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Jeremiah 7:17-29
New King James Version
Jeremiah 7:17-29
New King James Version
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 (A)The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they (B)pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. 19 (C)Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”
20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (D)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. 22 (E)For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, (F)‘Obey My voice, and (G)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ 24 (H)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (I)followed[a] the counsels and the [b]dictates of their evil hearts, and (J)went[c] backward and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even (K)sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 26 (L)Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but (M)stiffened their neck. (N)They did worse than their fathers.
27 “Therefore (O)you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
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28 “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God (P)nor receive correction. (Q)Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. 29 (R)Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
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- Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
- Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were
Jeremiah 7:17-29
New International Version
Jeremiah 7:17-29
New International Version
17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.(A) They pour out drink offerings(B) to other gods to arouse(C) my anger. 19 But am I the one they are provoking?(D) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?(E)
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign(F) Lord says: My anger(G) and my wrath will be poured(H) out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.(I)
21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(J) and eat(K) the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(L) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(M) 23 but I gave them this command:(N) Obey(O) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(P) Walk in obedience to all(Q) I command you, that it may go well(R) with you. 24 But they did not listen(S) or pay attention;(T) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(U) They went backward(V) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(W) I sent you my servants(X) the prophets.(Y) 26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(Z) They were stiff-necked(AA) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(AB)
27 “When you tell(AC) them all this, they will not listen(AD) to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.(AE) 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(AF) Truth(AG) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29 “‘Cut off(AH) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(AI) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(AJ) this generation that is under his wrath.
Jeremiah 7:17-29
King James Version
Jeremiah 7:17-29
King James Version
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.
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