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Jeremia 7
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Jeremia 7
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Jeremia moet in de poort van de tempel tot de mensen spreken
7 De Heer zei tegen mij: 2 "Ga in de poort van de tempel staan. Roep daar wat Ik je nu zeg: Juda, luister naar wat de Heer zegt! Laat iedereen die door deze poorten binnenkomt om de Heer te aanbidden, luisteren naar wat de Heer zegt! 3 Dit zegt de Heer van de hemelse legers, de God van Israël: Verander jullie manier van leven. Houd op met het doen van slechte dingen. Dan zal Ik jullie in deze stad laten wonen. 4 Vertrouw er maar niet op dat de tempel jullie wel zal redden. Jullie roepen: 'Dit is de tempel van de Heer! De Heer zal zijn heiligdom beschermen!' 5 Maar Ik zal jullie alleen redden als jullie je leven veranderen en ophouden met het doen van slechte dingen. Als jullie weer rechtvaardig rechtspreken. 6 Als jullie vreemdelingen, weeskinderen en weduwen niet langer slecht behandelen. Als jullie geen onschuldige mensen meer doden. Als jullie stoppen met het aanbidden van andere goden, want dat doet jullie alleen maar kwaad! 7 Dán zal Ik jullie in deze stad laten wonen en in het land dat Ik aan jullie voorouders gegeven heb. Dán zullen jullie hier voor altijd blijven wonen.
8 Maar jullie vertrouwen op lege woorden. 9 Want jullie stelen, moorden, zijn ontrouw aan jullie man of vrouw, bij rechtszaken zweren jullie dingen die niet waar zijn, jullie brengen offers aan Baäl en andere goden. 10 En dan durven jullie naar Mij in mijn tempel te komen en te zeggen: 'Wij zijn gered!' Denken jullie dat Ik jullie zal redden, zodat jullie kunnen doorgaan met het doen van al die vreselijke dingen? 11 Jullie doen alsof de tempel waar Ik woon een rovershol is! Maar Ik heb het heus wel gezien, zegt de Heer.
12 Ga eens naar de stad Silo, waar Ik vroeger in de tent woonde. Ga maar eens kijken wat Ik daarmee heb gedaan, vanwege de slechte dingen die mijn volk Israël deed.[a] 13 Nu doen jullie dezelfde dingen, zegt de Heer. Steeds heb Ik jullie gewaarschuwd. Maar jullie wilden niet luisteren. Ik heb jullie geroepen. Maar jullie wilden niet antwoorden. 14 Jullie vertrouwen op deze tempel waar Ik woon. Maar nu zal Ik met deze tempel hetzelfde doen als met Silo. En dat is omdat jullie niet naar Mij luisteren. Ook Jeruzalem, de stad die Ik aan jullie en jullie voorouders heb gegeven, zal Ik verwoesten. 15 Ik zal jullie van Mij wegslingeren. Net zoals Ik jullie volksgenoten uit het koninkrijk Israël heb weggeslingerd."
Gods woorden tegen Jeremia
16 De Heer zegt: "Jeremia, bid niet voor dit volk. Smeek Mij niet om nog iets voor hen te doen. Spreek geen gebeden voor hen uit. Dring niet bij Mij aan, want Ik zal niet naar je luisteren. 17 Zie je niet wat ze doen in de steden van Juda en in de straten van Jeruzalem? 18 De kinderen verzamelen hout, de vaders maken er een vuur mee en de vrouwen kneden deeg om op dat vuur offerkoeken te bakken voor de koningin van de hemel.[b] Ze gieten wijn-offers uit voor andere goden, om Mij te beledigen. 19 Doen ze Míj daar kwaad mee? Nee, uiteindelijk doen ze zichzelf kwaad. Want ze komen bedrogen uit. 20 Daarom, zegt de Heer, stort Ik mijn woede als een onblusbaar vuur over hen uit. Over deze stad, mensen en dieren, bomen en akkers. Alles zal vernietigd worden.
