Jeremiah 16:9-11
Christian Standard Bible
9 For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.(A)
Abandoning the Lord and His Law
10 “When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this terrible disaster against us?(B) What is our iniquity? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 Then you will answer them, ‘Because your ancestors abandoned me(C)—this is the Lord’s declaration—and followed other gods, served them, and bowed in worship to them.(D) Indeed, they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction.
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