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Jeremiah 17:3

Conservative English Version

So I'll take everything you own, including your altars, and give it all to your enemies.

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The LORD had warned that someday the treasures would be taken from the royal palace and from the temple, including the gold objects that Solomon had made for the temple. And that's exactly what Nebuchadnezzar ordered his soldiers to do.

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshiping idols.

There's only one way that Israel's sin and guilt can be completely forgiven: They must crush the stones of every pagan altar and place of worship.

A destroying army marches along desert roads and attacks everywhere. They are my deadly sword; no one is safe from them.

I will give them everything you own, because you have sinned everywhere in your country.

He will clean out the royal treasury and take everything else of value from Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, from your mountaintop you look out over the valleys and think you are safe. But I, the LORD, am angry,

years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth had said: "I, the LORD All-Powerful, say Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands."

Zion's treasures were stolen. Jerusalem saw foreigners enter her place of worship, though the LORD had forbidden them to belong to his people.

Then I will hand you over to your lovers, who will tear down the places where you had sex. They will take your clothes and jewelry, leaving you naked and empty-handed.

So I, the LORD God, now say to these sisters: I will call together an angry mob that will abuse and rob you.

Listen, you mountains and hills, and every valley and gorge! I, the LORD, am about to turn against you and crush all the places where foreign gods are worshiped.

I'll destroy your shrines and tear down your incense altars, leaving your dead bodies piled on top of your idols. And you will be disgusting to me.

And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.

Their possessions will be taken, their homes left in ruins. They won't get to live in the houses they build, or drink wine from the grapes in their own vineyards.




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