lesserot - Jeremiah:10-13

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:1 @ Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel:

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:2 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Do not habituate yourselves on the way of the nations, and at the signs of the heavens be ye not dismayed; although the nations should be dismayed at them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:3 @ For the statutes of these people concern what is vanity; for it is but a tree which a man hath cut out of a forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:4 @ With silver and with gold do they ornament it; with nails and with hammers do they fasten it, that it move not from its place.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:5 @ As a wroughtout palmlike column are they, and cannot speak; they must needs be borne, because they cannot step along. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do any harm, so also to do any good is not in them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:6 @ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in might.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:7 @ Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:8 @ But at once shall they be shown to be brutish and foolish: it is a doctrine of vanities, it concerneth but wood.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:9 @ The beaten out silver is brought from Tharshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple is their clothing; the work of skilful men are they all.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:10 @ But the Lord God is the truth, he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall quake, and nations cannot endure his indignation.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:11 @ Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish away from the earth, and from under these heavens.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:12 @ He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:13 @ At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:14 @ Then standeth every man as brutish without knowledge; ashamed is every goldsmith because of the graven image; for falsehood is his molten work, and there is no breath therein.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:15 @ They are vanity, the work of deception; in the time of their punishment shall they vanish.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:16 @ Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:17 @ Gather up thy wares from the ground, O inhabitress of the beleaguered city.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:18 @ For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will cast forth as with a sling the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will enclose them, in order that they may find them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:19 @ Woe is me for my breach! my wound is painful; but I thought, This is but pain, and I shall be able to bear it.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:20 @ my tent is laid waste, and all my cords are torn asunder; my children are gone away from me, and they are not; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:21 @ For the shepherds were brutish, and the Lord had they not sought; therefore have they not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:22 @ Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to render the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling for monsters.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:23 @ I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in his own power: it is not in man that passeth away to direct his own steps.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:24 @ Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

lesserot@Jeremiah:10:25 @ Pour out thy fury over the nations that know thee not, and over the families that have not called on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his dwelling desolate.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:2 @ Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:3 @ And say thou unto them, Thus hath said the Lord God of Israel, Cursed be the man that hearkeneth not to the words of this covenant,

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:4 @ Which I commanded your fathers on the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to my voice, and do the same, in accordance with all which I may command you; and so shall ye be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God;

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:5 @ In order that I may fulfill the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give unto them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered, and said, So be it, O Lord.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:6 @ Then said the Lord unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:7 @ For I earnestly warned your fathers on the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt even until this day, sending out early and warning, saying, Hearken to my voice;

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:8 @ Yet they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore did I bring over them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but which they did not.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:9 @ And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy hath been found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:10 @ They are returned again to the iniquities of their earlier forefathers, who had refused to hearken to my words; and they themselves are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:11 @ Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will bring an evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to rid themselves; and they will cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:12 @ Then let the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense; but they shall not save them in the least in the time of their distress.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:13 @ For equal to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and equal to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the disgraceful idol, altars, to burn incense unto Baal.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:14 @ But thouthou must not pray in behalf of this people, neither lift up in their behalf entreaty or prayer; for I will not hear at the time that they call unto me, because of their distress.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:15 @ What hath my beloved to do in my house, while she executeth the evil counsel of so many? Yea, the holy flesh passeth away from thee; for even with thy wickedness, thou rejoicest still.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:16 @ An evergreen olivetree, beautiful in fruit and form, did the Lord call thy name: with the noise of a great tumult hath he kindled fire around it, and they break off its branches.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:17 @ And the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath decreed evil against thee; on account of the wickedness of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves, to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:18 @ And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then didst thou let me see their doings.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:19 @ But I was like a sheep or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may not be remembered any more."

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:20 @ But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I entrusted my cause.

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:21 @ Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, "Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, that thou mayest not die by our hand:"

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:22 @ Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will inflict punishment on them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by the famine;

lesserot@Jeremiah:11:23 @ And no remnant shall remain of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, in the year of their punishment.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:1 @ righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal treacherously?

