Jeremiah:7
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Stand in the gate of the LORD '
S house ,
and proclaim there this word ,
and say :
Hear the word of the LORD ,
all ye of Judah ,
that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Amend your ways and your doings ,
and I will cause you to dwell in this place .
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Trust ye not in lying words ,
saying : '
The temple of the LORD ,
the temple of the LORD ,
the temple of the LORD ,
are these .'
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Nay ,
but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings ;
if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour ;
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if ye oppress not the stranger ,
the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
and shed not innocent blood in this place ,
neither walk after other gods to your hurt ;
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then will I cause you to dwell in this place ,
in the land that I gave to your fathers ,
for ever and ever .
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Behold ,
ye trust in lying words ,
that cannot profit .
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Will ye steal ,
murder ,
and commit adultery ,
and swear falsely ,
and offer unto Baal ,
and walk after other gods whom ye have not known ,
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and come and stand before Me in this house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
and say : '
We are delivered ',
that ye may do all these abominations ?
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Is this house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
become a den of robbers in your eyes ?
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
have seen it ,
saith the LORD .
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For go ye 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 .
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And now ,
because ye have done all these works ,
saith the LORD ,
and I spoke unto you ,
speaking betimes and often ,
but ye heard not ,
and I called you ,
but ye answered not ;
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therefore will I do unto the house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
wherein ye trust ,
and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers ,
as I have done to Shiloh .
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And I will cast you out of My sight ,
as I have cast out all your brethren ,
even the whole seed of Ephraim .
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Therefore pray not thou for this people ,
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them ,
neither make intercession to Me ;
for I will not hear thee .
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Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ?
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The children gather wood ,
and the fathers kindle the fire ,
and the women knead the dough ,
to make cakes to the queen of heaven ,
and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods ,
that they may provoke Me .
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Do they provoke Me ?
saith the LORD ;
do they not provoke themselves ,
to the confusion of their own faces ?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD :
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 land ;
and it shall burn ,
and shall not be quenched .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices ,
and eat ye flesh .
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For I spoke not unto your fathers ,
nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices ;
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but this thing I commanded them ,
saying : '
Hearken unto My voice ,
and I will be your God ,
and ye shall be My people ;
and walk ye in all the way that I command you ,
that it may be well with you .'
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But they hearkened not ,
nor inclined their ear ,
but walked in their own counsels ,
even in the stubbornness of their evil heart ,
and went backward and not forward ,
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even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day ;
and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets ,
sending them daily betimes and often ,
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yet they hearkened not unto Me ,
nor inclined their ear ,
but made their neck stiff ;
they did worse than their fathers .
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And thou shalt speak all these words unto them ,
but they will not hearken to thee ;
thou shalt also call unto them ,
but they will not answer thee .
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them :
This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God ,
nor received correction ;
faithfulness is perished ,
and is cut off from their mouth .
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Cut off thy hair ,
and cast it away ,
and take up a lamentation on the high hills ;
for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath .
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For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight ,
saith the LORD ;
they have set their detestable things in the house whereon My name is called ,
to defile it .
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And they have built the high places of Topheth ,
which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom ,
to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire ;
which I commanded not ,
neither came it into My mind .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that it shall no more be called Topheth ,
nor The valley of the son of Hinnom ,
but The valley of slaughter ;
for they shall bury in Topheth ,
for lack of room .
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And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven ,
and for the beasts of the earth ;
and none shall frighten them away .
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Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah ,
and from the streets of Jerusalem ,
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ;
for the land shall be desolate .