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Jeremiah 7:21-8:3
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 7:21-8:3
English Standard Version
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 22 For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them (B)concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this command I gave them: (C)‘Obey my voice, and (D)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. (E)And walk in all the way that I command you, (F)that it may be well with you.’ 24 (G)But they did not obey or incline their ear, (H)but walked in their own counsels and (I)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and (J)went backward and not forward. 25 From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, (K)I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day. 26 (L)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, (M)but stiffened their neck. (N)They did worse than their fathers.
27 (O)“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. (P)You shall call to them, but they will not answer you. 28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; (Q)truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.
29 (R)“‘Cut off your hair and cast it away;
raise a lamentation on (S)the bare heights,
for the Lord has rejected and forsaken
the generation of his wrath.’
The Valley of Slaughter
30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set (T)their detestable things in the house (U)that is called by my name, to (V)defile it. 31 And they have built the high places of (W)Topheth, which is in (X)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, (Y)to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (Z)which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind. 32 (AA)Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it will no more be called (AB)Topheth, or (AC)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; (AD)for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere. 33 (AE)And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, (AF)and none will frighten them away. 34 (AG)And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, (AH)for the land shall become a waste.
8 “At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs. 2 And they shall be spread (AI)before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. (AJ)And they shall not be gathered or buried. (AK)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. 3 (AL)Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family (AM)in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 7:21-8:3
New International Version
Jeremiah 7:21-8:3
New International Version
21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(A) and eat(B) the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(C) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(D) 23 but I gave them this command:(E) Obey(F) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(G) Walk in obedience to all(H) I command you, that it may go well(I) with you. 24 But they did not listen(J) or pay attention;(K) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(L) They went backward(M) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(N) I sent you my servants(O) the prophets.(P) 26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(Q) They were stiff-necked(R) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(S)
27 “When you tell(T) them all this, they will not listen(U) to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.(V) 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(W) Truth(X) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29 “‘Cut off(Y) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(Z) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(AA) this generation that is under his wrath.
The Valley of Slaughter
30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(AB) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(AC) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(AD) it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth(AE) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(AF) to burn their sons and daughters(AG) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(AH) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(AI) for they will bury(AJ) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 33 Then the carcasses(AK) of this people will become food(AL) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(AM) 34 I will bring an end to the sounds(AN) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom(AO) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,(AP) for the land will become desolate.(AQ)
8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(AR) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(AS) from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(AT) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(AU) They will not be gathered up or buried,(AV) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(AW) 3 Wherever I banish them,(AX) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(AY) declares the Lord Almighty.’
Jeremiah 9:22-23
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 9:22-23
English Standard Version
22 Speak: “Thus declares the Lord,
(A)‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
like dung upon the open field,
(B)like sheaves after the reaper,
and none shall gather them.’”
23 Thus says the Lord: (C)“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
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Jeremiah 9:22-23
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:22-23
New International Version
22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:
“‘Dead bodies will lie
like dung(A) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.’”
23 This is what the Lord says:
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