Jeremiah:7:1-29

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* The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah , saying , * Stand in the gate of Jehovah 's house , and proclaim there this word , and say , Hear ye the word of Jehovah , all Judah , that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Amend your ways and your doings , and I will cause you to dwell in this place . * Confide ye not in words of falsehood , saying , Jehovah 's temple , Jehovah 's temple , Jehovah 's temple is this . * But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings , if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour , * [if ] ye oppress not the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , and shed no innocent blood in this place , neither walk after other gods to your hurt ; * then will I cause you to dwell in this place , in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever . * Behold , ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit . * What ? steal , murder , and commit adultery , and swear falsely , and burn incense unto Baal , and walk after other gods whom ye know not ... * then ye come and stand before me , in this house which is called by my name , and say , We are delivered , -- in order to do all these abominations ! * Is this house , which is called by my name , a den of robbers in your eyes ? Even I , behold , I have seen it , saith Jehovah . * For go now unto my place which was in Shiloh , where I caused my name to dwell at the first , and see what I did to it , for the wickedness of my people Israel . * And now , because ye have done all these works , saith Jehovah , and I spoke unto you , rising up early and speaking , and ye heard not , and I called you , and ye answered not ; * I will even do unto the house which is called by my name , wherein ye trust , and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers , as I have done to Shiloh ; * and I will cast you out of my sight , as I have cast out all your brethren , all the seed of Ephraim . * And thou , pray not for this people , neither lift up cry nor prayer for them , and make not intercession to me ; for I will not hear thee . * Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah , and in the streets of Jerusalem ? * The children gather wood , and the fathers kindle the fire , and the women knead dough , to make cakes to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods , that they may provoke me to anger . * Is it I whom they provoke to anger ? saith Jehovah ; is it not themselves , to the shame of their own face ? * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place ; upon man , and upon beast , and upon the trees of the field , and upon the fruit of the ground ; and it shall burn , and shall not be quenched . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices , and eat the flesh . * For I spoke not unto your fathers , nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices , in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ; * but I commanded them this thing , saying , Hearken unto my voice , and I will be your God , and ye shall be my people ; and walk in all the way that I command you , that it may be well with you . * But they hearkened not , nor inclined their ear , but walked in the counsels , in the stubbornness of their evil heart , and went backward and not forward . * Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt , unto this day , have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets , daily rising up early and sending them ; * but they have not hearkened unto me , nor inclined their ear ; and they have hardened their neck : they have done worse than their fathers . * And thou shalt speak all these words unto them , but they will not hearken unto thee ; and thou shalt call unto them , but they will not answer thee . * And thou shalt say unto them , This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God , nor received correction ; fidelity is perished , and is cut off from their mouth . * Cut off thy hair , and cast it away , and take up a lamentation on the heights ; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath .

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