Jeremiah 2 Cross References - Ottley

¹ Cry out with strength, and spare not, lift up thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to thy people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their transgressions.

⁷ I called to mind the mercy of the Lord, the excellences of the Lord in all things which the Lord recompenseth to us. The Lord is an upright judge to the house of Israel, he bringeth it upon us according to his mercy and according to the abundance of his righteousness. ⁸ And he said, Are they not my people? children, and they will not set at nought; and he was their salvation ⁹ Out of all affliction. It was no messengers, nor angel, but the Lord himself that saved them, because he loved them, and spared them; he it was that ransomed them, and took them up, and uplifted them all the days of old. ¹⁰ But they disobeyed, and provoked the holy Spirit; and he was turned to enmity against them, himself fought against them. ¹¹ And he remembered the days of old: he that brought up from the land the shepherd of the sheep. Where is he that put his holy Spirit within them? ¹² He that led Moses with his right hand? the arm of his glory? he overcame the water before his face, to make himself an everlasting name. ¹³ And he led them through the deep, like a horse through the wilderness, and they wearied not, ¹⁴ And as beasts through a plain; and a spirit came down from the Lord, and guided them; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a name of glory.

¹¹ Behold, all they that resist thee shall be ashamed and turned backward; for they shall be as though they were not, and all thy adversaries shall perish.

⁶ I was provoked at my people, thou defiledst mine inheritance: I gave (them) into thine hand, and thou showedst them no mercy; thou didst make the yoke of the elder very heavy.

¹ Hearken to me, ye that pursue that is righteous, and seek the Lord: look unto the solid rock which ye did hew, and unto the hole of the pit which ye digged. ² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for he was one, and I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him. ³ And thee will I now comfort, Zion, and I did comfort all her waste places; [[and I will make her waste places]] as a garden, and the western regions like a garden of the Lord; joy and exultation shall they find therein, confession and the voice of praise. ⁴ Hearken to me, hearken, my people; and ye kings, give ear unto me; for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment for a light of the nations.

³ And now, man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, judge ye betwixt me and my vineyard. ⁴ What shall I do yet for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? because I waited for it to bring forth a cluster of grapes, but it brought forth thorns.

¹³ And the Lord said, This people draweth near me, with their lips they honour me, but their heart is far from me; but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments of men, and doctrines.

²² Not now have I called thee, Jacob, nor made thee weary, Israel: ²³ No sheep have I of thy offering, nor didst thou glorify me in thy sacrifices, nor serve in thy sacrifices; nor have I wearied thee with frankincense,

⁹ They that mould images, and that grave, are all of them vain; they that make their own delights, which shall not help them; but they shall be ashamed,

⁹ Out of all affliction. It was no messengers, nor angel, but the Lord himself that saved them, because he loved them, and spared them; he it was that ransomed them, and took them up, and uplifted them all the days of old.

¹¹ And he remembered the days of old: he that brought up from the land the shepherd of the sheep. Where is he that put his holy Spirit within them? ¹² He that led Moses with his right hand? the arm of his glory? he overcame the water before his face, to make himself an everlasting name. ¹³ And he led them through the deep, like a horse through the wilderness, and they wearied not,

⁷ And there is none that calleth on thy name, or remembereth to lay hold upon thee; for thou didst turn thy face away from us, and didst deliver us over because of our transgressions.

⁷ For these are gone astray by reason of wine; they went astray because of the strong drink, priest and prophet left the way because of wine, they were disturbed from their revelling in strong drink, they went astray. This is a vision.

¹⁰ For the Lord hath given you to drink with a spirit of slumber, and will close their eyes, and their prophets' and their rulers' eyes; they it is that see the hidden things.

⁵ In vain shall they weary themselves with a people that shall not profit them, neither for help nor for profit, but for shame and reproach.

⁹ All ye wild beasts of the field, come hither and eat, all ye wild beasts of the forest. ¹⁰ See ye, that all are utterly blinded, they have not learnt to have understanding; dumb dogs all, they will not be able to bark; dreaming on their couch, prone to slumber. ¹¹ And the dogs are insatiate of heart, and know not satisfying; and they are wicked, knowing no wisdom; all follow their own ways, each after the same manner. ¹² [[Omitted]]

¹³ But now shall the Lord stand up for judgment, and shall set up his people for judgment.

