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Jeremiah 12:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;

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The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.

Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?

A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.

Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.

Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?

But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.




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