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Jeremiah Chapter 2

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 2 records the Lord's indictment of faithless Israel, recalling the devotion of her youth when she followed Him in the wilderness, and asking what fault the people found in Him that they went far from Him after vanity. It exposes their apostasy—exchanging the fountain of living waters for broken cisterns, a noble vine turned into a degenerate plant, and a nation that has forgotten God as many days as the heavens are old. The chapter closes with the Lord's grief that Israel turns here and there to Egypt and Assyria in shame, and a declaration that He has rejected their confidences so that they will not prosper.

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(1) Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Jeremiah 1:11Jeremiah 7:1Jeremiah 23:28Ezekiel 7:1Hebrews 1:1II Peter 1:21

(2) Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
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Jeremiah 7:2Jeremiah 11:6Jeremiah 19:2Proverbs 1:20Proverbs 8:1Proverbs 8:2Proverbs 8:3Proverbs 8:4Isaiah 58:1Hosea 8:1Jonah 1:2Matthew 11:15

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Luke 6:32Psalms 25:7Leviticus 26:42Song of Solomon 1:4Proverbs 21:13Hosea 3:1

(3) Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
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Exodus 19:5Exodus 19:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 14:2Deuteronomy 26:19Zechariah 14:20Zechariah 14:21Ephesians 1:4I Peter 2:9Exodus 22:29Exodus 23:16Numbers 18:12

(4) Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
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Jeremiah 5:21Jeremiah 7:2Jeremiah 13:15Jeremiah 19:3Jeremiah 34:4Jeremiah 44:24Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 44:26Isaiah 51:1Isaiah 51:2Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 51:4

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Numbers 26:42

(5) Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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Jeremiah 2:31Isaiah 5:3Isaiah 5:4Isaiah 43:22Isaiah 43:23Micah 6:2Micah 6:3Jeremiah 12:2Isaiah 29:13Ezekiel 11:15Matthew 15:8Jeremiah 10:8

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Leviticus 26:40Malachi 2:6Ecclesiastes 1:2

(6) Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
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Jeremiah 2:8Jeremiah 5:2Judges 6:13II Kings 2:14Job 35:10Psalms 77:5Isaiah 64:7Exodus 14:1Exodus 14:2Exodus 14:3Exodus 14:4Exodus 14:5

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Deuteronomy 2:8I Samuel 9:4II Samuel 15:23Numbers 33:8Judges 11:29Deuteronomy 8:15

(7) And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
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Numbers 13:27Numbers 14:7Numbers 14:8Deuteronomy 6:10Deuteronomy 6:11Deuteronomy 6:18Deuteronomy 8:7Deuteronomy 8:8Deuteronomy 8:9Deuteronomy 11:11Deuteronomy 11:12Nehemiah 9:25

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Deuteronomy 22:9Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Hosea 10:1

(8) The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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Jeremiah 2:6Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 8:11Jeremiah 23:9Jeremiah 23:10Jeremiah 23:11Jeremiah 23:12Jeremiah 23:13Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:15I Samuel 2:12

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II Kings 10:19I Samuel 10:11Jeremiah 23:13I Kings 18:19II Kings 10:21II Kings 10:23

(9) Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
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Jeremiah 2:29Jeremiah 2:35Isaiah 3:13Isaiah 43:26Ezekiel 20:35Ezekiel 20:36Hosea 2:2Micah 6:2Exodus 20:5Leviticus 20:5

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Judges 6:31Hosea 2:2

(10) For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
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Genesis 10:4Genesis 10:5Numbers 24:24I Chronicles 1:7I Chronicles 23:1I Chronicles 23:12Psalms 120:5Ezekiel 27:6Daniel 11:30Genesis 25:13Jeremiah 18:13Jeremiah 18:14

(11) Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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Jeremiah 2:5Micah 4:5I Peter 1:18Jeremiah 16:20Psalms 115:4Isaiah 37:19I Corinthians 8:4Jeremiah 2:8Deuteronomy 33:29Psalms 3:3Psalms 106:20Romans 1:23

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Judges 10:6Exodus 20:23Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16Numbers 25:2Deuteronomy 6:14

(12) Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 6:19Jeremiah 22:29Deuteronomy 32:1Isaiah 1:2Micah 6:2Matthew 27:45Matthew 27:50Matthew 27:51Matthew 27:52Matthew 27:53

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Psalms 148:4Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Jeremiah 12:11Ezekiel 29:12

(13) For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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Jeremiah 2:31Jeremiah 2:32Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 5:26Jeremiah 5:31Psalms 81:11Psalms 81:12Psalms 81:13Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 5:13Isaiah 63:8Micah 2:8

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Jeremiah 17:13Ecclesiastes 12:6Genesis 1:6Leviticus 11:10Joshua 3:13Song of Solomon 4:15

(14) Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
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Exodus 4:22Isaiah 50:1Genesis 15:3Ecclesiastes 2:7

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I Samuel 1:8

(15) The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 5:6Jeremiah 25:30Jeremiah 50:17Judges 14:5Job 4:10Psalms 57:4Isaiah 5:29Hosea 5:14Hosea 11:10Hosea 13:7Hosea 13:8Amos 3:4

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Deuteronomy 22:6Ezekiel 19:2Nahum 2:11

(16) Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
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II Kings 18:21II Kings 23:33Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3Isaiah 30:4Isaiah 30:5Isaiah 30:6Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 31:2Isaiah 31:3Jeremiah 46:14

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(17) Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 4:18Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:19Leviticus 26:20Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24

(18) And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
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Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 37:5Jeremiah 37:6Jeremiah 37:7Jeremiah 37:8Jeremiah 37:9Jeremiah 37:10Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3Isaiah 30:4Isaiah 30:5

