1 God having shewed his former kindness, expostulates with the Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt
14 They are the causes of their own calamities
18 The sins and idolatries of Judah
35 Her confidence is rejected.

the word Jer 1:11 7:1 23:28 Eze 7:1 Heb 1:1 2Pe 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.

cry Jer 7:2 11:6 19:2 Pr 1:20 8:1-4 Isa 58:1 Ho 8:1 Jon 1:2 Mt 11:15 Lu 12:13

thee. or, for thy sake. the kindness Ex 14:31 15:1-20 Eze 16:8,22,60 23:3,8,19 Ho 2:15

thine espousals Ex 24:3-8 So 3:11 Ex 16:8

when Jer 2:6 De 2:7 8:2,15,16 Ne 9:12-21 Isa 63:7-14

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.

holiness Ex 19:5,6 De 7:6 14:2 26:19 Zec 14:20,21 Eph 1:4 1Pe 2:9

the first-fruits Ex 22:29 23:16 Nu 18:12 Am 6:1 Ro 11:16 16:5 Jas 1:18 Re 14:4

all that Jer 12:14 50:7 Ex 4:22,23 Ps 81:14,15 105:14,15,25-36 Isa 41:11 47:6 Joe 1:3,7,8 Zec 1:15 2:8 12:2-5 Ac 9:4,5

4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

hear ye Jer 5:21 7:2 13:15 19:3 34:4 44:24-26 Isa 51:1-4 Ho 4:1 Mic 5:1

all the families Jer 31:1 33:24

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?

what Jer 2:31 Isa 5:3,4 43:22,23 Mic 6:2,3

are gone Jer 12:2 Isa 29:13 Eze 11:15 Mt 15:8

walked Jer 10:8,14,15 14:22 De 32:21 1Sa 12:21 2Ki 17:15 Jon 2:8 Ac 14:15

and are Jer 51:17,18 Ps 115:8 Isa 44:9 Ro 1:21

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?

where Jer 2:8 5:2 Jud 6:13 2Ki 2:14 Job 35:10 Isa 64:7

brought us up Ex 14:1 15:1 Isa 63:9,11-13 Ho 12:13 13:4

led us Jer 2:2 De 8:14-16 32:10

the shadow Job 3:5 10:21,22 Ps 23:4 Mt 4:16

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.

brought Nu 13:27 14:7,8 De 6:10,11,18 8:7-9 11:11,12 Ne 9:25 Eze 20:6

a plentiful country. or, the land of Carmel. ye defiled Jer 3:1,9 16:18 Le 18:24-28 Nu 35:33,34 De 21:23 Ps 78:58,59 106:38,39 Eze 36:17 Mic 2:10

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.

priests Jer 2:6 5:31 8:10,11 2:9-15 1Sa 2:12 Isa 28:7 29:10 56:9-12 Ho 4:6

and they that Jer 8:8,9 De 33:10 Mal 2:6-9 Lu 11:52 Joh 8:55 16:3 Ro 2:17-24 2Co 4:2

the pastors Jer 10:21 12:10 23:1,2

prophets Jer 23:13 1Ki 18:29,22,40

do not Jer 2:11 7:8 1Sa 12:21 Isa 30:5 Hab 2:18 Mt 16:26

9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

I will Jer 2:29,35 Isa 3:13 43:26 Eze 20:35,36 Ho 2:2 Mic 6:2

with your Ex 20:5 Le 20:5

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.

over. or, over to. the isles Ge 10:4,5 Nu 24:24 1Ch 1:7 23:1,12 Ps 120:5 Eze 27:6 Da 11:30

Kedar Ge 25:13

and see Jer 18:13,14 Jud 19:30 1Co 5:1

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.

a nation Jer 2:5 Mic 4:5 1Pe 1:18

no gods Jer 16:20 Ps 115:4 Isa 37:19 1Co 8:4

changed their glory Jer 2:8 De 33:29 Ps 3:3 106:20 Ro 1:23

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

Jer 6:19 22:29 De 32:1 Isa 1:2 Mic 6:2 Mt 27:45,50-53

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.

