Jeremiah 2:11-23
New American Standard Bible
11 Has a nation changed gods,
When (A)they were not gods?
But My people have (B)exchanged their glory
For that which is of no benefit.
12 Be appalled at this, (C)you heavens,
And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the Lord.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned Me,
The (D)fountain of living waters,
To carve out for themselves (E)cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That do not hold water.
14 “Is Israel (F)a slave? Or is he a servant born in the home?
Why has he become plunder?
15 The young (G)lions have roared at him,
They have [a]roared loudly.
And they have (H)made his land a waste;
His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
16 Also the [b]men of (I)Memphis and Tahpanhes
Have [c]shaved (J)your head.
17 Have you not (K)done this to yourself
By your abandoning the Lord your God
When He (L)led you in the way?
18 But now what are you doing (M)on the road to Egypt,
Except to drink the waters of the [d](N)Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
Except to drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
19 (O)Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your (P)apostasies will punish you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and (Q)bitter
For you to abandon the Lord your God,
And (R)the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [e]God of armies.
20 “For long ago [f](S)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (T)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.
21 Yet I (U)planted you as a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the (V)degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
22 Although you (W)wash yourself with lye
And [g]use much soap,
The (X)stain of your guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord [h]God.
23 “(Y)How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after the (Z)Baals’?
Look at your way in the (AA)valley!
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel (AB)running about senselessly on her ways,
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:15 Lit given their voice
- Jeremiah 2:16 Lit sons
- Jeremiah 2:16 Lit grazed
- Jeremiah 2:18 Heb Shihor
- Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Jeremiah 2:20 Or you
- Jeremiah 2:22 Lit acquire much soap for yourself
- Jeremiah 2:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Ezekiel 13:1-16
New American Standard Bible
False Prophets Condemned
13 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the (A)prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own [a]inspiration, ‘(B)Listen to the word of the Lord! 3 This is what the Lord [b]God says: “Woe to the (C)foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have (D)seen nothing! 4 Israel, your prophets have been like jackals among ruins. 5 You have not (E)gone up into the (F)breaches, nor did you build up a stone wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the (G)day of the Lord. 6 They see (H)deceit and lying divination, those who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; (I)yet they wait for the fulfillment of their word! 7 (J)Did you not see a false vision and tell a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have spoken deceit and have seen a lie, therefore behold, (K)I am against you,” declares the Lord God. 9 “So My hand will be against the (L)prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will [c]have no place in the council of My people, (M)nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, [d]so that you may know that I am the Lord God. 10 It is definitely because they have (N)misled My people by saying, ‘(O)Peace!’ when there is (P)no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; 11 so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A (Q)flooding rain will come, and you, hailstones, will fall, and a violent wind will break out. 12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’” 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and (R)hailstones to consume it in wrath. 14 So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and hurl it down to the ground, so that its (S)foundation is exposed; and when it falls, you will (T)perish in its midst. And you will (U)know that I am the Lord. 15 So I will expend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, ‘The wall [e]is gone and those who plastered it are gone, 16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who (V)see a vision of peace for her when there is (W)no peace,’ declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 13:2 Lit heart
- Ezekiel 13:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 13:9 Lit not be in
- Ezekiel 13:9 Or and you will know
- Ezekiel 13:15 Lit is not...are not
Ezekiel 13:22
New American Standard Bible
22 Because you (A)disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him pain, but you have [a](B)encouraged the wicked not to (C)turn from his wicked way to keep him alive,
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- Ezekiel 13:22 Lit strengthened the hands of
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