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the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one
is
given to covetousness; and from the
prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14
They have healed also the hurt
of the
daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when
there is
no peace.
15
Were they ashamed
when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time
that
I visit them they shall be cast down,
saith the L
ORD
.
16
Thus saith the L
ORD
, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We
will not walk
therein.
17
Also I set watchmen over you,
saying,
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet.
But they said, We will not hearken.
18
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what
is
among them.
19
Hear, O earth:
behold, I will bring evil upon this people,
even
the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20
To what purpose cometh there to me
incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings
are
not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21
Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
, Behold, I will lay
stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the
neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22
Thus saith the L
ORD
, Behold, a people cometh from the
north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23
They shall lay hold
on bow and spear; they
are
cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride
upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24
We have heard the
fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us,
and
pain, as of a woman in
travail.
25
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy
and
fear
is
on every side.
26
O daughter of my people, gird
thee
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee
mourning,
as for
an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27
I have set thee
for
a tower
and
a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their
way.
28
They
are
all grievous revolters, walking with slanders:
they are
brass and iron; they
are
all
corrupters.
29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain:
for the wicked are not plucked away.
30
Reprobate silver shall
men
call them, because the L
ORD
hath rejected them.
CHAPTER 7
The word that came to Jeremiah from the L
ORD
, saying,
2
Stand in the gate of the L
ORD
’S house,
and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the L
ORD
, all
ye of
Judah, that enter in at
these gates to worship the L
ORD
.
3
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your
ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4
Trust ye not in lying words,
saying, The temple of the L
ORD
, The temple of the L
ORD
, The temple of the L
ORD
,
are
these.
5
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