²⁶ But do thou remember, and let us be judged; tell thou first thy transgressions, that thou mayest be justified.

¹⁶ For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of a hireling, the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail,

¹⁹ And cast their idols into the fire; for they were no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and destroyed them.

² Hear, O heaven, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord hath spoken, I have begotten sons and upraised them, but they have set me at nought. ³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel knoweth me not, and the people understandeth me not.

¹³ Therefore is my people become captive, because they know not the Lord; and is become a multitude of dead bodies, because of famine and thirst for water.

⁹ They that mould images, and that grave, are all of them vain; they that make their own delights, which shall not help them; but they shall be ashamed, ¹⁰ All they that mould a god, and grave unprofitable things: ¹¹ And all are withered from whence they sprang, and (are) dumb from among men; let them all be gathered together, and they shall stand together, let them be turned backward and be ashamed together. ¹² For the craftsman sharpeneth iron, with an adze he fashioneth it, and boreth it with a gimlet, worketh it with the arm of his strength; and he shall be hungry, and shall be faint, and not drink water: ¹³ The craftsman when he hath chosen a piece of wood, setteth it up by measure, and fitteth it together with glue; he maketh it like the form of a great man, and like the goodliness of man, to set It up in a house: ¹⁴ He cutteth wood out of the forest which the Lord planted, and the rain made it to grow, ¹⁵ That it may be for men for burning; and he taketh thereof, and is warmed; and they burn it, and bake loaves upon it; and the rest he maketh into gods, and they worship them. ¹⁶ Whereof he burneth half in the fire (and they burn them, and bake loaves upon them), and roasteth meat upon it, and eateth, and is filled: and when he is warmed, he saith, Sweet is it to me that I am warmed, and have seen fire. ¹⁷ But the rest of it he maketh a graven god, and worshippeth it, and prayeth to it, saying, Deliver me, for thou art my god. ¹⁸ They have not learnt to have understanding, for they are darkened, from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their heart. ¹⁹ And he considereth not in his heart, nor pondereth in his soul, nor perceiveth with his understanding, that he hath burned half thereof in the fire, and baked loaves upon the ashes thereof, and roasted meat, and eaten; and made the rest of it into an abomination, and they worship it. ²⁰ Learn ye that their heart is ashes, and they wander out of the way, and no one can deliver his soul; see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.

⁶ Ye that contribute gold out of a bag, and silver by balance: they will set it in a scale, and when they have hired a goldsmith, they make works of their hands, and bow down, and worship them. ⁷ They lift it upon the shoulders, and walk; and if they set it down, it remaineth in his place, it shall not stir; and whosoever calleth unto him, he shall not hear, he shall not save him from evils.

² Wherefore do ye value (them) for money, and your labour, not for satisfying? and ye shall eat good things, and your soul shall delight itself in good things.

⁸ And he said, Are they not my people? children, and they will not set at nought; and he was their salvation

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Of what kind is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I sent her away? or to what debtor have I sold you? Behold, for your sins were ye sold, and for your transgressions sent I your mother away.

⁷ Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire; your country, strangers devour it before your face, and it has been desolated, ruined by stranger peoples.

⁹ For this was heard in the ears of the Lord of Hosts; For if houses become many, they shall be a desolation; great ones and fair, and there shall be none that inhabit them.

²⁹ They spring like lions, and are come up like a lion's whelp; and he shall take hold, and shall roar as a wild beast, and shall cast them out, and there shall be none that delivereth them,

¹¹ And I said, Until when, Lord? And he said, Until cities be desolated, because they are not inhabited, and houses, because there are no men; and the land shall be left desolate.

¹ Behold, the Lord destroyeth the world, and will lay it desolate, and will uncover the face thereof, and scatter the inhabitants thereof.

⁶ From the feet to the head, neither wound, nor stripe, nor inflamed hurt: there is no means to apply a balm, or oil, or bandages. ⁷ Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire; your country, strangers devour it before your face, and it has been desolated, ruined by stranger peoples.

⁸ And he shall take away from Judah (any) man who shall be able to raise the head, if it be possible to accomplish aught: and his camp shall be [[so as to fill]] the wide spaces of thy land. God (is) with us.

