31 “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We [a]are lords;
(A)We will come no more to You’?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people (B)have forgotten Me days without number.

33 “Why do you beautify your way to seek love?
Therefore you have also taught
The wicked women your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
(C)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by [b]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
35 (D)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, (E)I will plead My case against you,
(F)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 (G)Why do you gad about so much to change your way?
Also (H)you shall be ashamed of Egypt (I)as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on (J)your head;
For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will (K)not prosper by them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:31 have dominion
  2. Jeremiah 2:34 digging

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