they shall <sn="4672">find</s> her. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="4513">Withhold</s> thy <sn="7272">foot</s> from being <sn="4480 3182">unshod</s>, and thy <sn="1627">throat</s> from <sn="4480 6773">thirst</s>: but thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, There is no <sn="2976">hope</s>: <sn="3808">no</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="157">loved</s><sn="2114">strangers</s>, and <sn="310">after</s> them will I <sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>As the <sn="1590">thief</s> is <sn="1322">ashamed</s><sn="3588">when</s> he is <sn="4672">found</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> is the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="954">ashamed</s>; <sn="1992">they</s>, their <sn="4428">kings</s>, their <sn="8269">princes</s>, and their <sn="3548">priests</s>, and their <sn="5030">prophets</s>, </v>
<vn='27'><sn="559">Saying</s> to a <sn="6086">stock</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> art my <sn="1">father</s>; and to a <sn="68">stone</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> hast brought me <sn="3205">forth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="6437">turned</s> their <sn="6203">back</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and <sn="3808">not</s> their <sn="6440">face</s>: but in the <sn="6256">time</s> of their <sn="7451">trouble</s> they will <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, and <sn="3467">save</s> us. </v>
<vn='28'>But <sn="346">where</s> are thy <sn="430">gods</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">made</s> thee? let them <sn="6965">arise</s>, <sn="518">if</s> they can <sn="3467">save</s> thee in the <sn="6256">time</s> of thy <sn="7451">trouble</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> according to the <sn="4557">number</s> of thy <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="1961">are</s> thy <sn="430">gods</s>, O <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> will ye <sn="7378">plead</s><sn="413">with</s> me? ye <sn="3605">all</s> have <sn="6586">transgressed</s> against me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>In <sn="7723">vain</s> have I <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1121">children</s>; they <sn="3947">received</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4148">correction</s>: your own <sn="2719">sword</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> your <sn="5030">prophets</s>, like a <sn="7843">destroying</s><sn="738">lion</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>O <sn="1755">generation</s>, <sn="7200">see</s><sn="859">ye</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. Have I <sn="1961">been</s> a <sn="4057">wilderness</s> unto <sn="3478">Israel</s>? a <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3991">darkness</s>? <sn="4069">wherefore</s><sn="559">say</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, We are <sn="7300">lords</s>; we will <sn="935">come</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee? </v>
<vn='32'>Can a <sn="1330">maid</s><sn="7911">forget</s> her <sn="5716">ornaments</s>, or a <sn="3618">bride</s> her <sn="7196">attire</s>? yet my <sn="5971">people</s> have <sn="7911">forgotten</s> me <sn="3117">days</s><sn="369">without</s><sn="4557">number</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="3190">trimmest</s> thou thy <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="160">love</s>? <sn="3651">therefore</s> hast thou <sn="1571">also</s><sn="3925">taught</s><sn="*853"></s> the wicked <sn="7451">ones</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1870">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1571">Also</s> in thy <sn="3671">skirts</s> is <sn="4672">found</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> of the <sn="5315">souls</s> of the <sn="34">poor</s><sn="5355">innocents</s>: I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">found</s> it by secret <sn="4290">search</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>Yet thou <sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s> I am <sn="5352">innocent</s>, <sn="389">surely</s> his <sn="639">anger</s> shall <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="4480">from</s> me. <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will plead <sn="8199">with</s> thee, <sn="5921">because</s> thou <sn="559">sayest</s>, I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2398">sinned</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="235">gaddest</s> thou about so <sn="3966">much</s> to <sn="8138">change</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1870">way</s>? thou <sn="1571">also</s> shalt be <sn="954">ashamed</s> of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thou wast <sn="954">ashamed</s> of <sn="4480 804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="1571">Yea</s>, thou shalt go <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="4480 854">from</s><sn="2088">him</s>, and thine <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thine <sn="7218">head</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3988">rejected</s> thy <sn="4009">confidences</s>, and thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6743">prosper</s> in them. </v>