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to deliver thee, saith the L
ORD
.
9
Then the L
ORD
put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the
L
ORD
said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10
See, I have this day set thee over
the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down,
to build, and to plant.
11
Moreover the word of the L
ORD
came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said,
I see a rod of an almond tree.
12
Then said the L
ORD
unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten
my word to perform it.
13
And the word of the L
ORD
came unto me the second time, saying, What
seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof
is
toward the north.
14
Then the
L
ORD
said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the L
ORD
; and they shall
come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against
all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16
And I will utter my judgments
against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be
not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18
For, behold, I have made thee this
day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings
of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I
am
with thee, saith
the L
ORD
, to deliver thee.
CHAPTER 2
Moreover the word of the L
ORD
came to me, saying,
2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying,
Thus saith the L
ORD
; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when
thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land
that was
not sown.
3
Israel
was
holiness unto the
L
ORD
,
and
the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,
saith the L
ORD
.
4
Hear ye the word of the L
ORD
, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house
of Israel:
5
Thus saith the L
ORD
, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from
me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6
Neither said they, Where
is
the L
ORD
that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of
deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no
man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat
the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine
heritage an abomination.
8
The priests said not, Where
is
the L
ORD
? and they that handle the law
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