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Israel Accused of Apostasy
1The word of the Lord came to me:
2“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:
your love as a bride —
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
the firstfruits of his harvest.2:3 Jms 1:18
All who ate of it found themselves guilty;2:3 Gn 12:3; Ps 105:14–15; Is 41:11
disaster came on them.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
4Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob
and all families of the house of Israel.
5This is what the Lord says:
that they went so far from me,
who brought us from the land of Egypt,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
through a land of drought and darkness,2:6 Or shadow of death
a land no one traveled through
and where no one lived?”
to eat its fruit and bounty,
you made my inheritance2:7 Jr 16:18 detestable.
8The priests quit asking, “Where is the Lord?”
and followed useless idols.2:8 Hab 2:8
9Therefore, I will bring a case against you again.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Send someone to Kedar2:10 Ps 120:5 and consider carefully;
see if there has ever been anything like this:
Yet my people have exchanged their2:11 Alt Hb tradition reads my Glory
be shocked and utterly desolated!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
13For my people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned me,2:13 Jdg 10:13
and dug cisterns for themselves —
Consequences of Apostasy
14Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?2:14 Lit born of a house
Why else has he become a prey?
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.2:15 Is 1:7
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
have also broken your skull.
by abandoning the Lord your God
while he was leading you along the way?
18Now what will you gain
to drink the water of the Nile?2:18 Lit of Shihor
What will you gain
by traveling along the way to Assyria2:18 Hs 7:11
to drink the water of the Euphrates?2:18 Is 8:7
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Recognize2:19 Lit Know and see how evil and bitter2:19 Jr 4:18 it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of me.
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
I2:20 LXX reads you tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?2:21 Is 5:4
22Even if you wash with lye
the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me.2:22 Ps 90:8
This is the Lord God’s declaration.
23How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
Look at your behavior in the valley;
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become weary;
they will find her in her mating season.2:24 Lit her month
25Keep your feet from going bare
and your throat from thirst.
But you say, “It’s hopeless;2:25 Jr 18:12
and I will continue to follow them.”
26Like the shame of a thief when he is caught,
They, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets2:26 Ezr 9:7
27say to a tree, “You are my father,”
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to me
yet in their time of disaster2:27 Jdg 10:9–10; Is 26:16 they beg,
“Rise up and save us!”
28But where are your gods you made for yourself?
Let them rise up and save you2:28 Dt 32:37–38; Jdg 10:14; Is 45:20
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Judgment Deserved
All of you have rebelled against me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
30I have struck down your children in vain;
Your own sword has devoured your prophets2:30 Mt 23:34
like a ravaging lion.
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
Why do my people claim,
“We will go where we want;2:31 Or “We have taken control, or “We can roam
we will no longer come to you”?
or a bride her wedding sash?
for countless days.
33How skillfully you pursue love;
you also teach evil women your ways.
34Moreover, your skirts are stained
You did not catch them breaking and entering.2:34 Ex 22:2
But in spite of all these things
His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
But I will certainly judge you
constantly changing your ways!
You will be put to shame by Egypt2:36 Is 30:3
just as you were put to shame by Assyria.
37Moreover, you will be led out from here
with your hands on your head2:37 2Sm 13:19
you will not succeed even with their help.2:37 Lit with them
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