The word that came to Jeremiah
from the LORD
, saying
,
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
.
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
.
Trust ye not in lying
words
, saying
, The temple
of the LORD
, The temple
of the LORD
, The temple
of the LORD
, are these.
For if ye throughly amend
your ways
and your doings
; if ye throughly
execute
judgment
between a man
and his neighbour
;
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
:
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place
, in the land
that I gave
to your fathers
, for
ever
and ever
.
Behold, ye trust in lying
words
, that cannot profit
.
Will ye steal, murder
, and commit adultery
, and swear
falsely
, and burn incense
unto Baal
, and walk
after
other
gods
whom ye know
not;
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
?
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
.
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
.
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;
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
.
And I will cast you out of my sight
, as I have cast out
all your brethren
, even the whole seed
of Ephraim
.
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.
Seest thou not what they do
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
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
.
Do they provoke me to anger? saith
the LORD
: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion
of their own faces
?
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
.
Thus saith the LORD
of hosts
, the God
of Israel
; Put
your burnt offerings
unto your sacrifices
, and eat
flesh
.
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
:
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.
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
.
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 :
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined
their ear
, but hardened
their neck
: they did worse
than their fathers
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.