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Jeremiah 2:31

“You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?”
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29Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

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