This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.”
Jeremiah 13:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is your lot, the portion measured to you from Me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood [false gods and alliances with idolatrous nations]. American Standard Version (1901) This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Common English Bible This is the future that I have prepared for you, declares the LORD, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies. Catholic Public Domain Version This is your lot, and this is the portion of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me, and you have had confidence in what is false. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is thy lot and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me and hast trusted in falsehood. |
This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.”
On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
He has cast the lot for them, his hand has portioned it out to them with the line; they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.
their iniquities and their fathers' iniquities together, says the Lord; because they burned incense upon the mountains and reviled me upon the hills, I will measure into their bosom payment for their former doings.”
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
But my people have forgotten me, they burn incense to false gods; they have stumbled in their ways, in the ancient roads, and have gone into bypaths, not the highway,
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Can a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and harlotry.”
Its heads give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for hire, its prophets divine for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.”
She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.
and will punish him, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever! Amen.