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Jeremiah 6:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

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To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing there is fear on every side: they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.

They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.

And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.




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