1 The|strong="H0559" LORD’S|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413":
2 “Jeremiah|strong="H0776", go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559":
3 The|strong="H3605" people of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" a|strong="H0935" holy|strong="H6944" gift|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".
4 Family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1004" Jacob|strong="H3290", hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697".
5 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559":
6 Your|strong="H3068" ancestors did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559",
7 “I|strong="H7760" brought|strong="H0935" you|strong="H7760" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7760" good|strong="H2898" land|strong="H0776",
8 “The|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H0559",
9 The|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “So|strong="H3651" now I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="H3651" again|strong="H5750",
10 Go|strong="H7971" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" sea to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Islands|strong="H0339" of|strong="H0339" Kittim|strong="H3794".
11 Has|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3808" nation|strong="H1471" ever stopped worshiping their|strong="H1992" old gods|strong="H0430"
12 “Skies|strong="H5921", be|strong="H3068" shocked|strong="H8074" at|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" happened!
13 “My|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H8147".
14 “Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650", is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931"?
15 Like|strong="H0776" a|strong="H5414" lion|strong="H3715" the|strong="H5921" enemy has|strong="H0776" roared|strong="H7580" at|strong="H3427" Israel.
16 People|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Memphis|strong="H5297" and|strong="H1121" Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"
17 This|strong="H2063" trouble is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own fault.
18 People of|strong="H1870" Judah, think about|strong="H1870" this|strong="H6258":
19 You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H7451" wrong|strong="H7451",
20 “Judah|strong="H5769", long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769" you|strong="H0859" broke|strong="H7665" free from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921",
21 Judah, I|strong="H0595" planted|strong="H5193" you|strong="H3605" like|strong="H2015" a|strong="H5193" special vine|strong="H1612".
22 Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" wash|strong="H3526" yourself|strong="H0518" with|strong="H6440" lye|strong="H5427",
23 “Judah, how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0310",
24 You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" wild|strong="H6501" donkey|strong="H6501" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057".
25 Judah, stop|strong="H3808" chasing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" idols!
26 “A|strong="H3588" thief|strong="H1590" is|strong="H3651" ashamed|strong="H0954"
27 They|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" pieces of|strong="H3205" wood|strong="H6086",
28 But|strong="H3588" where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" idols you|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" yourselves?
29 “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" argue|strong="H7378" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"?
30 “I|strong="H3808" punished you|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah,
31 People|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H1697" generation|strong="H1755",
32 A|strong="H0369" young|strong="H3117" woman does|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" forget|strong="H7911" her|strong="H7911" jewelry|strong="H5716".
33 “Judah, you|strong="H0853" have|strong="H1571" become so|strong="H3651" good|strong="H3190" at|strong="H3651" finding lovers.
34 You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" hands!
35 But|strong="H3588" still|strong="H7725", you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" innocent|strong="H5352".
36 You|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0235" from|strong="H1571" one|strong="H0834" place to|strong="H0954" another|strong="H1571" looking for|strong="H4714" help,
37 So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" eventually leave|strong="H3318" Egypt too|strong="H1571",