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1. The LORD said to Jeremiah:
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1. The word H1697 that H834 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Stand in the gate of the LORD's temple and proclaim this message: 'Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD. Hear what the LORD has to say.
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2. Stand H5975 in the gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , and proclaim H7121 there H8033 H853 this H2088 word H1697 , and say H559 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , all H3605 ye of Judah H3063 , that enter H935 in at these H428 gates H8179 to worship H7812 the LORD H3068 .
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3. The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.
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3. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 , Amend H3190 your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 , and I will cause you to dwell H7931 in this H2088 place H4725 .
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4. Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!"
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4. Trust H982 ye not H408 in H413 lying H8267 words H1697 , saying H559 , The temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , The temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , The temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , are these H1992 .
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5. You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
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5. For H3588 if H518 ye throughly amend H3190 H3190 H853 your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 ; if H518 ye throughly execute H6213 H6213 judgment H4941 between H996 a man H376 and his neighbor H7453 ;
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6. Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
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6. If ye oppress H6231 not H3808 the stranger H1616 , the fatherless H3490 , and the widow H490 , and shed H8210 not H408 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place H4725 , neither H3808 walk H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 to your hurt H7451 :
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7. If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.
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7. Then will I cause you to dwell H7931 in this H2088 place H4725 , in the land H776 that H834 I gave H5414 to your fathers H1 , forever H4480 H5769 and ever H5704 H5769 .
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8. "'But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
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8. Behold H2009 , ye H859 trust H982 in H5921 lying H8267 words H1697 , that cannot H1115 profit H3276 .
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9. You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
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9. Will ye steal H1589 , murder H7523 , and commit adultery H5003 , and swear H7650 falsely H8267 , and burn incense H6999 unto Baal H1168 , and walk H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 whom H834 ye know H3045 not H3808 ;
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10. Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say, "We are safe!" You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!
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10. And come H935 and stand H5975 before H6440 me in this H2088 house H1004 , which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 my name H8034 , and say H559 , We are delivered to do H5337 H4616 H6213 H853 all H3605 these H428 abominations H8441 ?
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11. Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.
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11. Is this H2088 house H1004 , which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 my name H8034 , become H1961 a den H4631 of robbers H6530 in your eyes H5869 ? Behold H2009 , even H1571 I H595 have seen H7200 it , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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12. So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did.
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12. But H3588 go H1980 ye now H4994 unto H413 my place H4725 which H834 was in Shiloh H7887 , where H834 I set H7931 my name H8034 at the first H7223 , and see H7200 H853 what H834 I did H6213 to it for H4480 H6440 the wickedness H7451 of my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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13. You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
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13. And now H6528 , because H3282 ye have done H6213 H853 all H3605 these H428 works H4639 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and I spoke H1696 unto H413 you , rising up early H7925 and speaking H1696 , but ye heard H8085 not H3808 ; and I called H7121 you , but ye answered H6030 not H3808 ;
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14. So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.
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14. Therefore will I do H6213 unto this house H1004 , which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 my name H8034 , wherein H834 ye H859 trust H982 , and unto the place H4725 which H834 I gave H5414 to you and to your fathers H1 , as H834 I have done H6213 to Shiloh H7887 .
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15. And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.'"
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15. And I will cast H7993 you out of H4480 H5921 my sight H6440 , as H834 I have cast out H7993 H853 all H3605 your brethren H251 , H853 even the whole H3605 seed H2233 of Ephraim H669 .
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16. Then the LORD said, "As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.
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16. Therefore pray H6419 not H408 thou H859 for H1157 this H2088 people H5971 , neither H408 lift up H5375 cry H7440 nor prayer H8605 for H1157 them, neither H408 make intercession H6293 to me: for H3588 I will not H369 hear H8085 thee.
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17. Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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17. Seest H7200 thou not H369 what H4100 they H1992 do H6213 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 ?
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18. Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.
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18. The children H1121 gather H3950 wood H6086 , and the fathers H1 kindle H1197 H853 the fire H784 , and the women H802 knead H3888 their dough H1217 , to make H6213 cakes H3561 to the queen H4446 of heaven H8064 , and to pour out H5258 drink offerings H5262 unto other H312 gods H430 , that H4616 they may provoke me to anger H3707 .
