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Jeremiah 16:10-21
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah 16:10-21
Revised Standard Version
10 “And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, 12 and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me; 13 therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
God Will Restore Israel
14 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ 15 but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For I will bring them back to their own land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, I am sending for many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall catch them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. 17 For my eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes. 18 And[a] I will doubly recompense their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to thee shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nought but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.
20 Can man make for himself gods?
Such are no gods!”
21 “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord.”
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- Jeremiah 16:18 Gk: Heb And first
Jeremiah 16:10-21
New International Version
Jeremiah 16:10-21
New International Version
10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(A) 11 then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped(B) them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.(C) 12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.(D) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts(E) instead of obeying me. 13 So I will throw you out of this land(F) into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known,(G) and there you will serve other gods(H) day and night, for I will show you no favor.’(I)
14 “However, the days are coming,”(J) declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(K) 15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north(L) and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’(M) For I will restore(N) them to the land I gave their ancestors.(O)
16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.(P) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt(Q) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.(R) 17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(S) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(T) 18 I will repay(U) them double(V) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(W) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(X) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(Y)”(Z)
19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge(AA) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(AB)
from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(AC)
worthless idols(AD) that did them no good.(AE)
20 Do people make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods!”(AF)
21 “Therefore I will teach them—
this time I will teach them
my power and might.
Then they will know
that my name(AG) is the Lord.
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