updv Jeremiah:7:1-29 SEEK
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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh ,
saying ,
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Stand in the gate of Yahweh '
s house ,
and proclaim there this word ,
and say ,
Hear the word of Yahweh ,
all you (
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of Judah ,
that enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh .
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Thus says Yahweh of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
Amend your (
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ways and your {+}
doings ,
and I will make it so that you {+}
stay in this place .
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Don '
t trust (
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in lying words ,
saying ,
The temple of Yahweh ,
the temple of Yahweh ,
the temple of Yahweh ,
are these [
buildings ].
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For if you (
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thoroughly amend your {+}
ways and your {+}
doings ;
if you {+}
thoroughly execute justice between a man and his fellow man ;
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if you (
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don '
t oppress the sojourner ,
the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
and don '
t shed innocent blood in this place ,
neither walk after other gods to your {+}
own hurt :
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then I will make it so that you (
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stay in this place ,
in the land that I gave to your {+}
fathers ,
from of old even forevermore .
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Look ,
you (
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trust in lying words ,
that can '
t profit .
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Will you (
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steal ,
murder ,
and commit adultery ,
and swear falsely ,
and burn incense to Baal ,
and walk after other gods that you {+}
haven '
t known ,
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and come and stand before me in this house ,
which is called by my name ,
and say ,
We are delivered ;
that you (
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may do all these disgusting things ?
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Has this house ,
which is called by my name ,
become a den of robbers in your (
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eyes ?
Look ,
I ,
even I ,
have seen it ,
says Yahweh .
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But go (
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now to my place which was in Shiloh ,
where I made my name stay at first ,
and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel .
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And now ,
because you (
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have done all these works ,
says Yahweh ,
and I spoke to you {+},
rising up early and speaking ,
but you {+}
didn '
t hear ;
and I called you {+},
but you {+}
didn '
t answer :
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therefore I will do to the house which is called by my name ,
in which you (
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trust ,
and to the place which I gave to you {+}
and to your {+}
fathers ,
as I did to Shiloh .
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And I will cast you (
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out of my sight ,
as I have cast out all your {+}
brothers ,
even the whole seed of Ephraim .
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Therefore don '
t pray for this people ,
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them ,
neither make intercession to me ;
for I will not hear you .
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Don '
t you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ?
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The sons 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 to other gods ,
that they may provoke me to anger .
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Do they provoke me to anger ?
says Yahweh ; [
do they ]
not [
provoke ]
themselves ,
to the confusion of their own faces ?
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Therefore thus says the Sovereign Yahweh :
Look ,
my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place ,
on man ,
and on beast ,
and on the trees of the field ,
and on the fruit of the ground ;
and it will burn ,
and will not be quenched .
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Thus says Yahweh of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Add your (
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burnt-offerings to your {+}
sacrifices ,
and eat {+}
flesh .
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For I did not speak to your (
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fathers ,
nor command 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 ,
Listen to my voice ,
and I will be your (
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God ,
and you {+}
will be my people ;
and walk {+}
in all the way that I command you {+},
that it may be well with you {+}.
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But they didn '
t listen ,
nor incline their ear ,
but walked in [
their own ]
counsels [
and ]
in the stubbornness of their evil heart ,
and went backward ,
and not forward .
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Since the day that your (
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fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day ,
I have sent all my slaves the prophets to you {+},
daily rising up early and sending them :
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yet they didn '
t listen to me ,
nor incline their ear ,
but made their neck stiff :
they did worse than their fathers .
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And you will speak all these words to them ;
but they will not listen to you :
you will also call to them ;
but they will not answer you .
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And you will say to them ,
This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God ,
nor received instruction :
truth has perished ,
and is cut off from their mouth .
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Cut off your hair , [
O Jerusalem ],
and cast it away ,
and take up a lamentation on the bare heights ;
for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath .