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The word that came to Jeremiah from the L
ORD
, saying,
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Hear ye the words of this covenant, and
speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
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And say thou unto them, Thus
saith the L
ORD
God of Israel; Cursed
be
the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
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Which
I commanded your fathers in the day
that
I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the
iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall
ye be my people, and I will be your God:
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That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto
your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as
it is
this day. Then answered I,
and said, So be it, O L
ORD
.
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Then the L
ORD
said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
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For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day
that
I brought them up out of the land of
Egypt,
even
unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
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Yet they obeyed
not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I
will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded
them
to do; but they did
them
not.
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And the L
ORD
said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among
the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which
refused to hear my words; and they went 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 saith the L
ORD
, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be
able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
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Then shall the
cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense:
but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
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For
according to
the number of
thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and
according to
the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye
set up altars to
that
shameful thing,
even
altars to burn incense unto Baal.
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Therefore pray not
thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear
them
in the time that
they cry unto me for their trouble.
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What hath my beloved to do in mine house,
seeing
she hath
wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then
thou rejoicest.
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The L
ORD
called thy name, A green olive tree, fair,
and
of goodly fruit: with the
noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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For the
L
ORD
of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, 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 unto Baal.
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And the L
ORD
hath given me knowledge
of it,
and I know
it:
then thou shewedst me their
doings.
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But I
was
like a lamb
or
an ox
that
is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they
had devised devices against me,
saying,
Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut
him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
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But, O L
ORD
of
hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them:
for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
of the men of Anathoth,
that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the L
ORD
, that thou die not by our hand:
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