for my Jer 2:31,32 4:22 5:26,31 Ps 81:11-13 Isa 1:3 5:13 63:8 Mic 2:8 6:3

forsaken Jer 2:17 1:16 15:6 Jud 10:13 1Sa 12:10

the fountain Jer 17:13 18:14 Ps 36:9 Joh 4:14 7:37 Re 21:6 22:1,17

broken cisterns Jer 2:11,26 Ps 115:4-8 146:3,4 Ec 1:2,14 2:11,21,26 4:4 12:8 Isa 44:9-20 46:6,7 55:2 2Pe 2:17

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Israel Ex 4:22 Isa 50:1

he a home-born Ge 15:3 Ec 2:7

spoiled. Heb. become a spoil

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

young lions Jer 5:6 25:30 50:17 Jud 14:5 Job 4:10 Ps 57:4 Isa 5:29 Ho 5:14 11:10 13:7,8 Am 3:4,8,13 Na 2:11

yelled. Heb. gave out their voice. they made Isa 1:7 24:1 Eze 5:14

his cities Jer 4:7 9:11 26:9 33:10 34:22 44:22 Isa 5:9 6:11 Zep 1:18 2:5 3:6

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

also the 2Ki 18:21 23:33 Isa 30:1-6 31:1-3

Noph Jer 46:14,19 Isa 19:13 Eze 30:13,16

Tahapanes Jer 43:7-9 44:1 46:14

have broken the crown. or, feed on thy crown De 33:20 Isa 1:6,7 8:8

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

hast thou Jer 2:19 4:18 Le 26:15 Nu 32:23 De 28:15 Job 4:8 Isa 11:4 Ho 13:9

in that Jer 2:13 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 7:19,20

when he De 32:19 Ps 77:20 78:53,54 107:7 136:16 Isa 63:11-14

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?

what hast Jer 2:36 37:5-10 Isa 30:1-7 31:1 La 4:17 Eze 17:15 Ho 7:11

Sihor Jos 13:3

or what hast 2Ki 16:7-9 2Ch 28:20,21 Ho 5:13

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.

thine Jer 2:17 Pr 1:31 5:22 Isa 3:9 5:5 50:1 Ho 5:5

and thy Jer 3:6-8,11-14 5:6 8:5 Ho 4:16 11:7 14:1 Zec 7:11

bitter Jer 4:18 Job 20:11-16 Am 8:10

and that my Jer 5:22 36:23,24 Ps 36:1 Ro 3:18

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.

for of Jer 30:8 Ex 3:8 Le 26:13 De 4:20,34 15:15 Isa 9:4 10:27 14:25 Na 1:13

and thou saidst Ex 19:8 24:3 De 5:27 26:17 Jos 1:16 24:26-24 1Sa 12:10

transgress. or, serve. when upon Jer 3:6 De 12:2 1Ki 12:32 Ps 78:58 Isa 57:5-7 Eze 16:24,25,31 20:28

playing Jer 3:1,6-8 Ex 34:14-16 De 12:2 Isa 1:21 Eze 16:15,16,28,41 23:5 Ho 2:5 3:3

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?

yet I Ex 15:17 Ps 44:2 80:8 Isa 5:11,2 60:21 61:3 Mt 21:33 Mr 12:1 Lu 20:9 Joh 15:1

wholly Ge 18:19 26:3-5 32:28 De 4:37 Jos 24:31 Ps 105:6 Isa 41:8

into the degenerate De 32:32 Isa 1:21 5:4 La 4:1

22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

for though Job 9:30,31

yet thine iniquity Jer 16:17 17:1 De 32:34 Job 14:17 Ps 90:8 130:3 Ho 13:12 Am 8:7

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;

how canst Jer 2:34,35 Ge 3:12,13 1Sa 15:13,14 Ps 36:2 Pr 28:13 30:12,20 Lu 10:29 Ro 3:19 1Jo 1:8-10 Re 3:17,18

see Jer 3:2 Ps 50:21 Eze 16:1 23:1

valley Jer 7:31 Isa 57:5,6

thou art a swift. or, O swift Es 8:16

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.

