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Jeremiah 4:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

I said, “You are the Lord God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?”

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Their prophets lie and say, “The Lord won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food.”

I will protect it for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.

Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural.

So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies.

Before I finished speaking, Pelatiah dropped dead. I bowed down and cried out, “Please, Lord God, don't kill everyone left in Israel.”

My people, both young and old, lie dead in the streets. Because you were angry, my young men and women were brutally slaughtered.

Lord God, you stretched out your mighty arm and made the sky and the earth. You can do anything.

These prophets go to people who refuse to respect me and who are stubborn and do whatever they please. The prophets tell them, “The Lord has promised everything will be fine.”

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

“People of Judah, your hearts will be in pain, but it's your own fault that you will be punished.”

I replied, “I'm not a good speaker, Lord, and I'm too young.”

Why did you make us turn away from you, our Lord? Why did you make us want to disobey you? Please change your mind! We are your servants, your very own people.

and have said to his messengers and prophets: Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false.

If you don't, he will send his worst plagues to strike you, your officials, and everyone else in your country. Then you will find out that no one can oppose the Lord.

Moses left them and prayed, “Our Lord, why have you brought so much trouble on your people? Is that why you sent me here?




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