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Jeremiah 15:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

This punishment will happen because of the horrible things your King Manasseh did. And you will be disgusting to all nations on earth.

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I will punish them with a terrible disaster, and everyone on earth will tremble when they hear about it. I will force the people of Judah to go to foreign countries, where they will be cursed and insulted.

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

The Lord will let you be defeated by your enemies, and you will scatter in all directions. You will be a horrible sight for the other nations to see,

You have disobeyed me by not giving your slaves their freedom. So I will give you freedom—the freedom to die in battle or from disease or hunger. I will make you disgusting to all other nations on earth.

Manasseh disobeyed the Lord by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the Lord had forced out of Israel.

After I destroy your towns and ruin your land with war, I'll scatter you among the nations.

Jerusalem's horrible sins have made the city a joke. Those who once admired her now hate her instead— she has been disgraced; she groans and turns away.

I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.

Those of you that survive will be scattered to every nation on earth, and you will have to worship stone and wood idols that never helped you or your ancestors.

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 55 years from Jerusalem.

Manasseh disobeyed the Lord by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the Lord had forced out of Israel.

You may wonder why a son isn't punished for the sins of his father. It is because the son does what is right and obeys my laws.

My people have done what I hate and have not stopped making me angry since their ancestors left Egypt.




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