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Genesis 1:6Exodus 7:20Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4Ezekiel 47:5Genesis 1:7

(19) Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Jeremiah 2:17Proverbs 1:31Proverbs 5:22Isaiah 3:9Isaiah 5:5Isaiah 50:1Hosea 5:5Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:7Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:11Jeremiah 3:12

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Jeremiah 44:9Zechariah 1:3

(20) For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
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Jeremiah 30:8Exodus 3:8Leviticus 26:13Deuteronomy 4:20Deuteronomy 4:34Deuteronomy 15:15Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 10:27Isaiah 14:25Nahum 1:13Exodus 19:8Exodus 24:3

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Ezekiel 17:24Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 34:27Joel 1:12II Kings 24:2Psalms 68:15

(21) Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
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Exodus 15:17Psalms 44:2Psalms 80:8Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 5:2Isaiah 60:21Isaiah 61:3Matthew 21:33Mark 12:1Luke 20:9John 15:1Genesis 18:19

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Ezekiel 17:6Genesis 49:11Deuteronomy 32:32Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Haggai 2:19

(22) For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
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Job 9:30Job 9:31Jeremiah 16:17Jeremiah 17:1Deuteronomy 32:34Job 14:17Psalms 90:8Psalms 130:3Hosea 13:12Amos 8:7

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Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(23) How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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Jeremiah 2:34Jeremiah 2:35Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:13I Samuel 15:13I Samuel 15:14Psalms 36:2Proverbs 28:13Proverbs 30:12Proverbs 30:20Luke 10:29Romans 3:19

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Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16

(24) A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
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Jeremiah 14:6Job 11:12Job 39:5Job 39:6Job 39:7Job 39:8Jeremiah 2:27Hosea 5:15

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Esther 3:7Job 39:5Ezekiel 33:11Ecclesiastes 8:17Daniel 6:4Numbers 22:23

(25) Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
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Jeremiah 13:22Deuteronomy 28:48Isaiah 20:2Isaiah 20:3Isaiah 20:4Lamentations 4:4Hosea 2:3Luke 15:22Luke 16:24Jeremiah 18:12Isaiah 57:10Jeremiah 3:13

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Romans 8:24I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2I Corinthians 9:10

(26) As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
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Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 3:24Jeremiah 3:25Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 6:31Isaiah 1:29Romans 6:21Jeremiah 32:32Ezra 9:7Nehemiah 9:32Nehemiah 9:33Nehemiah 9:34

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Psalms 6:10Psalms 25:3Psalms 31:17Isaiah 44:11Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 6:15

(27) Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
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Jeremiah 10:8Psalms 115:4Psalms 115:5Psalms 115:6Psalms 115:7Psalms 115:8Isaiah 44:9Isaiah 44:10Isaiah 44:11Isaiah 44:12Isaiah 44:13Isaiah 44:14

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II Kings 1:5Isaiah 28:16Psalms 78:57Jeremiah 46:5Jeremiah 2:28

(28) But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
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Deuteronomy 32:37Judges 10:14II Kings 3:13Isaiah 45:20Isaiah 46:2Isaiah 46:7Jeremiah 11:13II Kings 17:30II Kings 17:31Hosea 10:1

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Judges 10:6Joshua 22:22Exodus 20:23Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16Numbers 25:2

(29) Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:35Jeremiah 3:2Jeremiah 5:1Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 9:2Jeremiah 9:3Jeremiah 9:4Jeremiah 9:5Jeremiah 9:6Daniel 9:11Romans 3:19

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(30) In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Jeremiah 5:3Jeremiah 6:29Jeremiah 6:30Jeremiah 7:28Jeremiah 31:18II Chronicles 28:22Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 9:13Ezekiel 24:13Zephaniah 3:2Revelation 9:20Revelation 9:21

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Ezekiel 22:25

(31) O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
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Amos 1:1Micah 6:9Jeremiah 2:5Jeremiah 2:6II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 12:9II Chronicles 31:10Nehemiah 9:21Nehemiah 9:22Nehemiah 9:23Nehemiah 9:24

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Job 10:22Matthew 6:23I John 2:11

(32) Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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Jeremiah 2:11Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:30Genesis 24:53II Samuel 1:24Psalms 45:13Psalms 45:14Isaiah 61:10Ezekiel 16:10Ezekiel 16:11Ezekiel 16:12Ezekiel 16:13

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(33) Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
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Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 3:1Jeremiah 3:2Isaiah 57:7Isaiah 57:8Isaiah 57:9Isaiah 57:10Hosea 2:5Hosea 2:6Hosea 2:7Hosea 2:13

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(34) Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
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Jeremiah 7:31Jeremiah 19:4II Kings 21:16II Kings 24:4Psalms 106:37Psalms 106:38Isaiah 57:5Isaiah 59:7Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 16:21Ezekiel 20:31Jeremiah 6:15

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(35) Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
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Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:29Job 33:9Proverbs 28:13Isaiah 58:3Romans 7:9Jeremiah 2:9I John 1:8I John 1:9I John 1:10

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(36) Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
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Jeremiah 2:18Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:33Jeremiah 31:22Hosea 5:13Hosea 7:11Hosea 12:1Jeremiah 37:7Isaiah 20:5Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3

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Psalms 6:10Psalms 25:3Psalms 31:17Isaiah 44:11Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 6:15

(37) Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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II Samuel 13:19Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 17:5Jeremiah 37:7Jeremiah 37:8Jeremiah 37:9Jeremiah 37:10Isaiah 10:4Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:17Ezekiel 17:18

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