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What nation ever changed its gods, though gods indeed they were not? And should my people barter away the glory that dwelt among them, for powers that power have none? (Jeremiah 2, 11)
Nay, never boast that thou art undefiled, to countryside gods hast no recourse; bethink thee of thy traffickings in Ben-Ennom valley, and read there the story of thy doings. Camel never found its way so lightly; (Jeremiah 2, 23)
Out upon this age! Here is the Lord’s message, give good heed to it. Have I shewn myself unfriendly to Israel, like a desert, like a land overcast by shadows, that my own people has resolved to keep its distance, and come my way no more? (Jeremiah 2, 31)
How light a woman thou art, ever at thy old ways! Not less than thy hopes of Assyria, thy hopes of Egypt shall be disappointed; (Jeremiah 2, 36)
thence, too, thou shalt come away wringing thy hands; all the confidence thou hast the Lord means to destroy; thou shalt make no shift with Egypt. (Jeremiah 2, 37)
What is the law of common life? Let wife that has been put away by her husband marry a second, can she afterwards return to the first? That were shame and defilement.✻ And thou with many lovers hast played the wanton; yet come back to me, the Lord says, and thou shalt find welcome. (Jeremiah 3, 1)
Lift up thy eyes to the bare hills, and tell me, which of them has not been the scene of thy shame? Like a highway robber thou didst lurk by the road-side, waiting for thy lovers; by thy heartless wantonness the whole land was defiled. (Jeremiah 3, 2)
was there no quenching my anger? Would it smoulder on for ever? Ay, all this thou saidst, but still wouldst go on sinning, still wouldst have thy way. (Jeremiah 3, 5)
So wayward, so wanton, she defiled all that land of hers, giving herself to lovers made of wood and stone! (Jeremiah 3, 9)
After that, the Lord says, when all is growth and fertility, no longer shall you have the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant for your rallying-cry; from thought and memory it will have passed away, nor any care shall be bestowed on the fashioning of it. (Jeremiah 3, 16)
Do but retrace thy steps, Israel, and return to me, do but cast away the abominations that offend my sight, and in that mind persist; (Jeremiah 4, 1)
When that time comes, verdict shall be passed on this people of mine, and on Jerusalem: My people’s wanton ways are like the hot wind✻ that blows from the desert slopes, that will neither winnow nor sift. (Jeremiah 4, 11)
