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For the LORD has a controversy with you have not heeded), then I will make this
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the nations; house like Shiloh, and will make this city a
He will plead His case with all flesh. curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”
He will give those who are wicked to 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the
the sword,’ says the LORD.” people heard Jeremiah speaking these words
in the house of the LORD. Now it happened,
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Thus says the LORD of hosts:
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when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
“Behold, disaster shall go forth all that the LORD had commanded him to
From nation to nation, speak to all the people, that the priests and the
And a great whirlwind shall be prophets and all the people seized him, saying,
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raised up “You will surely die! Why have you prophe-
From the farthest parts of the earth. sied in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘This
house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be
33 “And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be desolate, without an inhabitant’?” And all the
from one end of the earth even to the other end people were gathered against Jeremiah in the
of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or house of the LORD.
gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse 10 When the princes of Judah heard these
on the ground.
things, they came up from the king’s house to
34 “Wail, shepherds, and cry! the house of the LORD and sat down in the
Roll about in the ashes, entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house.
You leaders of the flock! 11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to
For the days of your slaughter and the princes and all the people, saying, “This
your dispersions are fulfilled; man deserves to die! For he has prophesied
You shall fall like a precious vessel. against this city, as you have heard with your
35 And the shepherds will have no way ears.”
to flee, 12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and
Nor the leaders of the flock to escape. all the people, saying: “The LORD sent me to
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, prophesy against this house and against this
And a wailing of the leaders to the city with all the words that you have heard.
flock will be heard.
For the LORD has plundered their
pasture,
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And the peaceful dwellings are cut down 26:12 Jeremiah spoke. Leaders and people
Because of the fierce anger of the threatened to kill him (v. 8). The prophet
LORD. defended himself while in extreme danger. He
38 He has left His lair like the lion; did not compromise but displayed tremendous
For their land is desolate spiritual courage.He was ready to die (v.14),yet
Because of the fierceness of the warned the crowd that God would hold the
Oppressor, guilty accountable (v.15).
And because of His fierce anger.”
In the beginning of the reign of 13 Now therefore, amend your ways and your
26 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Ju- doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your
dah, this word came from the LORD, saying, God; then the LORD will relent concerning the
“Thus says the LORD: ‘Stand in the court of the doom that He has pronounced against you.
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LORD’s house, and speak to all the cities of Ju- 14 As for me, here I am, in your hand; do with
dah, which come to worship in the LORD’s me as seems good and proper to you. But
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house, all the words that I command you to know for certain that if you put me to death,
speak to them. Do not diminish a word. Per- you will surely bring innocent blood on your-
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haps everyone will listen and turn from his selves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for
evil way, that I may relent concerning the truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all
calamity which I purpose to bring on them these words in your hearing.”
because of the evil of their doings.’ And you 16 So the princes and all the people said to
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shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: “If you the priests and the prophets, “This man does
will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which not deserve to die. For he has spoken to us in
I have set before you, to heed the words of the name of the LORD our God.”
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My servants the prophets whom I sent to you, 17 Then certain of the elders of the land rose
both rising up early and sending them (but up and spoke to all the assembly of the people,
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