5 This is what the LORD says: |
6 They did not ask, 'Where is the LORD ,
who brought us up out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness, |
7 I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable. |
8 The priests did not ask,
'Where is the LORD ?'
Those who deal with the law did not know me;
the leaders rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
following worthless idols. |
9 "Therefore I bring charges against you again,"
declares the LORD .
"And I will bring charges against your children's children. |
10 Cross over to the coasts of Kittim1 2:10 That is, Cyprus and western coastlands and look,
send to Kedar2 2:10 The home of Bedouin tribes in the Syro-Arabian desert and observe closely;
see if there has ever been anything like this: |
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods at all.)
But my people have exchanged their3 2:11 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition my Glory
for worthless idols. |
12 Be appalled at this, O heavens,
and shudder with great horror,"
declares the LORD . |
13 "My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water. |