¹³ The rulers of Tanis have failed, and the rulers of Memphis are uplifted: and they shall make Egypt to wander in her tribes.

¹ Ah, rebel children, thus saith the Lord: ye took counsel, and not through me, and made agreements, not through my spirit, to add sins upon sins: ² They that walk to go down into Egypt, but they asked not me; that they might be helped by Pharaoh, and sheltered by the Egyptians.

² For Pharaoh shall be your shelter to your shame, and to them that trust in Egypt a reproach.

⁴ For there are in Tanis chieftains, evil messengers: ⁵ In vain shall they weary themselves with a people that shall not profit them, neither for help nor for profit, but for shame and reproach. ⁶ The vision of the fourfooted beasts that are in the wilderness. ¶ Amid the affliction and the straitening, a lion, and a lion's whelp: thence also serpents, and the offspring of flying serpents; men who brought their wealth upon asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them [for help, but for shame and reproach].

¹ Ah, they that go down into Egypt for help; that trust in horses and in chariots, for they are many, and in horses, they are a great multitude; and trusted not in the Holy One of Israel, and sought not God. ² And, wise himself, he brought evils upon them; and his word shall not be set at nought; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope, ³ An Egyptian, a man, and not a god: the flesh of horses, and there is no help (in them); but the Lord shall set his hand against them, and they that (come to) help shall weary themselves, and all shall perish together.

⁴ Ah, sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless sons: ye have forsaken the Lord, and angered the Holy One of Israel.

¹ Ah, rebel children, thus saith the Lord: ye took counsel, and not through me, and made agreements, not through my spirit, to add sins upon sins: ² They that walk to go down into Egypt, but they asked not me; that they might be helped by Pharaoh, and sheltered by the Egyptians.

² For Pharaoh shall be your shelter to your shame, and to them that trust in Egypt a reproach.

⁴ For there are in Tanis chieftains, evil messengers: ⁵ In vain shall they weary themselves with a people that shall not profit them, neither for help nor for profit, but for shame and reproach. ⁶ The vision of the fourfooted beasts that are in the wilderness. ¶ Amid the affliction and the straitening, a lion, and a lion's whelp: thence also serpents, and the offspring of flying serpents; men who brought their wealth upon asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them [for help, but for shame and reproach]. ⁷ The Egyptians will profit you in vain and emptily; declare to them, This your consolation is vain.

¹ Ah, they that go down into Egypt for help; that trust in horses and in chariots, for they are many, and in horses, they are a great multitude; and trusted not in the Holy One of Israel, and sought not God.

⁹ And the shame of their face is risen up against them; and they have proclaimed their sin as of Sodom, and made it plain. Woe unto their soul! for they have counselled evil counsel against themselves,:

⁵ But now I will declare to you what I will do to my vineyard; I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be plundered; and destroy the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;

²¹ How is the faithful city Zion become a harlot! (once) full of judgment, and in her righteousness did rest; but now murderers.

⁴ For the yoke that lay upon them shall be taken away, and the rod that was upon their neck; for the Lord hath scattered in pieces the rod of the exactors, as in the day that was upon Midian.

²⁷ And it shall be in that day, the fear of him shall be taken away from thee, and his yoke from off thy shoulder, and his yoke shall be destroyed from off your shoulders.

²⁵ To destroy the Assyrians from my land, and from my mountains; and they shall be trodden down, and their yoke shall be stripped from off them, and their renown shall be stripped from off their shoulders.

⁵ Ye, that call upon your idols under leafy trees, that slay your children in the valleys amid the rocks! ⁶ That is your portion, this is your lot: and for those thou didst pour out drink-offerings, and to those thou didst bring sacrifices: shall I not then be wroth for this? ⁷ Upon a mountain high and lofty, there was thy couch, and there broughtest thou up sacrifices.

¹ Now will I sing for my beloved a song of my loved one for my vineyard. My beloved hath a vineyard on a hill-top, in a fertile place; ² And I set a hedge around it, and fenced it, and planted a vine of Sorek, and built a tower in the midst of it, and digged a wine-fat therein; and I waited for it to bring forth a cluster of grapes, and it brought forth thorns.

⁴ What shall I do yet for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? because I waited for it to bring forth a cluster of grapes, but it brought forth thorns.