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:2 @ Thou hast planted them; they have also taken root; they grow; they also bring forth fruit: thou art near, in their mouth, and far from their mind.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:3 @ But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and probest my heart toward thee; set them apart like sheep for the slaughter, and destine them for the day of slaying.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:4 @ How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of all the field wither? Because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein are wholly removed the beasts and the birds; because they said, He will not see our last end.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:5 @ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, how then canst thou contend with the horses? and if in the land of peace, thou trustedst, how then wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan?

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:6 @ For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, even they have called forth a crowd of men after thee: believe them not, though they speak kindly unto thee.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:7 @ I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given up the most dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:8 @ My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it sent forth its voice against me: therefore do I hate it.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:9 @ Is my heritage become unto me as a bird of prey stained with blood? so that the birds of prey are all around it? Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them hither to devour.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:10 @ Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden under foot my field, they have rendered my pleasant field a desolate wilderness.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:11 @ They have made it a desert, and being desolate it mourneth before me: the whole land is made desolate, because no man laid it to heart.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:12 @ Over all the mountainpeaks in the wilderness did the destroyers come; for the sword of the Lord devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: there is no peace to any flesh.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:13 @ They have sown wheat, but they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain have no profit; be therefore ashamed of your products, because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:14 @ Thus hath said the Lord against all my bad neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit, Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and the house of Judah will I pluck out from the midst of them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:15 @ And it shall come to pass, that, after I have plucked them out, and I will again have mercy on them, and will restore them, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:16 @ And it shall come to pass, if they will truly learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As the Lord liveth; as they had taught my people to swear by Baal: that they shall then be built up in the midst of my people.

lesserot@Jeremiah:12:17 @ But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck out that nation, plucking out and exterminating, saith the Lord.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:1 @ Thus said the Lord unto me, Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it around thy loins, and lay it not in water.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:2 @ So I bought the girdle, according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my loins.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:3 @ And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is around thy loins; and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:5 @ So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord has commanded me.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:6 @ And it came to pass at the end of many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:7 @ And I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it: and, behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was useful for nothing.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:8 @ Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:9 @ Thus hath said the Lord, After this manner will I destroy the pride of Judah, and the pride of Jerusalem, which is great.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:10 @ And this bad people, who refuse to hearken to my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have followed other gods, to serve them, and to bow down to them, shall even be as this girdle which is useful for nothing.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:11 @ For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so had I caused to cleave unto me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, saith the Lord,to become unto me a people, and for a name, and for praise, and for honor; but they would not hear.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:12 @ Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and when they will say unto thee, Do we not know full well that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:13 @ Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit after David upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:14 @ And I will dash them one against the other, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, so as not to destroy them.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:15 @ Hear ye, and bend your ear: be not proud; for the Lord hath spoken.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:16 @ Give unto the Lord your God glory, before he cause darkness, and before your feet strike upon the mountains of twilight, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and change it into gross darkness.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:17 @ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places because of pride; and my eye shall weep sorely, and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is driven away captive.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:18 @ Say unto the king and to the queenmother, Sit down very lowly; for sunk down are your headattires, the crown of your ornament.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:19 @ The cities of the south are shut up, and there is no one to open them: Judah is carried away into exile altogether, it is carried into exile completely.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:20 @ Lift up your eyes, and see those that are coming from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy splendid flock?

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:21 @ What wilt thou say when he will punish thee? since thou hast accustomed them to be over thee captains, and chiefs? shall not pangs seize upon thee, as on a woman in travail?

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:22 @ And if thou wilt say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts laid open, thy heels are made bare violently.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:23 @ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:24 @ Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away before the wind of the wilderness.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:25 @ This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:26 @ Therefore do I also strip up thy skirts over thy face, that thy shame may be seen.

lesserot@Jeremiah:13:27 @ Thy adulteries and thy loud shoutings, the lewdness of thy incest, thy abominations on the hills in the fields have I seen. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean after ever so long a time.

lesserot@Jeremiah:14:1 @ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.