Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
Jeremiah 9:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your habitation is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; through deceit they refuse to know and understand Me, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible You live in a world of deceit, and in their deceit they refuse to know me, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord. |
Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
I will turn my hand against you; I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors of old, who refused to heed my words; they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors.
But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. And I did not know it was against me that they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered!”
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own will and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
For I hear many whispering: “Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my close friends are watching for me to stumble. “Perhaps he can be enticed, and we can prevail against him and take our revenge on him.”
Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich;
Why then has this people turned away in perpetual faithlessness? They have held fast to deceit; they have refused to return.
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge! Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me; and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.
Sober up, as you rightly ought to, and sin no more, for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.