1 MOREOVER the word of the LORD came to me,saying,

2 "Go and cry in hearing of Jerusalem,saying,'Thus says the LORD:"I remember you ,the kindness of your youth,the love of your betrothal,when you went after Me in the wilderness,in a land not sown.

3 Israel was holiness to the LORD,the firstfruit of His increase.All that devour him will offend;disaster will come upon them,"says the LORD.'

4  "Hear the word of the LORD,O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 Thus says the LORD:"What injustice have your fathers found in Me,that they have gone far from Me,have followed idols,and have become idolaters?

6 Neither did they say,'Where is the LORD,who brought us out of the land of Egypt,who lead us through the wilderness,through a land of deserts and pits,through a land of draught and the shadow of death,through a land that no one crossed and where no one dwelt?'

7 I brought you into a bountiful countery,to eat its fruit and its goodness.But when you entered,you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination.

8  The priests did not say,'Where is the LORD!'nd those who handle the law did not know Me;the rulers also transgressed against Me;the prophets prophesied by Baal,and walk after things that do not profit.

9 "Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,"say says the LORD,"And against your children's children I will bring charges.

10 For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see,send to Kedar and consider deligently,and see if there have been such a thing.

11 Has a nation changed its gods,which are not gods?But My people have changed their Glory for what does profit.

12 Be astonished,O heavens,at this,and be horribly afraid;be very desolate,"says the LORD.

13  "For My people have committed two evils:they have forsaken Me,the foundation of living waters,and hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water."Jeremiah 2:1-13