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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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The Message from GOD to Jeremiah:
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,
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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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"Stand in the gate of GOD's Temple and preach this Message. "Say, "Listen, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship GOD.
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"Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and there proclaim this message: "'Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.
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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 you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!"'
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"Go to the entrance of the LORD's Temple, and give this message to the people: `O Judah, listen to this message from the LORD! Listen to it, all of you who worship here!
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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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GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God, has this to say to you: Clean up your act--the way you live, the things you do--so I can make my home with you in this place.
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This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.
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Thus says 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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The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.
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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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Don't for a minute believe the lies being spoken here--"This is GOD's Temple, GOD's Temple, GOD's Temple!"
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Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!"
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Do not trust in these lying words, saying, "The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are these.'
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But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.
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For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
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Total nonsense! Only if you clean up your act (the way you live, the things you do), only if you do a total spring cleaning on the way you live and treat your neighbors,
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If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,
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"For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,
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I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
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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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only if you quit exploiting the street people and orphans and widows, no longer taking advantage of innocent people on this very site and no longer destroying your souls by using this Temple as a front for other gods--
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if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
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if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,
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and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
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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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only then will I move into your neighborhood. Only then will this country I gave your ancestors be my permanent home, my Temple.
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then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever.
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then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
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Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
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Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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Get smart! Your leaders are handing you a pack of lies, and you're swallowing them!
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But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
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"Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
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" `Do you think that because the Temple is here you will never suffer? Don't fool yourselves!
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Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
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Use your heads! Do you think you can rob and murder, have sex with the neighborhood wives, tell lies nonstop, worship the local gods, and buy every novel religious commodity on the market
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"'Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
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Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
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Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
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And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
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-and then march into this Temple, set apart for my worship, and say, "We're safe!" thinking that the place itself gives you a license to go on with all this outrageous sacrilege?
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and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"-safe to do all these detestable things?
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and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations'?
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and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?
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Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
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A cave full of criminals! Do you think you can turn this Temple, set apart for my worship, into something like that? Well, think again. I've got eyes in my head. I can see what's going on.'" GOD's Decree!
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Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.
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Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," says the LORD.
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Do you think this Temple, which honors my name, is a den of thieves? I see all the evil going on there, says the LORD.
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But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
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Take a trip down to the place that was once in Shiloh, where I met my people in the early days. Take a look at those ruins, what I did to it because of the evil ways of my people Israel.
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"'Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
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"But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
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" `Go to the place at Shiloh where I once put the Tabernacle to honor my name. See what I did there because of all the wickedness of my people, the Israelites.
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And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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So now, because of the way you have lived and failed to listen, even though time and again I took you aside and talked seriously with you, and because you refused to change when I called you to repent,
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While you were doing all these things, declares the LORD, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer.
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And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
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While you were doing these wicked things, says the LORD, I spoke to you about it repeatedly, but you would not listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer.
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Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, 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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I'm going to do to this Temple, set aside for my worship, this place you think is going to keep you safe no matter what, this place I gave as a gift to your ancestors and you, the same as I did to Shiloh.
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Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your fathers.
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therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
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So just as I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this Temple that was built to honor my name, this Temple that you trust for help, this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
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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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And as for you, I'm going to get rid of you, the same as I got rid of those old relatives of yours around Shiloh, your fellow Israelites in that former kingdom to the north.'
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I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your brothers, the people of Ephraim.'
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And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren--the whole posterity of Ephraim.
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And I will send you into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel. '
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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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"And you, Jeremiah, don't waste your time praying for this people. Don't offer to make petitions or intercessions. Don't bother me with them. I'm not listening.
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"So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
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"Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
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"Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don't beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.
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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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Can't you see what they're doing in all the villages of Judah and in the Jerusalem streets?
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Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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Do you not see what they are doing throughout the towns 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 their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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Why, they've got the children gathering wood while the fathers build fires and the mothers make bread to be offered to "the Queen of Heaven'! And as if that weren't bad enough, they go around pouring out libations to any other gods they come across, just to hurt me.
