Jeremiah:7:1-29

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ylt @Jeremiah:7:1 @The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah , saying , ylt @Jeremiah:7:2 @Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah , and thou hast proclaimed there this word , and hast said , Hear a word of Jehovah , all ye of Judah , who are coming in at these gates , to bow before Jehovah : ylt @Jeremiah:7:3 @Thus said Jehovah of Hosts , God of Israel , Amend your ways , and your doings , And I cause you to dwell in this place . ylt @Jeremiah:7:4 @Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood , saying , The temple of Jehovah , the temple of Jehovah , The temple of Jehovah [are ] they ! ylt @Jeremiah:7:5 @For , if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings , If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour , ylt @Jeremiah:7:6 @Sojourner , fatherless , and widow , ye oppress not , And innocent blood do not shed in this place , And after other gods do not walk , for evil to yourselves , ylt @Jeremiah:7:7 @Then I have caused you to dwell in this place , In the land that I gave to your fathers , From age even unto age . ylt @Jeremiah:7:8 @Lo , ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood , so as not to profit . ylt @Jeremiah:7:9 @Stealing , murdering , and committing adultery , And swearing to falsehood , and giving perfume to Baal , And going after other gods whom ye knew not . ylt @Jeremiah:7:10 @And ye have come in and stood before Me , In this house on which My name is called , And have said , 'We have been delivered ,' In order to do all these abominations . ylt @Jeremiah:7:11 @A den of burglars hath this house , On which My name is called , been in your eyes ? Even I , lo , I have seen , an affirmation of Jehovah . ylt @Jeremiah:7:12 @But go ye , I pray you , Unto My place that [is ] in Shiloh , Where I caused My name to dwell at first , And see that which I have done to it , For the wickedness of My people Israel . ylt @Jeremiah:7:13 @And now , because of your doing all these works , An affirmation of Jehovah , And I speak unto you , rising early and speaking , And ye have not hearkened , And I call you , and ye have not answered , ylt @Jeremiah:7:14 @I also to the house on which My name is called , In which ye are trusting , And to the place that I gave to you , and to your fathers , Have done , as I have done to Shiloh . ylt @Jeremiah:7:15 @And I have cast you from before My face , As I have cast out all your brethren , The whole seed of Ephraim . ylt @Jeremiah:7:16 @And thou dost not pray for this people , Nor lift up for them crying and prayer , Nor intercede with Me , for I hear thee not . ylt @Jeremiah:7:17 @Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah , and in streets of Jerusalem ? ylt @Jeremiah:7:18 @The sons are gathering wood , And the fathers are causing the fire to burn , And the women are kneading dough , To make cakes to the queen of the heavens , And to pour out libations to other gods , So as to provoke Me to anger . ylt @Jeremiah:7:19 @Me are they provoking to anger ? an affirmation of Jehovah , Is it not themselves , For the shame of their own faces ? ylt @Jeremiah:7:20 @Therefore , thus said the Lord Jehovah , Lo , Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place , On man , and beast , and on tree of the field , And on fruit of the ground , And it hath burned , and it is not quenched . ylt @Jeremiah:7:21 @Thus said Jehovah of Hosts , God of Israel , Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices , And eat ye flesh . ylt @Jeremiah:7:22 @For I did not speak with your fathers , Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt , Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice , ylt @Jeremiah:7:23 @But this thing I commanded them , saying : Hearken to My voice , And I have been to you for God , And ye -- ye are to Me for a people , And have walked in all the way that I command you , So that it is well for you . ylt @Jeremiah:7:24 @And they have not hearkened , nor inclined their ear , And they walk in the counsels , In the stubbornness , of their evil heart , And are for backward , and not for forward . ylt @Jeremiah:7:25 @Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day , I send to you all my servants the prophets , Daily rising early and sending , ylt @Jeremiah:7:26 @And they have not hearkened unto Me , Nor inclined their ear , and harden their neck , They have done evil above their fathers . ylt @Jeremiah:7:27 @And thou hast spoken unto them all these words , And they do not hearken to thee , And thou hast called unto them , And they do not answer thee . ylt @Jeremiah:7:28 @And thou hast said unto them : This [is ] the nation that hath not hearkened , To the voice of Jehovah its God , Nor have they accepted instruction , Perished hath stedfastness , Yea , it hath been cut off from their mouth . ylt @Jeremiah:7:29 @Cut off thy crown , and cast [it ] away , And lift up on high places lamentation , For Jehovah hath rejected , And He leaveth the generation of His wrath .

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