The word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,
02 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak
unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem;
03 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not
the words of this covenant,
04 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:
05 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 Lord.
06 Then the Lord 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is
found among the men of Judah, and among the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 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.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord, 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.
12 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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13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 The Lord 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.
17 For the Lord 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.
18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it,
and I know it: then thou shewedst me their
doings.
19 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.
20 But, O Lord 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.
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of
Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy
not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by
our hand:
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall
die by the sword; their sons and their daughters
shall die by famine:
23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I
will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even
the year of their visitation.
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