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Jeremiah 3:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Since the days of our ancestors when our nation was young, that shameful god Baal has taken our crops and livestock, our sons and daughters.

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When times were good, I warned you. But you ignored me, just as you have done since Israel was young.

Why do you now insist on heading for another disaster? A disaster that will destroy not only you, but also your children and babies.

Our enemies have reached the town of Dan in the north, and the snorting of their horses makes us tremble with fear. The enemy will destroy Jerusalem and our entire nation. No one will survive.”

The people answered, “Let them come quickly and cry for us, until our own eyes are flooded with tears.

I supplied you with fine flour, olive oil, and honey, but you sacrificed it all as offerings to please those idols. I, the LORD God, watched this happen.

But you did something even worse than that—you sacrificed your own children to those idols!

When you think about how you acted, you will be ashamed, especially when I return your sisters to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our agreement.

I will forgive you, but you will think about your sins and be too ashamed to say a word. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

It will be taken to Assyria and given to the great king. Then Israel will be disgraced for worshipping that idol.

She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshipping Baal.

Israel, when I, the LORD, found you long ago it was like finding grapes in a barren desert or tender young figs. Then you worshipped Baal-Peor, that disgusting idol, and you became as disgusting as the idol you loved.




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