Jeremiah 9:12-16
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12 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, so that they may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?(A) 13 And the Lord says: Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accordance with it(B) 14 but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.(C) 15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am feeding this people with wormwood and giving them poisonous water to drink.(D) 16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.(E)
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Jeremiah 9:12-16
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The Reason for Judgment
12 Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the Lord[a] spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it? 13 The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn’t obey me and didn’t live according to it. 14 Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals,[b] as their ancestors taught them.”
15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Look, I’ll make these people eat wormwood[c] and drink poisoned water. 16 I’ll scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I’ll pursue them with the sword until I’ve finished them off.”
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- Jeremiah 9:12 Lit. the mouth of the Lord
- Jeremiah 9:14 I.e. images of the Canaanite storm god
- Jeremiah 9:15 I.e. a bitter plant
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