The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . walked aftervanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord thatbrought us up out of the land of Egypt, thatled us through the wilderness, through a landof deserts and of pits, through a land ofdrought, and of the shadow of death, througha land that no man passed through, andwhere no man dwelt? 821 The LorcVs expostulation 7 And I brought you into a plentiful coun-try ,\o eat the fruit thereof, and the goodnessthereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled myland, and made mine heritage an abomin
The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . walked aftervanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord thatbrought us up out of the land of Egypt, thatled us through the wilderness, through a landof deserts and of pits, through a land ofdrought, and of the shadow of death, througha land that no man passed through, andwhere no man dwelt? 821 The LorcVs expostulation 7 And I brought you into a plentiful coun-try ,\o eat the fruit thereof, and the goodnessthereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled myland, and made mine heritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not. Where %?? the Lord?and they that handle the law knew me not:the pastors also transgressed against me, andthe prophets prophesied by Baal, and walkedafter thin<is that do not profit. 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saiththe Lord, and with your childrens childrenwill I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, andsee; and send unto Kedar, and consider dili-gently, and see if thei-e be such a thing. JEREMIAH 2. loith his people ? As the thief is ashamed when he is found.—/^r. ii. 26. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, whichare yet no gods? but my people have changedtheir glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, andbe horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saiththe Lord. 13 For my people have committed two evils :they have forsaken me the fountain of livingwaters, and hewed them out cisterns, brokencisterns, that can hold no water. 14 II Is Israel a servant? is he a home-bornslave ? why is he spoiled ? 822 15 The young lions roared upon him, andyelled, and they made his land waste: hiscities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapaneshave broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not pi-ocured this unto thy-self, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thyGod, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in theway of Egypt, to drink the waters of
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