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Jeremiah 2:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? "

Jeremiah 2:17

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15 The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

17 “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?

18 Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

19 “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

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Jeremiah 2:1

"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Jeremiah 2:2

"“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."

Jeremiah 2:3

"Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”"

Jeremiah 2:4

"Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!"

Jeremiah 2:5

"The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?"

Jeremiah 2:6

"They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who 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 one passed through, and where no man lived?’"

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