1476 - Jeremiah 7 part 2

Jeremiah Chapter 7 part 2


“Pray no more, for these people, Jeremiah. 


Do not weep, or pray for them, and don’t beg me, to help them, for I will not listen to you. 


Don’t you see, what they are doing, throughout the towns of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 


No wonder I am so angry! 


Watch, how the children gather wood, and the fathers build sacrificial fires. 


See, how the women knead dough, and make cakes, to offer to the Queen of Heaven. 


And they pour out liquid offerings, to their other idol gods! 


Am I the one they are hurting?”asks the Lord. 


(No)


“Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”


So, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 


“I will pour out my terrible fury, on this place. 


Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed, by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”


This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: 


“Take your burnt offerings, and your other sacrifices, …and eat them yourselves! 


When I led your ancestors, out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices, that I wanted from them. 


This is what I told them: 


‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. 


Do everything, as I say, and all will be well!’


“But, my people would not listen, to me. 


They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires, of their evil hearts. 


They went backward, instead of forward. 


From the day that your ancestors left Egypt, until now, I have continued to send my servants, the prophets—day in and day out. 


But, my people have not listened to me, or even tried to hear. 


They have been stubborn, and sinful—even worse than their ancestors.


“Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. 


Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond. 


Say to them, 


‘This is the nation, whose people will not obey the Lord, their God, and who refuse to be taught. 


Truth has vanished, from among them; it is no longer heard, on their lips. 


Shave your head, in mourning, and weep alone, on the mountains. 


For the Lord has rejected… and forsaken this generation, …this generation that has provoked his fury.’


“The people, of Judah, have sinned, before my very eyes,” says the Lord. 


“They have set up their abominable idols, right in the Temple that bears my name, ….defiling it. 


They have built pagan shrines, at Topheth, the garbage dump, in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, …and there they burn their sons and daughters, in the fire. 


I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind, to command such a thing! 


So beware, for the time is coming,” says the Lord, “…when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, …but instead, it will be known as the Valley of Slaughter. 


They will bury the bodies, in Topheth, until there is no more room for them. 


The bodies, of my people, will be food for the vultures and wild animals, …and no one will be left, to scare them away. 


I will put an end, to the happy singing and laughter, in the streets of Jerusalem. 


The joyful voices, of bridegrooms and brides, will no longer be heard, in the towns of Judah. 


The land will lie, in complete desolation.  


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Jeremiah 7:16–34


Praise be to God!


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