“The word of the Lord came to me.”
Jeremiah 16
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1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
“the word of the Lord came to me,”
2"You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place."
“You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor have sons or daughters in this place,”
“Thou shalt not take a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.”
3For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
“For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bear them, and the fathers who beget them in this land,”
4"They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth."
“They shall die of grievous deaths. They shall not be lamented, neither will they be buried, but they will be as dung upon the face of the earth. And they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, and their carcasses shall…”
5Indeed, this is what the LORD says: "Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion," declares the LORD.
“For thus saith the Lord, enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even loving kindness and mercies.”
6"Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
“Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.".”
7No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
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8You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
“Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.”
9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
“For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes and in your days the voice of merriment and the voice of gladness and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of…”
10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
“And it shall come to pass when thou shalt show this people all these words and they shall say unto thee, Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have…”
11Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
“Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods and have served them and have worshipped them and have forsaken me and not kept my law,”
12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
“you too have done evil even more than your forefathers. For behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart without listening to me.”
13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'
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14Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.'
“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, the Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,”
“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, as the Lord lives who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,”
15Instead they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.' For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
“but the Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands whether he had driven them, and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.”
16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them. And after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”
17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
“For my eyes are on all their ways, my spirit. They are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.”
“My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.”
18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations."
“And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have defiled my land, and they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of the detestable and abominable things.”
19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, "Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
“O Lord, my strength and my fortress and my refuge in the day of affliction. The Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is…”
20Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!"
“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?”
21"Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
“Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, and I will cause them to know mine hand and my might, and they shall know that my name is”