¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

² Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

³ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴ Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

⁵ For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

⁶ If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

⁷ Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

⁸ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

⁹ Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

¹⁰ And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

¹¹ Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

¹² But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹³ And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

¹⁴ Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵ And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

¹⁷ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

¹⁹ Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

²⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

²¹ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

²² For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

²³ But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

²⁴ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

²⁶ Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

²⁷ Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

²⁸ But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

²⁹ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

³¹ And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

³² Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

³³ And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

³⁴ Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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¹ The word ^H1697 that came to Jeremiah ^H3414 from the LORD, ^H3068 saying, ^H559

² Stand ^H5975 in the gate ^H8179 of the LORD'S ^H3068 house, ^H1004 and proclaim ^H7121 there this word, ^H1697 and say, ^H559 Hear ^H8085 the word ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068 all ye of Judah, ^H3063 that enter in ^H935 at these gates ^H8179 to worship ^H7812 the LORD. ^H3068

³ Thus 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 place. ^H4725

⁴ Trust ^H982 ye not in 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.

⁵ For if ye throughly ^H3190 amend ^H3190 your ways ^H1870 and your doings; ^H4611 if ye throughly ^H6213 execute ^H6213 judgment ^H4941 between a man ^H376 and his neighbour; ^H7453

⁶ If ye oppress ^H6231 not the stranger, ^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 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 for ^H5704 ever ^H5769 and ever. ^H5769

⁸ Behold, ye trust ^H982 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 whom ye know ^H3045 not;

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 to 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, even I have seen ^H7200 it, saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

¹² But go ^H3212 ye now unto my place ^H4725 which was in Shiloh, ^H7887 where I set ^H7931 my name ^H8034 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, because ye have done ^H6213 all these works, ^H4639 saith ^H5002 the LORD, ^H3068 and I spake ^H1696 unto you, rising up early ^H7925 and speaking, ^H1696 but ye heard ^H8085 not; and I called ^H7121 you, but ye answered ^H6030 not;

¹⁴ Therefore will I do ^H6213 unto this 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 have done ^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: for I will not hear ^H8085 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 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 they may provoke me to anger. ^H3707

¹⁹ Do they provoke me to anger? ^H3707 saith ^H5002 the LORD: ^H3068 do they not provoke themselves to the confusion ^H1322 of their own faces? ^H6440

²⁰ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD; ^H3069 Behold, mine anger ^H639 and my fury ^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 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 the God ^H430 of Israel; ^H3478 Put ^H5595 your burnt offerings ^H5930 unto your sacrifices, ^H2077 and eat ^H398 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 commanded ^H6680 I them, saying, ^H559 Obey ^H8085 my voice, ^H6963 and I will be your God, ^H430 and ye shall be my people: ^H5971 and walk ^H1980 ye in all the ways ^H1870 that I have commanded ^H6680 you, that it may be well ^H3190 unto you.

²⁴ But they hearkened ^H8085 not, nor inclined ^H5186 their ear, ^H241 but walked ^H3212 in the counsels ^H4156 and in the imagination ^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 even sent ^H7971 unto you all my servants ^H5650 the prophets, ^H5030 daily ^H3117 rising up early ^H7925 and sending ^H7971 them:

²⁶ Yet they hearkened ^H8085 not unto me, nor inclined ^H5186 their ear, ^H241 but hardened ^H7185 their neck: ^H6203 they did worse ^H7489 than their fathers. ^H1

²⁷ Therefore thou shalt speak ^H1696 all these words ^H1697 unto them; but they will not hearken ^H8085 to thee: thou shalt also call ^H7121 unto them; but they will not answer ^H6030 thee.

²⁸ But thou shalt say ^H559 unto them, This is a nation ^H1471 that obeyeth ^H8085 not the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 their God, ^H430 nor receiveth ^H3947 correction: ^H4148 truth ^H530 is perished, ^H6 and is cut off ^H3772 from their mouth. ^H6310

²⁹ Cut off ^H1494 thine hair, ^H5145 O Jerusalem, and cast it away, ^H7993 and take up ^H5375 a lamentation ^H7015 on high places; ^H8205 for the LORD ^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 evil ^H7451 in my sight, ^H5869 saith ^H5002 the LORD: ^H3068 they have set ^H7760 their abominations ^H8251 in the house ^H1004 which is called ^H7121 by my name, ^H8034 to pollute ^H2930 it.

