Jeremiah:11-13
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying ,
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Hear the words of this covenant ,
and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ;
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and say to them , "
Thus says the LORD God of Israel : "
Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
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which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
from the iron furnace ,
saying , "
Obey My voice ,
and do according to all that I command you ;
so shall you be My people ,
and I will be your God ,'
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that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers ,
to give them "
a land flowing with milk and honey ,'
as it is this day .""'
And I answered and said , "
So be it ,
LORD ."
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Then the LORD said to me , "
Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ,
saying : "
Hear the words of this covenant and do them .
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For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt ,
until this day ,
rising early and exhorting ,
saying , "
Obey My voice ."
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Yet they did not obey or incline their ear ,
but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart ;
therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant ,
which I commanded them to do ,
but which they have not done ."'
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And the LORD said to me , "
A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem .
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They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words ,
and they have 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 ."
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Therefore thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape ;
and though they cry out to Me ,
I will not listen to them .
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Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense ,
but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble .
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For according to the number of your cities were your gods ,
O Judah ;
and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing ,
altars to burn incense to Baal .
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So do not pray for this people ,
or lift up a cry or prayer for them ;
for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble .
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What has My beloved to do in My house ,
Having done lewd deeds with many ?
And the holy flesh has passed from you .
When you do evil ,
then you rejoice .
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The LORD called your name ,
Green Olive Tree ,
Lovely and of Good Fruit .
With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it ,
And its branches are broken .
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For the LORD of hosts ,
who planted you ,
has pronounced doom against you for the evil 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 to Baal ."
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Now the LORD gave me knowledge of it ,
and I know it ;
for You showed me their doings .
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But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter ;
and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me ,
saying , "
Let us destroy the tree with its fruit ,
and let us cut him off from the land of the living ,
that his name may be remembered no more ."
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But ,
O LORD of hosts ,
You who judge righteously ,
Testing the mind and the heart ,
Let me see Your vengeance on them ,
For to You I have revealed my cause .
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Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life ,
saying , "
Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD ,
lest you die by our hand '--
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therefore thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Behold ,
I will punish them .
The young men shall die by the sword ,
their sons and their daughters shall die by famine ;
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and there shall be no remnant of them ,
for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth ,
even the year of their punishment ."'
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Righteous are You ,
O LORD ,
when I plead with You ;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments .
Why does the way of the wicked prosper ?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously ?
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You have planted them ,
yes ,
they have taken root ;
They grow ,
yes ,
they bear fruit .
You are near in their mouth But far from their mind .
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But You ,
O LORD ,
know me ;
You have seen me ,
And You have tested my heart toward You .
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter ,
And prepare them for the day of slaughter .
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How long will the land mourn ,
And the herbs of every field wither ?
The beasts and birds are consumed ,
For the wickedness of those who dwell there ,
Because they said , "
He will not see our final end ."
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If you have run with the footmen ,
and they have wearied you ,
Then how can you contend with horses ?
And if in the land of peace ,
In which you trusted ,
they wearied you ,
Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan ?
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For even your brothers ,
the house of your father ,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you ;
Yes ,
they have called a multitude after you .
Do not believe them ,
Even though they speak smooth words to you .
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I have forsaken My house ,
I have left My heritage ;
I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies .
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My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest ;
It cries out against Me ;
Therefore I have hated it .
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My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture ;
The vultures all around are against her .
Come ,
assemble all the beasts of the field ,
Bring them to devour !
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Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard ,
They have trodden My portion underfoot ;
They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness .
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They have made it desolate ;
Desolate ,
it mourns to Me ;
The whole land is made desolate ,
Because no one takes it to heart .
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The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness ,
For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land ;
No flesh shall have peace .
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They have sown wheat but reaped thorns ;
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit .
But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit--behold ,
I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them .
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Then it shall be ,
after I have plucked them out ,
that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back ,
everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land .
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And it shall be ,
if they will learn carefully the ways of My people ,
to swear by My name , "
As the LORD lives ,'
as they taught My people to swear by Baal ,
then they shall be established in the midst of My people .
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But if they do not obey ,
I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation ,"
says the LORD .
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Thus the LORD said to me : "
Go and get yourself a linen sash ,
and put it around your waist ,
but do not put it in water ."
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So I got a sash according to the word of the LORD ,
and put it around my waist .
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And the word of the LORD came to me the second time ,
saying ,
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Take the sash that you acquired ,
which is around your waist ,
and arise ,
go to the Euphrates ,
and hide it there in a hole in the rock ."
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So I went and hid it by the Euphrates ,
as the LORD commanded me .
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Now it came to pass after many days that the LORD said to me , "
Arise ,
go to the Euphrates ,
and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there ."
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Then I went to the Euphrates and dug ,
and I took the sash from the place where I had hidden it ;
and there was the sash ,
ruined .
It was profitable for nothing .
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Then the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD : "
In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem .
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This evil people ,
who refuse to hear My words ,
who follow the dictates of their hearts ,
and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them ,
shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing .
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For as the sash clings to the waist of a man ,
so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me ,'
says the LORD , "
that they may become My people ,
for renown ,
for praise ,
and for glory ;
but they would not hear .'
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Therefore you shall speak to them this word : "
Thus says the LORD God of Israel : "
Every bottle shall be filled with wine ."' "
And they will say to you , "
Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine ?'
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Then you shall say to them , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I will fill all the inhabitants of this land--even the kings who sit on David '
s throne ,
the priests ,
the prophets ,
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem--with drunkenness !
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And I will dash them one against another ,
even the fathers and the sons together ,"
says the LORD . "
I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy ,
but will destroy them .""'
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Hear and give ear :
Do not be proud ,
For the LORD has spoken .
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Give glory to the LORD your God Before He causes darkness ,
And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains ,
And while you are looking for light ,
He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness .
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But if you will not hear it ,
My soul will weep in secret for your pride ;
My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears ,
Because the LORD '
s flock has been taken captive .
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Say to the king and to the queen mother , "
Humble yourselves ;
Sit down ,
For your rule shall collapse ,
the crown of your glory ."
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The cities of the South shall be shut up ,
And no one shall open them ;
Judah shall be carried away captive ,
all of it ;
It shall be wholly carried away captive .
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Lift up your eyes and see Those who come from the north .
Where is the flock that was given to you ,
Your beautiful sheep ?
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What will you say when He punishes you ?
For you have taught them To be chieftains ,
to be head over you .
Will not pangs seize you ,
Like a woman in labor ?
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And if you say in your heart , "
Why have these things come upon me ?"
For the greatness of your iniquity Your skirts have been uncovered ,
Your heels made bare .
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots ?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil .
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Therefore I will scatter them like stubble That passes away by the wind of the wilderness .
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This is your lot ,
The portion of your measures from Me ,"
says the LORD , "
Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood .
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Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face ,
That your shame may appear .
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I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings ,
The lewdness of your harlotry ,
Your abominations on the hills in the fields .
Woe to you ,
O Jerusalem !
Will you still not be made clean ?"
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts .
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