MOREOVER the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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.
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.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
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?
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?
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.
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.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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.
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.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
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.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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?
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.
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.
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?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
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;
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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?
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
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.
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.
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
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.

1Moreouer, the word of the Lord came to me, saying;

2Goe, and crie in the eares of Ierusalem, saying; Thus sayth the Lord, I remember thee, the kindnesse of thy youth, the loue of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wildernesse, in a land that was not sowen.

3Israel was holinesse vnto the Lord, and the first fruites of his increase: all that deuoure him, shall offend, euill shall come vpon them, sayth the Lord.

4Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 Thus sayth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers found in me, that they are gone farre from mee, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?

6Neither sayd they, Where is the Lord that brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a land of deserts and of pittes, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed thorow, and where no man dwelt.

7And I brought you into a plentifull countrey, to eate the fruit thereof, and the goodnesse thereof; but when ye entred yee defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8The Priests said not, Where is the Lord ? and they that handle the Law knew me not: the pastours also transgressed against mee, and the Prophets prophecied by Baal, and walked after things that doe not profit.

9 Wherefore, I will yet pleade with you, sayth the Lord, and with your childrens children will I pleade.

10For passe ouer the yles of Chittim, and see; and send vnto Kedar and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

11Hath a nation changed their Gods, which are yet no Gods? but my people haue changed their glory, for that which doth not profit.

12Be astonished, O yee heauens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be yee very desolate, saith the Lord.

13For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken me, the fountaine of liuing waters, and hewed them out cisternes, broken cisternes that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a seruant? is he a home-borne slaue? why is he spoiled?

15The young lyons roared vpon him and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burnt without inhabitant.

16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes haue broken the crowne of thy head.

17Hast thou not procured this vnto thy selfe, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

18And now what hast thou to doe in the way of Egypt, to drinke the waters of Sihor? Or what hast thou to doe in the way of Assyria, to drinke the waters of the riuer?

19Thine owne wickednesse shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reproue thee: know therefore and see, that it is an euill thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my feare is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of Hostes.

20 For of old time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst; I will not transgresse: when vpon euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree thou wandrest, playing the harlot.

21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholy a right seede: How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine vnto me?

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

23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I haue not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedarie trauersing her wayes.

24A wild asse vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the wind at her pleasure, in her occasion who can turne her away? all they that seeke her will not wearie themselues, in her moneth they shall find her.

25Withhold thy foote from being vnshod, and thy throte from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope. No, for I haue loued strangers, and after them will I goe.

26As the thiefe is ashamed, when he is found: so is the house of Israel ashamed, they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, & their prophets,

27Saying to a stocke; Thou art my father, and to a stone; Thou hast brought me forth: for they haue turned their backe vnto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble, they will say; Arise and saue vs.

28But where are thy Gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise if they can saue thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities, are thy Gods, O Iudah.

29Wherefore will yee plead with me? yee all haue transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

30In vaine haue I smitten your children, they receiued no correction: your owne sword hath deuoured your prophets, like a destroying lyon.

31 O generation, see yee the word of the Lord: haue I beene a wildernesse vnto Israel? a land of darkenesse? wherefore say my people; We are Lords, we will come no more vnto thee?

32Can a maide forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me dayes without number.

33Why trimmest thou thy way to seeke loue? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy wayes.

34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the soules of the poore innocents: I haue not found it by secret search, but vpon all these.

35Yet thou sayest; Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turne from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I haue not sinned.

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

37Yea thou shalt goe forth from him, and thine hands vpon thine head: for the Lord hath reiected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

II == Deut 2:7

III == Ex 19:5-6 ; James 1:18 ; Rev 14:4

V == 2nd Kings 17:15 ; Isa 5:4

VI == Deut 8:15 ; 32:10

VII == Lev 18:25 , 27-28

VIII == Jer 2:11 ; 23:13 ; Hab 2:18 ; Mal 2:6-7 ; Rom 2:20

IX == Ex 20:5 ; Lev 20:5 ; Ezek 20:35-36 ; Mic 6:2

XI == Ps 106:20 ; 115:4 ; Isa 37:19 ; Jer 2:8 ; 16:20 ; Mic 4:5 ; Rom 1:23

XII == Isa 1:2 ; Jer 6:19

XIII == Isa 1:2 ; Jer 6:19

XIV == Ex 4:22

XV == Isa 1:7 ; Jer 4:7

XVI == Deut 33:20 ; Isa 8:8 ; Jer 43:7-9

XVII == Deut 32:10 ; Jer 4:18

XVIII == Josh 13:3

XX == Ex 19:8 ; 34:15-16 ; Deut 12:2

XXI == Isa 1:21 ; 5:1 , 4 ; 60:21 ; Matt 21:33 ; Mark 12:1 ; Luke 20:9

XXII == Job 9:30 ; 14:17

XXIII == Prov 30:12

XXVII == Isa 26:16

XXVIII == Isa 45:20

XXX == 2nd Chr 36:16 ; Neh 9:26 ; Matt 23:29

XXXII == Ps 106:21 ; Jer 13:25 ; Hos 8:14

XXXIV == Ps 106:38 ; Jer 19:4

XXXV == Prov 28:13 ; Jer 2:9 , 23 , 29 ; 1st John 1:8 , 10

XXXVI == 2nd Chr 28:16 , 20-21 ; Isa 30:3 ; Jer 2:18 ; 31:22 ; 37:7 ; Hos 5:13 ; 12:1

XXXVII == Deut 24:4 ; 2nd Sam 13:19 ; Jer 2:7 , 20 ; 4:1 ; Ezek 16:26 , 28-29 ; Zech 1:3

1 This word of the LORD came to me:

2 Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear! I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, Following me in the desert, in a land unsown.

