Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thussaith the LORD; I rememberthee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thineespousals, whenthouwentestafter me in the wilderness, in a landthat was not sown.
Neithersaidthey, Where is the LORDthatbrought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a landthat no man passedthrough, and where no man dwelt?
And I brought you into a plentifulcountry, to eat the fruitthereof and the goodnessthereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and mademineheritage an abomination.
The priestssaid not, Where is the LORD? and theythathandle the law knew me not: the pastorsalsotransgressedagainst me, and the prophetsprophesied by Baal, and walkedafterthingsthat do not profit.
For my peoplehavecommitted two evils; theyhaveforsaken me the fountain of livingwaters, and hewedthem out cisterns, brokencisterns, that can hold no water.
And now whathastthou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or whathastthou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Thine own wickednessshallcorrectthee, and thy backslidingsshallreprovethee: knowtherefore and see that it is an evilthing and bitter, thatthouhastforsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
For of old time I havebroken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thousaidst, I will not transgress; whenuponeveryhighhill and undereverygreentreethouwanderest, playing the harlot.
How canstthou say, I am not polluted, I have not goneafterBaalim? see thy way in the valley, knowwhatthouhastdone: thou art a swiftdromedarytraversing her ways;
A wild ass used to the wilderness, thatsnuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all theythatseek her will not wearythemselves; in her monththeyshallfind her.
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thouhastbrought me forth: for theyhaveturnedtheirbackunto me, and not theirface: but in the time of theirtroubletheywill say, Arise, and save us.
But where are thy godsthatthouhastmadethee? let themarise, if they can savethee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wildernessuntoIsrael? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we willcome no moreuntothee?