a wild ass. or, O wild ass Jer 14:6 Job 11:12 39:5-8

used. Heb. taught. her pleasure. Heb. the desire of her heart
turn her away. or, reverse it. in her mouth Jer 2:27 Ho 5:15

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.

withhold Jer 13:22 De 28:48 Isa 20:2-4 La 4:4 Ho 2:3 Lu 15:22 16:24

there is no hope. or, is the case desperate? Jer 18:12 Isa 57:10

for I have Jer 3:13 Isa 2:6

after Jer 44:17 De 29:19,20 32:16 2Ch 28:22 Ro 2:4,5 8:24

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.

the thief Jer 2:36 3:24,25 Pr 6:30,31 Isa 1:29 Ro 6:21

their kings Jer 32:32 Ezr 9:7 Ne 9:32-34 Da 9:6-8

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.

to a stock Jer 10:8 Ps 115:4-8 Isa 44:9-20 46:6-8 Hab 2:18,19

brought me forth. or, begotten me. for they Eze 8:16 23:35

their back. Heb. the hinder part of the neck. but in the time Jer 2:24 22:23 Jud 10:8-16 Ps 78:34-37 Isa 26:16 Ho 5:15 7:14

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.

but where De 32:37 Jud 10:14 2Ki 3:13 Isa 45:20 46:2,7

trouble. Heb. evil. to the number Jer 11:13 2Ki 17:30,31 Ho 10:1

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

will ye plead Jer 2:23,35 3:2

ye all have Jer 5:1 6:13 9:2-6 Da 9:11 Ro 3:19

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

in vain Jer 5:2 6:29,30 7:28 31:18 2Ch 28:22 Isa 1:5 9:13 Eze 24:13 Zep 3:2 Re 9:20,21 16:9

your own sword Jer 26:20-24 1Ki 19:10,14 2Ch 24:21 36:16 Ne 9:26 Mt 21:35,36 23:29,34-37 Mr 12:2-8 Lu 11:47-51 13:33,34 Ac 7:52 1Th 2:15

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?

see ye Am 1:1 Mic 6:9

have I been Jer 2:5,6 2Sa 12:7-9 2Ch 31:10 Ne 9:21-25 Ho 2:7,8 Mal 3:9-11

we are lords. Heb. we have dominion De 8:12-14 31:20 32:15 Ps 10:4 12:4 Pr 30:9 Ho 13:6 1Co 4:8 Re 3:15-17

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

a maid Jer 2:11 Ge 24:22,30,53 2Sa 1:24 Ps 45:13,14 Isa 61:10 Eze 16:10-13 1Pe 3:3-5 Re 21:2

yet my people Jer 3:21 13:10,25 18:15 Ps 9:17 106:21 Isa 17:10 Eze 22:12 Ho 8:14

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

why Jer 2:23,36 3:1,2 Isa 57:7-10 Ho 2:5-7,13

hast 2Ch 33:9 Eze 16:27,47,51,52

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.

Also Jer 7:31 19:4 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Ps 106:37,38 Isa 57:5 59:7 Eze 16:20,21 20:31

I Jer 6:15 8:12 Eze 24:7

secret search. Heb. digging

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.

because Jer 2:23,29 Job 33:9 Pr 28:13 Isa 58:3 Ro 7:9

I will Jer 2:9 1Jo 1:8-10

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

gaddest Jer 2:18,23,33 31:22 Ho 5:13 7:11 12:1

thou also shalt Jer 37:7 Isa 20:5 30:1-7 31:1-3 La 4:17 5:6 Eze 29:7

as thou wast 2Ch 28:16,20,21 Ho 5:13 10:6 14:3

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.

thine hands 2Sa 13:19

for the Lord Jer 2:36 17:5 37:7-10 Isa 10:4 Eze 17:15-20

and thou Jer 32:5 Nu 14:41 2Ch 13:12