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Jeremiah 2:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It's all your own fault! You stopped following me, the LORD your God,

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Solomon, my son, worship God and obey him with all your heart and mind, just as I have done. He knows all your thoughts and your reasons for doing things, and so if you turn to him, he will hear your prayers. But if you ignore him, he will reject you for ever.

At once, Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me, King Asa and you people of Judah and Benjamin. The LORD will be with you and help you, as long as you obey and worship him. But if you disobey him, he will desert you.

In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble,

Straight away he brought you to a town.

The Lord led his people through the desert. God's love never fails.

You guided your people like a flock of sheep, and you chose Moses and Aaron to be their leaders.

If you turn from the right way, you will be punished; if you refuse correction, you will die.

Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

We have rebelled and refused to follow you. Our hearts were deceitful, and so we lied; we planned to abuse others and turn our backs on you.

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

The people of Judah stopped worshipping me and made this valley into a place of worship for Baal and other gods that have never helped them or their ancestors or their kings. And they have committed murder here, burning their young, innocent children as sacrifices to Baal. I have never even thought of telling you to do that.

You, my people, have sinned in two ways— you have rejected me, the source of life-giving water, and you've tried to collect water in cracked and leaking pits dug in the ground.

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.

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

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

That's why I cannot bless you!

Their lives were wicked and corrupt, and they deserved to be punished.

Israel, you are done for. Don't expect help from me.

This will happen because of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. Samaria has led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerusalem have made Judah sin.

But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the LORD and be punished.

Israel, the LORD discovered you in a barren desert filled with howling winds. God became your fortress, protecting you as though you were his own eyes.

You were the LORD's children, but you made him angry. Then he rejected you




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