Spiritual Prepping

October 17, 2021

Jeremiah 2:4-13

4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

5 Thus says the LORD:
“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

6  They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’

7  And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.

8  The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.

9  “Therefore I still contend with you,
declares the LORD,
and with your children’s children I will contend.

10  For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
or send to Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.

11  Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.

12  Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the LORD,

13  for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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