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19. But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the LORD. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
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19. Do they H1992 provoke me to anger H3707 H853 ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : do they not H3808 provoke themselves to H4616 the confusion H1322 of their own faces H6440 ?
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20. So," the Lord GOD says, "my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished."
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20. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , mine anger H639 and my fury H2534 shall be poured out H5413 upon H413 this H2088 place H4725 , upon H5921 man H120 , and upon H5921 beast H929 , and upon H5921 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 , and upon H5921 the fruit H6529 of the ground H127 ; and it shall burn H1197 , and shall not H3808 be quenched H3518 .
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21. The LORD said to the people of Judah, "The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says: 'You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
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21. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Put H5595 your burnt offerings H5930 unto H5921 your sacrifices H2077 , and eat H398 flesh H1320 .
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22. Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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22. For H3588 I spoke H1696 not H3808 unto H853 your fathers H1 , nor H3808 commanded H6680 them in the day H3117 that I brought H3318 them out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , concerning H5921 H1697 burnt offerings H5930 or sacrifices H2077 :
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23. I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."
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23. But H3588 H518 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 commanded H6680 I them, saying H559 , Obey H8085 my voice H6963 , and I will be H1961 your God H430 , and ye H859 shall be H1961 my people H5971 : and walk H1980 ye in all H3605 the ways H1870 that H834 I have commanded H6680 you, that H4616 it may be well H3190 unto you.
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24. But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
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24. But they hearkened H8085 not H3808 , nor H3808 inclined H5186 H853 their ear H241 , but walked H1980 in the counsels H4156 and in the imagination H8307 of their evil H7451 heart H3820 , and went H1961 backward H268 , and not H3808 forward H6440 .
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25. From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now, I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day.
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25. Since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 your fathers H1 came forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 I have even sent H7971 unto H413 you H853 all H3605 my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , daily H3117 rising up early H7925 and sending H7971 them :
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26. But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.'"
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26. Yet they hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto H413 me, nor H3808 inclined H5186 H853 their ear H241 , but hardened H7185 H853 their neck H6203 : they did worse H7489 than their fathers H4480 H1 .
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27. Then the LORD said to me, "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
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27. Therefore thou shalt speak H1696 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 unto H413 them ; but they will not H3808 hearken H8085 to H413 thee : thou shalt also call H7121 unto H413 them ; but they will not H3808 answer H6030 thee.
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28. So tell them: 'This is a nation that has not obeyed the LORD their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore.
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28. But thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, This H2088 is a nation H1471 that H834 obeyeth H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , nor H3808 receiveth H3947 correction H4148 : truth H530 is perished H6 , and is cut off H3772 from their mouth H4480 H6310 .
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29. So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'"
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29. Cut off H1494 thine hair H5145 , O Jerusalem , and cast it away H7993 , and take up H5375 a lamentation H7015 on H5921 high places H8205 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath rejected H3988 and forsaken H5203 H853 the generation H1755 of his wrath H5678 .
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30. The LORD says, "I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it.
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30. For H3588 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 have done H6213 evil H7451 in my sight H5869 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : they have set H7760 their abominations H8251 in the house H1004 which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 my name H8034 , to pollute H2930 it.
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31. They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!
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31. And they have built H1129 the high places H1116 of Tophet H8612 , which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom H2011 , to burn H8313 H853 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 in the fire H784 ; which H834 I commanded H6680 them not H3808 , neither H3808 came H5927 it into H5921 my heart H3820 .
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32. So, watch out!" says the LORD. "The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.
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32. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that it shall no H3808 more H5750 be called H559 Tophet H8612 , nor the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom H2011 , but H3588 H518 the valley H1516 of slaughter H2028 : for they shall bury H6912 in Tophet H8612 , till there be no H4480 H369 place H4725 .
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33. Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
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33. And the carcasses H5038 of this H2088 people H5971 shall be H1961 meat H3978 for the fowls H5775 of the heaven H8064 , and for the beasts H929 of the earth H776 ; and none H369 shall frighten them away H2729 .
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34. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland."
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34. Then will I cause to cease H7673 from the cities H4480 H5892 of Judah H3063 , and from the streets H4480 H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 , the voice H6963 of mirth H8342 , and the voice H6963 of gladness H8057 , the voice H6963 of the bridegroom H2860 , and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618 : for H3588 the land H776 shall be H1961 desolate H2723 .
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