21 Dit zegt de Heer van de hemelse legers, de God van Israël: Brengen jullie maar brand-offers en vlees-offers. Eten jullie maar offervlees. 22 Maar toen Ik jullie voorouders uit Egypte bevrijdde, heb Ik nooit tegen hen gezegd dat Ik brand-offers en vlees-offers wilde hebben.[c] 23 Ik heb hun toen alleen bevolen: 'Luister naar Mij en doe wat Ik zeg. Dan zal Ik jullie God zijn en zullen jullie mijn volk zijn. Doe alles wat Ik zeg. Dan zal het goed met jullie gaan.' 24 Maar ze hebben niet naar Mij geluisterd en Mij niet gehoorzaamd. Koppig en ongehoorzaam deden ze alleen wat ze zelf wilden. En ze bedachten alleen maar slechte dingen. Ze liepen aldoor een andere kant op, in plaats van achter Mij aan. 25 Vanaf de dag dat hun voorouders uit Egypte vertrokken tot nu toe, heb Ik steeds mijn profeten naar hen toe gestuurd. Dag in dag uit hebben zij hen gewaarschuwd. 26 Maar ze wilden niet luisteren naar wat de profeten namens Mij zeiden. Ze gehoorzaamden niet. Ze waren nog koppiger dan hun voorouders. 27 Ook jij zal mijn woorden tot hen spreken, Jeremia, en ook naar jou zullen ze niet luisteren. Je zal hen wel roepen, maar ze zullen je niet antwoorden. 28 Zeg daarom tegen hen: Jullie zijn een ongehoorzaam volk. Jullie willen niet luisteren naar jullie Heer God. Jullie trekken je er niets van aan als Hij jullie streng toespreekt en straft. Jullie zéggen wel dat jullie Hem dienen, maar daar is niets van waar.
29 Jeremia, scheer je hoofd kaal als teken van verdriet en werp het haar weg. Ga naar de heuvels en zing daar een treurlied. Want Ik heb mijn volk weggeworpen en verlaten, omdat Ik woedend op hen ben. 30 Want het volk van Juda doet alles wat Ik verboden heb, zegt de Heer. Ze hebben hun walgelijke godenbeelden neergezet in de tempel waar Ik woon. Zo hebben ze mijn tempel besmeurd. 31 Ze hebben altaren gebouwd bij Tofet in het Ben-Hinnomdal. Daar verbranden ze hun zonen en dochters als offer aan hun goden. Dat had Ik hun niet bevolen. Ik heb nooit gezegd dat ze dat moesten doen. Zoiets heb Ik zelfs nooit bedacht. 32 Daarom zal die plek op een dag niet langer Tofet of Ben-Hinnomdal genoemd worden, maar Moorddal, zegt de Heer. De lijken zullen in Tofet begraven worden omdat er op de begraafplaats geen plek meer is. 33 Heel veel lijken van dit volk zullen niet eens begraven worden. Ze zullen worden opgegeten door de vogels en de wilde dieren. Niemand zal de dieren wegjagen. 34 In de steden van Juda en in de straten van Jeruzalem zal geen blijdschap meer te horen zijn. Alle vrolijkheid zal zijn verdwenen. Bruidegom en bruid zullen er niet langer te horen zijn, want het land zal helemaal verwoest zijn. (lees verder)
Footnotes
- Jeremia 7:12 Silo was ruim 400 jaar hiervóór verwoest door de Filistijnen. Lees 1 Samuel 4.
- Jeremia 7:18 Dat was Astarte, de godin van de vruchtbaarheid.
- Jeremia 7:22 Lees Exodus 19. Toen het volk voor het eerst God ontmoette, gaf Hij hun de Tien Leefregels, plus nog een groot aantal andere leefregels die in de hoofdstukken daarna staan. Die gingen allemaal over de omgang met elkaar en waren in feite gewone wetgeving. Pas later, toen bleek dat het volk Hem niet wilde gehoorzamen, gaf God regels voor allerlei offers. Door die offers kon Hij het volk hun ongehoorzaamheid vergeven. Maar het ging God er in de eerste plaats om dat de mensen Hem uit liefde zouden gehoorzamen. Het ging Hem er dus niet om, offers te krijgen! Die waren alleen bedoeld als oplossing voor het probleem van hun ongehoorzaamheid.
