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The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
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The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
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The Call of Jeremiah
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.
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The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
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The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
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The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”
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Israel Forsakes God
The word of the Lord came to me:
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Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob, all you clans of Israel.
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“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: “Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to you no more’?
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The prophets are but wind and the word is not in them; so let what they say be done to them.”
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Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says: “Because the people have spoken these words, I will make my words in your mouth a fire and these people the wood it consumes.
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To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
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Hear, you earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law.
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False Religion Worthless
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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“Stand 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.
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Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”
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But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
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The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what kind of wisdom do they have?
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Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament.
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The Covenant Is Broken
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them.
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They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.
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Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time:
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Then the word of the Lord came to me:
