Jeremiah 7:27-29
Lexham English Bible
27 So you shall speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you, and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you.
The Valley of the Slaughter
28 “And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God, and they have not accepted discipline. The truth has perished, and it is cut off from their mouths.[a] 29 Shear your hair and throw it[b] away, and lift up a lament on the barren heights, for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’
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- Jeremiah 7:28 Hebrew “mouth”
- Jeremiah 7:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
Jeremiah 7:27-29
American Standard Version
27 And 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 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received [a]instruction: [b]truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
29 Cut off [c]thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
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- Jeremiah 7:28 Or, correction
- Jeremiah 7:28 Or, faithfulness
- Jeremiah 7:29 Hebrew thy crown.
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