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1. This is the Lord's message 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. "Jeremiah, stand at the gate of the Lord's house. Teach this message at the gate: "'Hear the message from the Lord, all you people of the nation of Judah. All you who come through these gates to worship the Lord, hear this message.
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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 is the God of the people of Israel. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Change your lives and do good things. If you do this, I will let you live in this place.
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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. Don't trust the lies that some people say. They say, "This is the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord! "
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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. If you change your lives and do good things, I will let you live in this place. You must be fair to each other.
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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. You must be fair to strangers. You must help widows and orphans. Don't kill innocent people! And don't follow other gods, because they will only ruin your lives.
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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 obey me, I will let you live in this place. I gave this land to your ancestors for them to keep forever.
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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 you are trusting lies that are worthless.
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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. Will you steal and murder? Will you commit adultery? Will you falsely accuse other people? Will you worship the false god Baal and follow other gods that you have not 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. If you commit these sins, do you think that you can stand before me in this house that is called by my name? Do you think you can stand before me and say, "We are safe," just so you can do all these terrible things?
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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. This Temple is called by my name. Is this Temple nothing more to you than a hideout for robbers? I have been watching you.'" This message is from 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. "'You people of Judah, go now to the town of Shiloh. Go to the place where I first made a house for my name. The people of Israel also did evil things. Go and see what I did to that place because of the evil they 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 people of Israel were doing all these evil things. This message is from the Lord! I spoke to you again and again, but you refused to listen to me. I called to you, but you did not answer.
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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 the house called by my name in Jerusalem. I will destroy that Temple as I destroyed Shiloh. And that house in Jerusalem that is called by my name is the Temple you trust in. I gave that place to you and to your ancestors.
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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. I will throw you away from me just as I threw away all your brothers from Ephraim. '
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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. "As for you, Jeremiah, don't pray for these people of Judah. Don't beg for them or pray for them. Don't beg me to help them. I will not listen to your prayer for them.
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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. I know you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah. You can see what they are doing in the streets of the city 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. This is what the people of Judah are doing: The children gather wood. The fathers use the wood to make a fire. The women make the dough and then make cakes of bread to offer to the Queen of Heaven. The people of Judah pour out drink offerings to worship other gods. They do this to make me angry.
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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 the one they are really hurting." This message is from the Lord. "They are only hurting themselves. They are bringing shame on themselves."
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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 this is what the Lord says: "I will show my anger against this place. I will punish people and animals. I will punish the trees in the field and the crops that grow in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire�no one will be able to stop it."
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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. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: "Go and offer as many burnt offerings and sacrifices as you want. Eat the meat of those sacrifices yourselves.
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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. I brought your ancestors out of Egypt. I spoke to them, but I did not give them any 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 only gave them this command: 'Obey me and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do all that I command, and good things will happen to 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 your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did what they wanted to do. They did not become good. They became even more evil�they went backward, not forward.
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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 day that your ancestors left Egypt to this day, I have sent my servants to you. My servants are the prophets. I sent them to you again and again.
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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. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil even worse than their fathers did.
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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. "Jeremiah, you will tell these things to the people of Judah. But they will not listen to you. You call to them, but they will not answer 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 you must tell them these things: This is the nation that did not obey the Lord its God. These people did not listen to God's teachings. They don't know the true teachings.
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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. "Jeremiah, cut off your hair and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop and cry, because the Lord has rejected this generation of people. He has turned his back on these people. And in anger, he will punish them.
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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. Do this because I have seen the people of Judah doing evil things." This message is from the Lord. "They have set up their idols, and I hate those idols. They have set up idols in the Temple that is called by my name. They have made my house 'dirty'!
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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. The people of Judah built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom where they killed their own sons and daughters and burned them as sacrifices. This is something I never commanded. Something like this never even entered my mind!
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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 I warn you. The days are coming," says the Lord, "when people will not call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom anymore. No, they will call it the Valley of Slaughter. They will give it this name because they will bury the dead people in Topheth until there is no more room to bury anyone else.
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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 bodies of the dead people will become food for the birds of the sky. Wild animals will eat the bodies of those people. There will be no one left alive to chase the birds or animals 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 bring an end to the sounds of joy and happiness in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. There will be no more sounds of the bride and bridegroom in Judah or Jerusalem. The land will become an empty desert."
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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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