⁸ But thou, Israel, (art) my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham whom I loved:

²¹ And thy people (shall be) all of it righteous, and they shall possess the earth for ever; guarding the plant, the work of his. hands, for glory.

³ That there be given to the mourners of Zion glory instead of ashes, the anointing of joy to the mourners, a robe of glory instead of a spirit of despair; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

⁵ Ye, that call upon your idols under leafy trees, that slay your children in the valleys amid the rocks! ⁶ That is your portion, this is your lot: and for those thou didst pour out drink-offerings, and to those thou didst bring sacrifices: shall I not then be wroth for this?

⁶ For he hath given up his people, the house of Israel; because their country is filled with omens, as at the first, like the land of the Strangers, and many strange children are born to them.

² Then spake the Lorn to Isaiah, saying, Go, and take off the sackcloth from thy loins, and loose thy shoes from thy feet, and so do, walking naked and barefoot. ³ And the Lorp said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot, three years there shall be signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians. ⁴ For thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the captivity of Egypt and of the Ethiopians, young men and old men, naked and barefoot, uncovered, the shame of Egypt.

¹⁰ By thy much journeyings thou wert wearied, and saidst not, I will cease; being strong in that thou didst thus; therefore thou besoughtest me not.

²⁹ For they shall be ashamed for their idols, which themselves desired, and shall be ashamed for their gardens, which they longed for.

¹⁶ Lord, in affliction I remembered thee, in slight affliction (was) thy correction upon us.

⁶ Ye that contribute gold out of a bag, and silver by balance: they will set it in a scale, and when they have hired a goldsmith, they make works of their hands, and bow down, and worship them. ⁷ They lift it upon the shoulders, and walk; and if they set it down, it remaineth in his place, it shall not stir; and whosoever calleth unto him, he shall not hear, he shall not save him from evils. ⁸ Remember this, and lament; repent, ye that have gone astray, turn with your heart.

²⁰ Be gathered together, and come ye, take counsel together, ye that are being saved from among the nations. They had not learnt, they that lift up the wood, their graving, and pray as to gods that save not.

² And enfeebled, without strength also; who shall not be able to be saved from war, but themselves were led captive.

⁷ They lift it upon the shoulders, and walk; and if they set it down, it remaineth in his place, it shall not stir; and whosoever calleth unto him, he shall not hear, he shall not save him from evils.

⁵ Why should ye be yet smitten, (for) transgressing further? every head (turns) to weariness, and every heart to grief.

¹³ And the people turned not back until it was smitten, and they sought not out the Lord.

¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth; I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye a vain thing; I am, I am one that speaketh righteousness, and declareth truth.

¹⁰ Because thou didst abandon God thy Saviour, and rememberedst not the Lord thy helper. Therefore shalt thou plant an unfaithful plant, and an unfaithful seed.

¹⁰ And with joy shall they rejoice unto the Lord. Let my soul triumph because of the Lord; for he hath clothed me with a cloke of salvation and a robe of joy, he hath put a garland on (my head) as on a bridegroom, and hath adorned me with ornaments as a bride.

⁷ Upon a mountain high and lofty, there was thy couch, and there broughtest thou up sacrifices. ⁸ And behind the posts of thy door didst thou set thy memorials; thou thoughtest, that if thou shouldst revolt from me, thou wouldst gain advantage; thou lovedst them that lay with thee, ⁹ And didst multiply thine adultery with them, and madest many them that were far off from thee, and didst send envoys beyond thy borders, and turnedst away, and wert abased even to hell. ¹⁰ By thy much journeyings thou wert wearied, and saidst not, I will cease; being strong in that thou didst thus; therefore thou besoughtest me not.

⁵ Ye, that call upon your idols under leafy trees, that slay your children in the valleys amid the rocks!

⁷ And their feet run after wickedness, swift to shed blood, and their reasonings (are) the reasonings of fools; destruction and unhappiness is in their ways,

³ Saying, Why is it that we have fasted, and thou sawest not? humbled our souls, and thou perceivedst not? for in the days of your fast ye find your desires, and vex all those subject unto you.

⁵ And the Egyptians shall be ashamed and discomfited concerning the Ethiopians, upon whom the Egyptians had trusted, who were their glory.

⁴ That it fall not into captivity? And they shall fall under the slain. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is still upraised.