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Jeremiah 2:29-37

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29“Why do you contend with Me?

You have all revolted against Me,” declares the Lord.

30“In vain I have struck your sons;

They did not accept discipline.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.

31“You generation, look to the word of the Lord.

Have I been a wilderness to Israel,

Or a land of thick darkness?

Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;

We will no longer come to You’?

32“Can a virgin forget her jewelry,

Or a bride her attire?

Yet My people have forgotten Me

For days without number.

33“How well you prepare your way

Therefore even to the wicked women

You have taught your ways.

34“Also on your skirts is found

The lifeblood of the innocent poor;

You did not find them breaking in.

But in spite of all these things,

35You said, ‘I am innocent;

Surely His anger is turned away from me.’

Behold, I will enter into judgment with you

Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

36“Why do you go around so much

Changing your way?

Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt,

Just as you were put to shame by Assyria.

37“From this place as well you will go out

With your hands on your head;

For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,

And you will not prosper with them.”