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Jeremiah 15:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.

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Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.

The Lord said, “Jeremiah, don't ask me to help these people.

Jeremiah, don't pray for these people or beg me to rescue them. If you do, I won't listen, and I certainly won't listen if they pray!

You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it.

Moses and Aaron were two of your priests. Samuel was also one of those who prayed in your name, and you, our Lord, answered their prayers.

I would be disobeying the Lord if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

So the Lord turned his back on everyone in Israel and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left.

Samuel begged the Lord to rescue Israel, then he sacrificed a young lamb to the Lord. Samuel had not even finished offering the sacrifice when the Philistines started to attack. But the Lord answered his prayer and made thunder crash all around them. The Philistines panicked and ran away.

and it was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the Lord so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why horrible things were happening there.

I will pick you up and throw you far away. And I will abandon this city of Jerusalem that I gave to your ancestors.

I tried to help them, but they are paying me back by digging a pit to trap me. I even begged you not to punish them.

Then the Lord told me: Stop talking like a fool! If you turn back to me and speak my message, I will let you be my prophet once again. I hope the people of Judah will accept what you say. But you can ignore their threats, *

Kings reward servants who act wisely, but they punish those who act foolishly.

This is why Christ did not go into a tent made by humans and was only a copy of the real one. Instead, he went into heaven and is now there with God to help us.

so I promise that your clan will be my servants and will never die out.”

I praise you, Lord, and I am grateful for those leaders and soldiers who volunteered.

That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord.

Joshua's clothes were filthy.

and prayed: Our Lord, please don't wipe out your people. You used your great power to rescue them from Egypt and to make them your very own.

They told Samuel, “Please, pray to the Lord your God for us! We don't want to die. We have sinned many times in the past, and we were very wrong to ask for a king.”

Now those of us on Zion cry, ‘We are ruined! We can't stand the shame. Our homes have been destroyed, and we must leave our land.’

The Lord said these troubles will lead to your capture, and he will throw you from this land like a rock from a sling.”

When someone dies, don't visit the family or show any sorrow. I will no longer love or bless or have any pity on the people of Judah.

So I will throw you into a land that you and your ancestors know nothing about, a place where you will have to worship other gods both day and night. And I won't feel the least bit sorry for you.

Jehoiachin, you are unwanted like a broken clay pot. So you and your children will be thrown into a country you know nothing about.

I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't accept their sacrifices. Instead, I'll send war, starvation, and disease to wipe them out.”

Israel, I first began to hate you because you did evil at Gilgal. Now I will chase you out of my house. No longer will I love you; your leaders betrayed me.




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