³¹ And they have built ^H1129 the high places ^H1116 of Tophet, ^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 them not, neither came ^H5927 it into my heart. ^H3820

³² Therefore, behold, the days ^H3117 come, ^H935 saith ^H5002 the LORD, ^H3068 that it shall no more be called ^H559 Tophet, ^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 Tophet, ^H8612 till there be no ^H369 place. ^H4725

³³ And the carcases ^H5038 of this people ^H5971 shall be meat ^H3978 for the fowls ^H5775 of the heaven, ^H8064 and for the beasts ^H929 of the earth; ^H776 and none shall fray 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 be desolate. ^H2723

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

³ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴ Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

⁵ For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

⁶ if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

⁷ then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.

⁸ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

⁹ Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

¹⁰ and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

¹¹ Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

¹² But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹³ And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:

¹⁴ therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

¹⁵ And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

¹⁷ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

¹⁹ Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; `do they' not `provoke' themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

²⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

²¹ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

²² For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

²³ but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

²⁴ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in `their own' counsels `and' in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

²⁶ yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

²⁷ And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

²⁸ And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

²⁹ Cut off thy hair, `O Jerusalem', and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³¹ And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.

³² Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place `to bury'.

³³ And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

³⁴ Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.

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¹ The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah:

³ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴ Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah `are' they!

⁵ For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

⁶ Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

⁷ Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

⁸ Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

⁹ Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

¹⁰ And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

¹¹ A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹² But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that `is' in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.

¹³ And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,

¹⁴ I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵ And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

¹⁷ Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

¹⁹ Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

²⁰ Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.

²¹ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh.

²² For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,

²³ But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

²⁴ And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

²⁵ Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

²⁶ And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

²⁷ And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

²⁸ And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

²⁹ Cut off thy crown, and cast `it' away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

³⁰ For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called -- to defile it,

³¹ And have built the high places of Tophet, That `are' in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

³² Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, `The Tophet,' And `Valley of the son of Hinnom,' But `Valley of the slaughter,' And they have buried in Tophet -- without place.

³³ And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

³⁴ And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

³ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴ Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.

⁵ But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,

⁶ [if] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;

⁷ then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.

⁸ Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

⁹ What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ...

¹⁰ then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, -- in order to do all these abominations!

¹¹ Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah.

¹² For go now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it, for the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹³ And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;

¹⁴ I will even do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh;

¹⁵ and I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, and make not intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

¹⁷ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

¹⁹ Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?

²⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place; upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

²¹ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.

²² For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;

²³ but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

²⁴ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, unto this day, have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them;

²⁶ but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers.

²⁷ And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee.

²⁸ And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

²⁹ Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³¹ And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither did it come up into my mind.

³² Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when it shall no more be said, Topheth, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place.

³³ And the carcases of this people shall be food for the fowl of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall scare [them] away.

³⁴ And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

² Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.

³ Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴ Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.

⁵ For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

⁶ if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

⁷ then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.

⁸ Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.

⁹ Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

¹⁰ and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?

¹¹ Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.

¹² But go you now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹³ Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:

¹⁴ therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

¹⁵ I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.

¹⁷ Don't you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

¹⁹ Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

²⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

²¹ Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat you flesh.

²² For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

²³ but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

²⁴ But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

²⁶ yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

²⁷ You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

²⁸ You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

²⁹ Cut off your hair, [Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³¹ They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I didn't command, neither came it into my mind.

³² Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place [to bury].

³³ The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

³⁴ Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.

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¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

² Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.

³ The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

⁴ Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.

⁵ For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

⁶ If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

⁷ Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.

⁸ See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.

⁹ Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

¹⁰ And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?

¹¹ Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

¹² But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.

¹³ And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

¹⁴ For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵ And I will send you away from before my face, as I have sent away all your brothers, even all the seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.

¹⁷ Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children go for wood, the fathers get the fire burning, the women are working the paste to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and drink offerings are drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

¹⁹ Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?

²⁰ So this is what the Lord God has said: See, my wrath and my passion will be let loose on this place, on man and beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the produce of the earth; it will be burning and will not be put out.

²¹ These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

²² For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:

²³ But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

²⁴ But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

²⁵ From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:

²⁶ But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

²⁷ And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

²⁸ And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

²⁹ Let your hair be cut off, O Jerusalem, and let it go, and let a song of grief go up on the open hilltops; for the Lord is turned away from the generation of his wrath and has given them up.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

³¹ And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.

³² For this cause, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death: for they will put the dead into the earth in Topheth till there is no more room.

³³ And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.

³⁴ And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.