Jeremiah 2:31-33

Israel Forsakes the Lord

31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, 'We are free,
we will come no more to you'?
 32 x Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
Yet y my people have forgotten me
days without number.

33 "How well you direct your course
to seek love!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:20
    The headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets.
    Isaiah 61:10
    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:21
    A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weepi...
    Jeremiah 18:15
    But my people have forgotten me; they make offe...
    Deuteronomy 32:18
    You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, a...
    Psalms 106:21
    They forgot God, their Savior, who had done gre...
    Isaiah 17:10
    For you have forgotten the God of your salvatio...
    Hosea 8:14
    For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built pa...
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