The Scriptures 1998

Jeremiah 2:11-17 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

11. “Has a nation changed its mighty ones, which are not mighty ones? But My people have changed My esteem for that which does not profit.

12. “Be amazed, O heavens, at this, and be frightened, be utterly dried up,” declares יהוה.

13. “For My people have done two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns, which do not hold water.

14. “Is Yisra’ĕl a servant? Was he born in the house? Why is he given to plunder?

15. “The young lions roared at him, they growled, and made his land waste; his cities have been burned, without inhabitant.

16. “Even the sons of Noph and of Taḥpanḥes have shaven the crown of your head.

17. “Have you not done this to yourself, by forsaking יהוה your Elohim when He led you in the way?