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Jeremiah 14:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

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But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.

So God became furious and completely rejected the people of Israel.

You are now angry, God, and you have turned your back on your chosen king.

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

I loved my people and chose them as my very own. But now I will reject them and hand them over to their enemies.

My people have turned against me and roar at me like lions. That's why I hate them.

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.

I am badly injured and in constant pain. Are you going to disappoint me, like a stream that goes dry in the heat of summer?

The LORD said: My people, you are wounded and near death.

You are accused of a crime with no one to defend you, and you are covered with sores that no medicine can cure.

Everyone in Israel and Judah is guilty. But I, the LORD All-Powerful, their holy God, have not abandoned them.

Shave your head bald and throw away the hair. Sing a funeral song on top of a barren hill. You people have made me angry, and I have abandoned you.

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?

Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

When you were angry, LORD, you invited my enemies like guests for a party. No one survived that day; enemies killed my children, my own little ones.

Our eyes became weary, hopelessly looking for help from a nation that could not save us.

Or do you despise us so much that you don't want us?

Everyone in Maroth hoped for the best, but the LORD sent disaster down on Jerusalem.

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.




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