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Jeremiah 14:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are.

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LORD God of Israel, you have been more than fair by letting a few of us survive. But once again, our sins have made us ashamed to face you.

We don't deserve praise! The LORD alone deserves all the praise, because of his love and faithfulness.

Be true to your name, LORD, by forgiving each one of my terrible sins.

Our God, you keep us safe. Now help us! Rescue us. Forgive our sins and bring honour to yourself.

I did this because of who I am. I refuse to be dishonoured or share my praise with any other god.

How often have we sinned and turned against you, the LORD God? Our sins condemn us! We have done wrong.

The people answered, “We are wounded and doomed to die. Why did we say we could stand the pain?

Your own sins will punish you, because it was a bitter mistake for you to reject me without fear of punishment. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

We have rebelled against you just like our ancestors, and we are ashamed of our sins.”

When Josiah was king, the LORD said: Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees.

That's why I cannot bless you!

The people have rebelled and rejected the LORD too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

The people of Judah say to each other, “What are we waiting for? Let's run to a town with walls and die there. We rebelled against the LORD, and we were sentenced to die by drinking poison.

So why do you refuse to come back to me? Why do you hold so tightly to your false gods?

But that would have disgraced me, because many other nations had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

But I did not. That would have disgraced me in front of the nations that had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

But that would have made me look like a liar, because I had already promised in front of everyone that I would lead them out of Egypt.

Israel, your pride testifies to your guilt; it makes you stumble, and Judah stumbles too.

I am the LORD, their God, but in all their troubles their pride keeps them from returning to me.

In my vision the locusts ate every crop in the land, and I said to the LORD, “Forgive me for asking, but how can the nation survive? It's so weak.”

I have sinned against the LORD. And so I must endure his anger, until he comes to my defence. But I know that I will see him making things right for me and leading me to the light.

He did this so that we Jews would bring honour to him and be the first ones to have hope because of him.

God was very kind to us because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.

But I dreaded the sound of your enemies saying, ‘We defeated Israel with no help from the LORD.’ ”

Everyone will think you weren't strong enough to protect your people. Now the Canaanites and everyone else who lives in the land will surround us and wipe us out.




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