3 Sacred to the LORD was Israel, the first fruits of his harvest; Should anyone presume to partake of them, evil would befall him, says the LORD.

4 Listen to the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob! All you clans of the house of Israel,

5 thus says the LORD: What fault did your fathers find in me that they withdrew from me, Went after empty idols, and became empty themselves?

6 They did not ask, "Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the desert, through a land of wastes and gullies, Through a land of drought and darkness, through a land which no one crosses, where no man dwells?"

7 When I brought you into the garden land to eat its goodly fruits, You entered and defiled my land, you made my heritage loathsome.

8 The priests asked not, "Where is the LORD?" Those who dealt with the law knew me not: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols.

9 Therefore will I yet accuse you, says the LORD, and even your children's children I will accuse.

10 Pass over to the coast of the Kittim and see, send to Kedar and carefully inquire: Where has the like of this been done?

11 Does any other nation change its gods? - yet they are not gods at all! But my people have changed their glory for useless things.

12 Be amazed at this, O heavens, and shudder with sheer horror, says the LORD.

13 Two evils have my people done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that hold no water.

14 Is Israel a slave, a bondman by birth? Why then has he become booty?

15 Against him lions roar full-throated cries. They have made his land a waste; his cities are charred ruins, without inhabitant.

16 Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes shave the crown of your head.

17 Has not the forsaking of the LORD, your God, done this to you?

18 And now, why go to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Why go to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

19 Your own wickedness chastises you, your own infidelities punish you. Know then, and see, how evil and bitter is your forsaking the LORD, your God, And showing no fear of me, says the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

20 Long ago you broke your yoke, you tore off your bonds. "I will not serve," you said. On every high hill, under every green tree, you gave yourself to harlotry.

21 I had planted you, a choice vine of fully tested stock; How could you turn out obnoxious to me, a spurious vine?

22 Though you scour it with soap, and use much lye, The stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD.

23 How can you say, "I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals"? Consider your conduct in the Valley, recall what you have done: A frenzied she-camel, coursing near and far,

24 breaking away toward the desert, Snuffing the wind in her ardor - who can restrain her lust? No beasts need tire themselves seeking her; in her month they will meet her.

25 Stop wearing out your shoes and parching your throat! But you say, "No use! no! I love these strangers, and after them I must go."

26 As the thief is shamed when caught, so shall the house of Israel be shamed: They, their kings and their princes, their priests and their prophets;

27 They who say to a piece of wood, "You are my father," and to a stone, "You gave me birth." They turn to me their backs, not their faces; yet, in their time of trouble they cry out, "Rise up and save us!"

28 Where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up! Will they save you in your time of trouble? For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah! And as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up for Baal.

29 How dare you still plead with me? You have all rebelled against me, says the LORD.

30 In vain I struck your children; the correction they did not take. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

31 You, of this generation, take note of the word of the Lord: Have I been a desert to Israel, a land of darkness? Why do my people say, "We have moved on, we will come to you no more"?

32 Does a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her sash? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

33 How well you pick your way when seeking love! You who, in your wickedness, have gone by ways unclean!

34 You, on whose clothing there is the life-blood of the innocent, whom you found committing no burglary;

35 Yet withal you say, "I am innocent; at least, his anger is turned away from me." Behold, I will judge you on that word of yours, "I have not sinned."

36 How very base you have become in changing your course! By Egypt will you be shamed, as you were shamed by Assyria.

37 From there also shall you go away with hands upon your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, with them you will have no success.

There are 9 general prophecies of judgment, chap. 2-20 and 4 specific, 21-25.

First message: v 1-3. In spite of lapses Israel had loved and followed the Lord through the desert as holy, the first fruits of harvest, and those harming her, cursed.

v 4-8. Faithfulness didn’t last and priests didn’t intimately know God; leaders rebelled against God, and prophets prophesied by Baal and false gods.

v 9-12. Everywhere, heathen are more faithful to false gods than Israel to God.

v 13. Israel sinned by omission, in turning from God, and commission, replacing, as it were, God’s pure spring water with stale water in cisterns which leaked.

v 14-19. Judah turned to false gods, and had cities burned and Josiah killed , but later turned to Egypt for help instead of to the Lord. These were disastrous alliances.

v 20. Judah’s yoke to the Lord was broken and she departed like a prostitute.

v 21. Judah changed from the choice vine God planted to an unfruitful wild vine.

v 22. Judah was so stained with sin that even lye could not remove the stain.

v 23,25. She was like a wild animal in heat  unrestrained, after lust for false gods.

v 26,28. To her disgrace she had as many helpless false gods as towns, 11:13.

v 29,30. God punished to correct them, but they just complained against Him.

v 31-33. A bride remembers her garments, but Judah taught others to forget God.

v 34,35. Judah openly shed innocent blood but denied it, so would be punished.

v 36,37. Judah was fickle and made an alliance with Assyria, then with Egypt, but God had rejected both of them.