1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says:
3Israel was holy to the LORD,
4Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
5This is what the LORD says:
6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD
7I brought you into a fertile land
8The priests did not ask,
9Therefore, I will contend with you again,
10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus 2:10 Hebrew Kittim
11Has a nation ever changed its gods,
12Be stunned by this, O heavens;
13“For My people have committed two evils:
14Is Israel a slave?
15The young lions have roared at him;
16The men of Memphis 2:16 LXX; Hebrew Noph and Tahpanhes
17Have you not brought this on yourself
18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt
19Your own evil will discipline you;
20“For long ago you broke your yoke
21I had planted you like a choice vine
22Although you wash with lye
23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;
24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness,
25You should have kept your feet from going bare
26As the thief is ashamed when he is caught,
27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
28But where are the gods you made for yourselves?
29Why do you bring a case against Me?
30“I have struck your sons in vain;
31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD:
32Does a maiden forget her jewelry
33How skillfully you pursue love!
34Moreover, your skirts are stained
35you say, ‘I am innocent.
36How unstable you are,
37Moreover, you will leave that place