The word
of the Lord came also unto me, saying,
02 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt
thou have sons or daughters in this place.
03 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons
and concerning the daughters that are born in
this place, and concerning their mothers that
bare them, and concerning their fathers that
begat them in this land;
04 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall
not be lamented; neither shall they be buried;
but they shall be as dung upon the face of the
earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword,
and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat
for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of
the earth.
05 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the
house of mourning, neither go to lament nor
bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from
this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness
and mercies.
06 Both the great and the small shall die in this
land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men
lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make
themselves bald for them:
07 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in
mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither
shall men give them the cup of consolation to
drink for their father or for their mother.
08 Thou shalt not also go into the house of
feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
09 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this
place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice
of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of
the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt
shew this people all these words, and they shall
say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced
all this great evil against us? or what is our
iniquity? or what is our sin that we have
committed against the Lord our God?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your
fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and
have walked after other gods, and have served
them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken
me, and have not kept my law;
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12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for,
behold, ye walk every one after the imagination
of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto
me:
13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land
into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your
fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day
and night; where I will not shew you favour.
14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord
liveth, that brought up the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt;
15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the
children of Israel from the land of the north,
and from all the lands whither he had driven
them: and I will bring them again into their land
that I gave unto their fathers.
16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith
the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after
will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt
them from every mountain, and from every hill,
and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they
are not hid from my face, neither is their
iniquity hid from mine eyes.
18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and
their sin double; because they have defiled my
land, they have filled mine inheritance with the
carcases of their detestable and abominable
things.
19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my
refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles
shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,
and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited
lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no
profit.
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods?
21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them
to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and
my might; and they shall know that my name is The
Lord.
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