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Jeremiah 6:13-20
New International Version
Jeremiah 6:13-20
New International Version
13 “From the least to the greatest,
all(A) are greedy for gain;(B)
prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.(C)
14 They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
when there is no peace.(D)
15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.(E)
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when I punish(F) them,”
says the Lord.
16 This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,(G)
ask where the good way(H) is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest(I) for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 I appointed watchmen(J) over you and said,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’(K)
But you said, ‘We will not listen.’(L)
18 Therefore hear, you nations;
you who are witnesses,
observe what will happen to them.
19 Hear, you earth:(M)
I am bringing disaster(N) on this people,
the fruit of their schemes,(O)
because they have not listened to my words(P)
and have rejected my law.(Q)
20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(R)
or sweet calamus(S) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(T)
your sacrifices(U) do not please me.”(V)
Jeremiah 6:13-20
King James Version
Jeremiah 6:13-20
King James Version
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
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