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Jeremiah 3:13

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Just admit that you rebelled and worshiped foreign gods under large trees everywhere.

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They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshiped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.

My people, you love to wander away; you don't even try to stay close to me. So now I will reject you and punish you for your sins. I, the LORD, have spoken.

We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.

Long ago you left me and broke all ties between us, refusing to be my servant. Now you worship other gods by having sex on hilltops or in the shade of large trees.

Your shoes are worn out, and your throat is parched from running here and there to worship foreign gods. "Stop!" I shouted, but you replied, "No! I love those gods too much."

Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex. You sat beside the road like a robber in ambush, except you offered yourself to every passerby. Your sins of unfaithfulness have polluted the land.

We have rebelled against you just like our ancestors, and we are ashamed of our sins."

When Josiah was king, the LORD said: Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees.

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one way, they always went the other.

But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

You learned that you were attractive enough to have any man you wanted, so you offered yourself to every passerby.

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

But the nations that live there worship other gods. So after you capture the land, you must completely destroy their places of worship--on mountains and hills or in the shade of large trees.




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