26 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 “Look, I am the Lord, the God over every creature.(A) Is anything too difficult for me?(B) 28 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to hand this city over to the Chaldeans,(C) to Babylon’s king Nebuchadnezzar, and he will capture it. 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire. They will burn it, including the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to anger me.(D) 30 From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in my sight! They have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands”(E)—this is the Lord’s declaration— 31 “for this city has caused my wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. I will therefore remove it from my presence(F) 32 because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to anger me—they, their kings,(G) their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. 33 They have turned their backs to me and not their faces.(H) Though I taught them time and time again,[a](I) they do not listen and receive discipline. 34 They have placed their abhorrent things(J) in the house that bears my name and have defiled it. 35 They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire[b] to Molech(K)—something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought[c] that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!

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Footnotes

  1. 32:33 Lit them, rising up early and teaching
  2. 32:35 Lit to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire
  3. 32:35 Lit them, and it did not arise on my heart

26 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, (A)the God of all flesh. (B)Is anything too hard for me? 28 Therefore, thus says the Lord: (C)Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it. 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city (D)shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, (E)with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal (F)and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, (G)to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight (H)from their youth. The children of Israel have done nothing but (I)provoke me to anger (J)by the work of their hands, declares the Lord. 31 This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, (K)so that I will remove it from my sight 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—(L)their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 (M)They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them (N)persistently, they have not listened (O)to receive instruction. 34 They set up (P)their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. 35 They built the high places of Baal (Q)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, (R)to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, (S)though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do (T)this abomination, (U)to cause Judah to sin.

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