Jeremiah:7

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* The word that came unto Jeremiah , from Yahweh saying : * Stand thou in the gate of the house of Yahweh , and thou shalt proclaim there this word , and shalt say Hear ye the word of Yahweh all Judah ye who are entering in at these gates , to bow down unto Yahweh : * Thus , saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel , Amend your ways , and your doings , That I may cause you to dwell in this place . * Do not , on your part trust in false words , saying , The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh , The temple of Yahweh they are ! * But , if ye shall thoroughly amend , your ways , and your doings , Shall thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour ; * The sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow , shall not oppress , And innocent blood , shall not shed in this place , And after other gods , shall not walk to your own hurt , * Then will I cause you to dwell In this place , In the land which I gave to your fathers , From one age even unto another , * Lo ! ye , on your part , are trusting in false words , To no profit ! * Are ye to steal , commit murder and commit adultery , and swear falsely , and burn incense unto Baal , and walk after other gods whom ye have not known ; * And will ye then come in and stand before me in this house whereon my Name hath been called , and say , We have set ourselves free , for the purpose of committing all these abominations ? * A den of robbers , hath this house on which my Name hath been called become in your own eyes ? I , also , lo ! I have seen it Declareth Yahweh . * For go I pray you , unto my place which was in Shiloh , Where I made my Name to dwell , at first , And see what I did to it , because of the wickedness of my people Israel ! * Now , therefore Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh , And though I spake unto you betimes speaking , Yet ye hearkened not , And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not , * Therefore will I do to the house Whereon my Name hath been called Wherein , ye , are trusting , Even to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers , Just as I did unto Shiloh ; * And will cast you out from before me , Just as I have cast out All your brethren , All the seed of Ephraim . * Thou , therefore Do not pray for this people Neither lift up for them cry or prayer Neither intercede with me , For I am not going to heat thee . * Dost thou not see what , they , are doing 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 sacrificial cakes to the queen of the heavens , And to pour out drink-offerings to other gods , Provoking me to anger ! * Is it me , they are provoking ? Enquireth Yahweh , Is it not themselves , unto the shame of their own faces ? * Wherefore , Thus , saith My Lord Yahweh Lo ! mine anger and mine indignation , are about to be poured out upon this place , On man and on beast , and On the tree of the field and On the fruit of the ground , And it shall burn and shall not be quenched . * Thus , saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel , Your ascending-offerings , add ye unto your peace-offerings and eat ye flesh . * For I bade not your fathers Neither commanded I them , In the day I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt , Concerning the matter of ascending-offering and peace-offering ; * But , this thing , I commanded themsaying , Hearken ye unto my voice , So will I become unto youa God , And , ye , shall become unto mea people , Ye shall therefore walk in all the way that I may command you , To the end it may be well with you ; * Yet they hearkened not Neither inclined their ear , But walked , In the counsels In the stubbornness of their own wicked heart ; And went backward , and not forward . * Ever since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt , until this day , Have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets , Daily , betimes , sending them ; * Yet they hearkened not unto me , Neither inclined their ear , But stiffened their neck , They did more wickedly than their fathers . * Therefore shalt thou speak unto them all these words , Though they do not hearken unto thee , And thou shalt cry aloud unto them Though they do not answer thee ; * But thou shalt say unto them , This , is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh its God , Neither accepted they correction , Perished is fidelity , And is cut off out of their mouth . * Cut thou off thy crown of hair , and cast it away , And lift thou up on the bare heights , a dirge , For Yahweh hath rejected and cast out the generation with which he was wroth . * For the sons of Judah , have done , that which was wicked in mine eyes , Declareth Yahweh , They have set their abominations in the house whereon my Name hath been called to defile it ; * And they have built the high places of Topheth , which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom , To burn up their sons and their daughters in the fire , Which I commanded not , Neither came it up on my heart , * Therefore , lo ! days are coming , Declareth Yahweh , When it shall not be called any more The Topheth , nor The valley of Ben-hinnom , but The valley of Slaughter , And they shall bury in Topheth , for want of place ; * And the dead bodies of this people shall become food , For the bird of the heavens , and For the beast of the earth , And there shall be none to drive them away . * So will I cause to cease , From the cities of Judah , and , From the streets of Jerusalem , The voice of joy , and the voice of gladness , The voice of the bridegroom , and The voice of the bride , For , a desolation , shall the land become .

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