ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 7
1. The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559],
2. Stand[H5975] in the gate[H8179] of Jehovah[H3068]'s house[H1004], and proclaim[H7121] there this word[H1697], and say[H559], Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], all ye of Judah[H3063], that enter in[H935] at these gates[H8179] to worship[H7812] Jehovah[H3068].
3. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[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 place[H4725].
4. Trust[H982] ye not in lying[H8267] words[H1697], saying[H559], The temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068], the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068], the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068], are these.
5. For if ye thoroughly[H3190] amend[H3190] your ways[H1870] and your doings[H4611]; if ye thoroughly[H6213] execute[H6213] justice[H4941] between a man[H376] and his neighbor[H7453];
6. if ye oppress[H6231] not the sojourner[H1616], the fatherless[H3490], and the widow[H490], and shed[H8210] not innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] in this place[H4725], neither walk[H3212] after[H310] other[H312] gods[H430] to your own hurt[H7451]:
7. then will I cause you to dwell[H7931] in this place[H4725], in the land[H776] that I gave[H5414] to your fathers[H1], from of old[H5769] even for[H5704] evermore[H5769].
8. Behold[H982], ye trust in lying[H8267] words[H1697], that cannot profit[H3276].
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] that ye have not known[H3045],
10. and come[H935] and stand[H5975] before[H6440] me in this house[H1004], which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], and say[H559], We are delivered[H5337]; that ye may do[H6213] all these abominations[H8441]?
11. Is this house[H1004], which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], become a den[H4631] of robbers[H6530] in your eyes[H5869]? Behold[H7200], I, even I, have seen it[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
12. But go[H3212] ye now unto my place[H4725] which was in Shiloh[H7887], where I caused my name[H8034] to dwell[H7931] at the first[H7223], and see[H7200] what I did[H6213] to it for[H6440] the wickedness[H7451] of my people[H5971] Israel[H3478].
13. And now[H6213], because ye have done all these works[H4639], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], and I spake[H1696] unto you[H7925], rising up early and speaking[H1696], but ye heard[H8085] not[H7121]; and I called you[H6030], but ye answered not:
14. therefore will I do[H6213] unto the house[H1004] which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], wherein ye trust[H982], and unto the place[H4725] which I gave[H5414] to you and to your fathers[H1], as I did[H6213] to Shiloh[H7887].
15. And I will cast you out[H7993] of my sight[H6440], as I have cast out[H7993] all your brethren[H251], even the whole seed[H2233] of Ephraim[H669].
16. Therefore pray[H6419] not thou for this people[H5971], neither lift up[H5375] cry[H7440] nor prayer[H8605] for them[H1157], neither make intercession[H6293] to me[H8085]; for I will not hear thee.
17. Seest[H7200] thou not what they do[H6213] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389]?
18. The children[H1121] gather[H3950] wood[H6086], and the fathers[H1] kindle[H1197] the fire[H784], and the women[H802] knead[H3888] the 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 they may provoke me to anger[H3707].
19. Do they provoke me to anger[H3707]? saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; do they not provoke themselves[H1322], to the confusion of their own faces[H6440]?
20. Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: Behold[H639], mine anger and my wrath[H2534] shall be poured out[H5413] upon this place[H4725], upon man[H120], and upon beast[H929], and upon the trees[H6086] of the field[H7704], and upon the fruit[H6529] of the ground[H127]; and it shall burn[H1197], and shall not be quenched[H3518].
21. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: Add[H5595] your burnt-offerings[H5930] unto your sacrifices[H2077], and eat[H398] ye flesh[H1320].
22. For I spake[H1696] not unto your fathers[H1], nor commanded[H6680] them in the day[H3117] that I brought them out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], concerning[H1697] burnt-offerings[H5930] or sacrifices[H2077]:
23. but this thing[H1697] I commanded[H6680] them[H559], saying, Hearken[H8085] unto my voice[H6963], and I will be your God[H430], and ye shall be my people[H5971]; and walk[H1980] ye in all the way[H1870] that I command[H6680] you[H3190], that it may be well with you.
24. But they hearkened[H8085] not[H5186], nor inclined their ear[H241], but walked[H3212] in their own counsels[H4156] and in the stubbornness[H8307] of their evil[H7451] heart[H3820], and went backward[H268], and not forward[H6440].
25. Since the day[H3117] that your fathers[H1] came forth out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] unto this day[H3117], I have sent[H7971] unto you all my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], daily[H3117] rising up early[H7925] and sending them[H7971]:
26. yet they hearkened[H8085] not unto me[H5186], nor inclined their ear[H241], but made their neck[H6203] stiff[H7185]: they did worse[H7489] than their fathers[H1].
27. And thou shalt speak[H1696] all these words[H1697] unto them[H8085]; but they will not hearken to thee[H7121]: thou shalt also call unto them[H6030]; but they will not answer thee.
28. And thou shalt say[H559] unto them[H1471], This is the nation that hath not hearkened[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], nor received[H3947] instruction[H4148]: truth[H530] is perished[H6], and is cut off[H3772] from their mouth[H6310].
29. Cut off[H1494] thy hair[H5145], O Jerusalem[H7993], and cast it away, and take up[H5375] a lamentation[H7015] on the bare heights[H8205]; for Jehovah[H3068] hath rejected[H3988] and forsaken[H5203] the generation[H1755] of his wrath[H5678].
30. For the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] have done[H6213] that which is evil[H7451] in my sight[H5869], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]: they have set[H7760] their abominations[H8251] in the house[H1004] which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], to defile it[H2930].
31. And they have built[H1129] the high places[H1116] of Topheth[H8612], which is in the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], to burn[H8313] their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] in the fire[H784]; which I commanded[H6680] not[H5927], neither came it into my mind[H3820].
32. Therefore[H3117], behold, the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that it shall no more be called[H559] Topheth[H8612], nor The valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], but The valley[H1516] of Slaughter[H2028]: for they shall bury[H6912] in Topheth[H8612], till there be no[H369] place to bury[H4725].
33. And the dead bodies[H5038] of this people[H5971] shall be food[H3978] for the birds[H5775] of the heavens[H8064], and for the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776]; and none shall frighten them away[H2729].
34. Then will I cause to cease[H7673] from the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and from the streets[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 the land[H776] shall become a waste[H2723].
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