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Jeremiah 9:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord replied: Lies come from the mouths of my people, like arrows from a bow. With each dishonest deed their power increases, and not one of them will admit that I am God.

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They say they want peace, but this lie is deadly, like an arrow that strikes when you least expect it.

Their words are like an open pit, and their tongues are good only for telling lies. Each word is as deadly as the fangs of a snake,

I heard the Lord say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

After a while the people of Joshua's generation died, and the next generation did not know the Lord or any of the things he had done for Israel.

“No longer will they have to teach one another to obey me. I, the Lord, promise that all of them will obey me, ordinary people and rulers alike. I will forgive their sins and forget the evil things they have done.”

Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the Lord. So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork.

“Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.

My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people.

But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.

Be brave when you face your enemies. Your courage will show them that they are going to be destroyed, and it will show you that you will be saved. God will make all of this happen,

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.

I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

Don't be ashamed of me and my message among these unfaithful and sinful people! If you are, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

That's what it means to truly know me. So he lived a comfortable life and always had enough to eat and drink.

They wear themselves out, always looking for a new way to cheat their friends.

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

Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.

Do not steal or tell lies or cheat others.

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

You will each be cruel to friends and neighbors. Young people will insult their elders; no one will show respect to those who deserve it.

Then I cried out, “I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Then I thought to myself, “These common people act like fools, and they have never learned what the Lord their God demands of them.

So I'll go and talk to the leaders. They know what God demands.” But even they had decided not to obey the Lord.

The two kings will meet around a table and tell evil lies to each other. But their plans will fail, because God has already decided what will happen.

Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.

For the entire seven days of the party, she had been whining and trying to get the answer from him. But that seventh day she put so much pressure on Samson that he finally gave in and told her the answer. She went straight to the young men and told them.

Good people have kind thoughts, but you should never trust the advice of someone evil.

Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thornbushes up in smoke.

And you'll find they are hard like bronze and iron. They are stubborn rebels, always spreading lies. *

Even your own family has turned against you. They act friendly, but don't trust them. They're out to get you, and so is everyone else.

But I will show you something even worse than this.”

The Jewish crowd spoke up and agreed with what Tertullus had said.




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