Jeremiah 2:33
How skillfully you pursue love!
What it says
Judah is described as skilled in pursuing love, having trained even wicked women in her ways.
What it is doing
This verse deepens the charge of practiced unfaithfulness.
In context
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 impulsive you are, 37Moreover, you will leave that place