Jeremiah 2:27 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁷ Saying, to a tree, My father, art, thou! And to a stone, Thou, didst give us birth, For they have turned unto me the back, and not the face,––But, in the time of their calamity, they will say, Arise, and save us!

⁸ and they enfeebled and oppressed the sons of Israel in that year,––eighteen years, did they this unto all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, that was in Gilead. ⁹ And the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan, to fight, even against Judah and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim,––so that Israel was sore distressed.
¹⁰ Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying,––We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. ¹¹ Then said Yahweh unto the sons of Israel,––Was it not, from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, [that I saved you]? ¹² The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you,––and ye made outcry unto me, and I saved you out of their hand. ¹³ Yet have, ye, forsaken me, and served other gods,––therefore will I not again save you. ¹⁴ Go and make outcry unto the gods whom ye have chosen,––they, must save you, in the time of your tribulation. ¹⁵ And the sons of Israel said unto Yahweh––We have sinned, do, thou, with us, according to all that is fitting in thine eyes,––only rescue us, we beseech thee this day. ¹⁶ And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,––and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

³⁴ If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD; ³⁵ And remembered that, Elohim, was their rock, Yea, EL Most High, their Redeemer: ³⁶ So they spake him fair with their mouth, And, with their tongue, did promise him falsely; ³⁷ But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:

⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

¹⁶ O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee,––They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

⁹ The fashioners of an image––all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,––And, their witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed. ¹⁰ Who, hath fashioned a GOD, Or, an image, hath molten? It cannot profit! ¹¹ Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth,––Let them gather themselves together––all of them, Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together! ¹² As for the smith, [with his] cutting–tool,––When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it,––And hath wrought it with his strong, arm, Anon, he is hungry, and hath no, strength, He hath drunk no water, and so hath become faint! ¹³ As for the carpenter,––He hath stretched out a line, hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it,––And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house! ¹⁴ When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm–tree, and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest,––He planted a fir–tree, and the pouring rain made it grow; ¹⁵ So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of [the branches] and warmed himself, Also, he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread,––Also, he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it: ¹⁶ The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth, flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied,––Also, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze; ¹⁷ And, the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image,––Adoreth it, and boweth down, and prayeth unto it, And saith, Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art! ¹⁸ They have not taken note, neither can they perceive,––He hath besmeared––past seeing––their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts; ¹⁹ And no one reflecteth––There is neither knowledge nor discernment––to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire, Moreover also, I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating,––And, of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration? ²⁰ He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,––And he cannot deliver his own soul, nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

⁶ They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver, in a balance,––[Who] hire a goldsmith, that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down; ⁷ They carry him about on the shoulder, They bear the burden of him––and set him in his place, that he may stand,––Out of his place, will he not move,––Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of one’s trouble, he will not save him. ⁸ Remember ye this, and shew yourselves men,––Bring it back, ye transgressors, to your minds;

²⁴ A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!

⁸ But, at once, do they become brutish and stupid,––An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!

¹⁷ Like an east wind, will I scatter them before the enemy,––The back and not the face, will I let them see, in the day of their distress.

²³ O inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars,––How hast thou bemoaned thyself, Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

³³ Thus have they turned unto me the back, and not the face,––Though I instructed them, betimes, instructing them, Yet have they not, been hearkening, to receive correction;

¹⁶ So he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and lo! at the opening of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, about twenty–five men,––their backs, towards the temple of Yahweh, and, their faces, eastward, and they, were bowing down eastward, unto the Sun.

³⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou hast forgotten me, and has cast me, behind thy back, Thou also thyself, bear thou thy lewdness, and thine unchaste doings.

¹⁵ I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face,––In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.

¹⁴ Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled against me.

¹⁸ What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood,––though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities! ¹⁹ Alas! for him who saith to wood, Awake, bestir thee! to a silent stone, he, shall teach! Though he is overlaid with gold and silver, yet, no spirit whatsoever, is in him!