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The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger.
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The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
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No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they give drink offerings to their other idol gods!
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Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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"But is it me they're hurting?" GOD's Decree! "Aren't they just hurting themselves? Exposing themselves shamefully? Making themselves ridiculous?
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But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?
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Do they provoke Me to anger?" says the LORD. "Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?"
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Am I the one they are hurting?" asks the LORD. "Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame."
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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 ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
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"Here's what the Master GOD has to say: "My white-hot anger is about to descend on this country and everything in it--people and animals, trees in the field and vegetables in the garden--a raging wildfire that no one can put out.'
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"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground, and it will burn and not be quenched.
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place--on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched."
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So the Sovereign LORD says: "I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger."
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
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"The Message from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God: "Go ahead! Put your burnt offerings with all your other sacrificial offerings and make a good meal for yourselves. I sure don't want them!
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"'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
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Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
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This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Away with your burnt offerings and sacrifices! Eat them yourselves!
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For I spake 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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When I delivered your ancestors out of Egypt, I never said anything to them about wanting burnt offerings and sacrifices as such.
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For when I brought your forefathers out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
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When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.
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But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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But I did say this, commanded this: "Obey me. Do what I say and I will be your God and you will be my people. Live the way I tell you. Do what I command so that your lives will go well."
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but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.
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But this is what I commanded them, saying, "Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.'
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This is what I told them: `Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Only do as I say, and all will be well!'
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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But do you think they listened? Not a word of it. They did just what they wanted to do, indulged any and every evil whim and got worse day by day.
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But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
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Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
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"But my people would not listen to me. They kept on doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.
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Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
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From the time your ancestors left the land of Egypt until now, I've supplied a steady stream of my servants the prophets,
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From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.
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Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
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From the day your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets--day in and day out.
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Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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but do you think the people listened? Not once. Stubborn as mules and worse than their ancestors!'
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But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.'
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Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
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But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful--even worse than their ancestors.
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Therefore 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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"Tell them all this, but don't expect them to listen. Call out to them, but don't expect an answer.
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"When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.
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"Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
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"Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.
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But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
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Tell them, "You are the nation that wouldn't obey GOD, that refused all discipline. Truth has disappeared. There's not a trace of it left in your mouths.
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Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
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"So you shall say to them, "This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
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Say to them, `This is the nation whose people will not obey the LORD their God and who refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips.
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Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
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So shave your heads. Go bald to the hills and lament, For GOD has rejected and left this generation that has made him so angry.'
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Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.
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Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.'
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O Jerusalem, shave your head in mourning, and weep alone on the mountains. For the LORD has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.'
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For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
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"The people of Judah have lived evil lives while I've stood by and watched." GOD's Decree. "In deliberate insult to me, they've set up their obscene god-images in the very Temple that was built to honor me.
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"'The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.
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For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight," says the LORD. "They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.
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"The people of Judah have sinned before my very eyes," says the LORD. "They have set up their abominable idols right in my own Temple, defiling it.
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And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
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They've constructed Topheth altars for burning babies in prominent places all through the valley of Ben-hinnom, altars for burning their sons and daughters alive in the fire--a shocking perversion of all that I am and all I command.
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They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire-something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
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And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
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They have built the pagan shrines of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, where they sacrifice their little sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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"But soon, very soon"--GOD's Decree!-"the names Topheth and Ben-hinnom will no longer be used. They'll call the place what it is: Murder Meadow. Corpses will be stacked up in Topheth because there's no room left to bury them!
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So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
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"Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.
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So beware, for the time is coming," says the LORD, "when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury so many bodies in Topheth that there won't be room for all the graves.
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And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
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Corpses abandoned in the open air, fed on by crows and coyotes, who have the run of the place.
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Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
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The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.
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The corpses of my people will be food for the vultures and wild animals, and no one will be left to scare 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.
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And I'll empty both smiles and laughter from the villages of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. No wedding songs, no holiday sounds. Dead silence. [JC]
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I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.
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Then I will 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.
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I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.
