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I. A GOD-FORSAKING PEOPLE. Conviction by God Himself of this great folly and sin. In Jeremiah 2:13, the charge is more complete. Creation is called upon to express surprise at a folly so conspicuous.

1. "Thou" — who oughtest to have been unto Me a loyal and loving people, testifying of My power and grace, and proving by separation from the nation your preference for the living and true God.

2. "Hast forsaken" — not simply forgotten, or disobeyed, but of deliberate choice hast taken other gods, and disregarded Jehovah.

3. "Me" — who called Abraham, etc.

II. A GOD-FORSAKEN PEOPLE.

1. Always retrograde. Unless they repent and obey God, there is no way forward and upward.

2. Always in danger of destruction. If we forsake the mercy, we inherit the misery.

3. Always exposed to terrors and disasters.

4. Always drifting into languor, premature decline, shame, and death.

(W. Whale.)

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KJV: Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

WEB: You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you have gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.