Jeremiah 7
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Jeremiah 7
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False Religion Worthless
7 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand(A) at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message:
“‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. 3 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways(B) and your actions, and I will let you live(C) in this place. 4 Do not trust(D) in deceptive(E) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” 5 If you really change(F) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(G) 6 if you do not oppress(H) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(I) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(J) to your own harm, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land(K) I gave your ancestors(L) for ever and ever. 8 But look, you are trusting(M) in deceptive(N) words that are worthless.
9 “‘Will you steal(O) and murder,(P) commit adultery(Q) and perjury,[a](R) burn incense to Baal(S) and follow other gods(T) you have not known, 10 and then come and stand(U) before me in this house,(V) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?(W) 11 Has this house,(X) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers(Y) to you? But I have been watching!(Z) declares the Lord.
12 “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh(AA) where I first made a dwelling(AB) for my Name,(AC) and see what I did(AD) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke(AE) to you again and again,(AF) but you did not listen;(AG) I called(AH) you, but you did not answer.(AI) 14 Therefore, what I did to Shiloh(AJ) I will now do to the house that bears my Name,(AK) the temple(AL) you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. 15 I will thrust you from my presence,(AM) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’(AN)
16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea(AO) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen(AP) to you. 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.(AQ) They pour out drink offerings(AR) to other gods to arouse(AS) my anger. 19 But am I the one they are provoking?(AT) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?(AU)
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign(AV) Lord says: My anger(AW) and my wrath will be poured(AX) 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.(AY)
21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(AZ) and eat(BA) the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(BB) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(BC) 23 but I gave them this command:(BD) Obey(BE) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(BF) Walk in obedience to all(BG) I command you, that it may go well(BH) with you. 24 But they did not listen(BI) or pay attention;(BJ) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(BK) They went backward(BL) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(BM) I sent you my servants(BN) the prophets.(BO) 26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(BP) They were stiff-necked(BQ) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(BR)
27 “When you tell(BS) them all this, they will not listen(BT) to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.(BU) 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(BV) Truth(BW) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29 “‘Cut off(BX) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(BY) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(BZ) this generation that is under his wrath.
The Valley of Slaughter
30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(CA) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(CB) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(CC) it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth(CD) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(CE) to burn their sons and daughters(CF) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(CG) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(CH) for they will bury(CI) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 33 Then the carcasses(CJ) of this people will become food(CK) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(CL) 34 I will bring an end to the sounds(CM) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom(CN) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,(CO) for the land will become desolate.(CP)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods
Jeremiah 7
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Jeremiah 7
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Trusting in Lying Words(A)
7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 (B)“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord!’ ” 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (C)“Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 (D)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’
5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly (E)execute [a]judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (F)or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 (G)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in (H)the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 “Behold, you trust in (I)lying words that cannot profit. 9 (J)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (K)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (L)and then come and stand before Me in this house (M)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? 11 Has (N)this house, which is called by My name, become a (O)den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
12 “But go now to (P)My place which was in Shiloh, (Q)where I set My name at the first, and see (R)what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. 13 And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, (S)rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I (T)called you, but you did not answer, 14 therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to (U)Shiloh. 15 And I will cast you out of My sight, (V)as I have cast out all your brethren—(W)the whole posterity of Ephraim.
16 “Therefore (X)do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; (Y)for I will not hear you. 17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 (Z)The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they (AA)pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. 19 (AB)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: (AC)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. 22 (AD)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, (AE)‘Obey My voice, and (AF)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 (AG)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (AH)followed[b] the counsels and the [c]dictates of their evil hearts, and (AI)went[d] backward and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even (AJ)sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 26 (AK)Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but (AL)stiffened their neck. (AM)They did worse than their fathers.
27 “Therefore (AN)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.
Judgment on Obscene Religion
28 “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God (AO)nor receive correction. (AP)Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. 29 (AQ)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.’ 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. (AR)“They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to [e]pollute it. 31 And they have built the (AS)high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (AT)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (AU)which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
32 “Therefore behold, (AV)the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; (AW)for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room. 33 The (AX)corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away. 34 Then I will cause to (AY)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 (AZ)the land shall be desolate.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 7:5 justice
- Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
- Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were
- Jeremiah 7:30 defile
Jeremiah 7
King James Version
Jeremiah 7
King James Version
7 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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