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Jeremiah 2:2

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cry: Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 11:6, Jeremiah 19:2; Proverbs 1:20, Proverbs 8:1-4; Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 8:1; Jonah 1:2; Matthew 11:15; Luke 12:13

thee: or, for thy sake

the kindness: Exodus 14:31, Exodus 15:1-20; Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:22, Ezekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:19; Hosea 2:15

thine espousals: Exodus 24:3-8; Song of Solomon 3:11; Exodus 16:8

when: Jeremiah 2:6; Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:15-16; Nehemiah 9:12-21; Isaiah 63:7-14

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