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Jeremiah 16:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

They will ask, “Why has the Lord our God threatened us with so many disasters? Have we done something wrong or sinned against him?”

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And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the Lord our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them: I am the Lord, but you abandoned me and worshiped other gods in your own land. Now you will be slaves in a foreign country.

Do you know why your clothes were torn off and you were abused? It was because of your terrible sins.

You say to yourself, “I'm rich! I earned it all on my own, without committing a sin.”

you claim to be innocent, and you want me to stop being angry with you. So I'll take you to court, and we'll see who is right.

I am the Lord All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots. *

You deny your sins and say, “We aren't unclean. We haven't worshiped Baal.” But think about what you do in Hinnom Valley. You run back and forth like young camels, as you rush to worship one idol after another.

I heard the Lord reply, “When I am finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

because the people of Judah made me angry by worshiping gods that had never helped them or their ancestors.




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