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The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
2Hear[H8085] ye the words[H1697] of this covenant[H1285], and speak[H1696] unto the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and to the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389];
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And say[H559] thou unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] that obeyeth[H8085] not the words[H1697] of this covenant[H1285],
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Which I commanded[H6680] your fathers[H1] in the day[H3117] that I brought them forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], from the iron[H1270]furnace[H3564], saying[H559], Obey[H8085] my voice[H6963], and do[H6213] them, according to all which I command[H6680] you: so shall ye be my people[H5971], and I will be your God[H430]:
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That I may perform[H6965] the oath[H7621] which I have sworn[H7650] unto your fathers[H1], to give[H5414] them a land[H776]flowing[H2100] with milk[H2461] and honey[H1706], as it[H543] is this day[H3117]. Then answered[H6030] I, and said[H559], So be it[H543], O LORD[H3068].
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Then the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Proclaim[H7121] all these words[H1697] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], Hear[H8085] ye the words[H1697] of this covenant[H1285], and do[H6213] them.
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For I earnestly[H5749]protested[H5749] unto your fathers[H1] in the day[H3117] that I brought them up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], even unto this day[H3117], rising early[H7925] and protesting[H5749], saying[H559], Obey[H8085] my voice[H6963].
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Yet they obeyed[H8085] not, nor inclined[H5186] their ear[H241], but walked[H3212] every one[H376] in the imagination[H8307] of their evil[H7451]heart[H3820]: therefore I will bring[H935] upon them all the words[H1697] of this covenant[H1285], which I commanded[H6680] them to do[H6213]; but they did[H6213] them not.
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, A conspiracy[H7195] is found[H4672] among the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and among the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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They are turned back[H7725] to the iniquities[H5771] of their forefathers[H7223], which refused[H3985] to hear[H8085] my words[H1697]; and they went[H1980]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430] to serve[H5647] them: the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] have broken[H6565] my covenant[H1285] which I made[H3772] with their fathers[H1].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold, I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon them, which they shall not be able[H3201] to escape[H3318]; and though they shall cry[H2199] unto me, I will not hearken[H8085] unto them.
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Then shall the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] and inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]go[H1980], and cry[H2199] unto the gods[H430] unto whom they offer incense[H6999]: but they shall not save[H3467] them at all[H3467] in the time[H6256] of their trouble[H7451].
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For according to the number[H4557] of thy cities[H5892] were thy gods[H430], O Judah[H3063]; and according to the number[H4557] of the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389] have ye set up[H7760]altars[H4196] to that shameful thing[H1322], even altars[H4196] to burn incense[H6999] unto Baal[H1168].
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Therefore pray[H6419] not thou for this people[H5971], neither lift up[H5375] a cry[H7440] or prayer[H8605] for them: for I will not hear[H8085] them in the time[H6256] that they cry[H7121] unto me for their trouble[H7451].
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What hath my beloved[H3039] to do in mine house[H1004], seeing she hath wrought[H6213]lewdness[H4209] with many[H7227], and the holy[H6944]flesh[H1320] is passed[H5674] from thee? when thou doest evil[H7451], then thou rejoicest[H5937].
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The LORD[H3068]called[H7121] thy name[H8034], A green[H7488] olive tree[H2132], fair[H3303], and of goodly[H8389]fruit[H6529]: with the noise[H6963] of a great[H1419]tumult[H1999] he hath kindled[H3341]fire[H784] upon it, and the branches[H1808] of it are broken[H7489].
17For[H1558] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], that planted[H5193] thee, hath pronounced[H1696]evil[H7451] against thee, for[H1558] the evil[H7451] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], which they have done[H6213] against themselves to provoke me to anger[H3707] in offering incense[H6999] unto Baal[H1168].
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And the LORD[H3068] hath given me knowledge[H3045] of it, and I know[H3045] it: then thou shewedst[H7200] me their doings[H4611].
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But I was like a lamb[H3532] or an ox[H441] that is brought[H2986] to the slaughter[H2873]; and I knew[H3045] not that they had devised[H2803]devices[H4284] against me, saying, Let us destroy[H7843] the tree[H6086] with the fruit[H3899] thereof, and let us cut him off[H3772] from the land[H776] of the living[H2416], that his name[H8034] may be no more remembered[H2142].
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But, O LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], that judgest[H8199]righteously[H6664], that triest[H974] the reins[H3629] and the heart[H3820], let me see[H7200] thy vengeance[H5360] on them: for unto thee have I revealed[H1540] my cause[H7379].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of the men[H582] of Anathoth[H6068], that seek[H1245] thy life[H5315], saying[H559], Prophesy[H5012] not in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], that thou die[H4191] not by our hand[H3027]:
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Behold, I will punish[H6485] them: the young men[H970] shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719]; their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] shall die[H4191] by famine[H7458]:
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And there shall be no remnant[H7611] of them: for I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon the men[H582] of Anathoth[H6068], even the year[H8141] of their visitation[H6486].