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Jeremiah 3:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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

You and your leaders are more disgraceful than thieves— you and your kings, your priests and prophets

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.

People of Israel, I'm not doing these things for your sake. You sinned against me, and you must suffer shame and disgrace for what you have done. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

You will put on sackcloth to show your sorrow, but terror will overpower you. Shame will be written all over your faces, and you will shave your heads in despair.

Zion's glory has disappeared! And we are doomed because of our sins.

Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead, and we are left to pay for their sins.

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”

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.

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

to go to Jerusalem and tell everyone that he had said: When you were my young bride, you loved me and followed me through the barren desert.

Go ahead and walk in the light of the fires you have lit. But with his own hand, the LORD will punish you and make you suffer.

You have never been willing to listen to what I say; from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel.

I paid no attention to my teachers,

You will cover them with shame, just as their bodies are covered with clothes.

When they were in Egypt, they paid no attention to your marvellous deeds or your wonderful love. And they turned against you at the Red Sea.

and you promised not to make any peace treaties with the other nations that live in the land. Besides that, you agreed to tear down the altars where they sacrifice to their idols. But you didn't keep your promise.

We and our ancestors have sinned terribly.

Just admit that you rebelled and worshipped foreign gods under large trees everywhere.

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.

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

We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.

Why did I have to be born? Was it just to suffer and die in shame?

When we were young, we strayed and sinned, but then we realized what we had done. We are ashamed and disgraced and want to return to you.”

Ezekiel, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are just like their ancestors who rebelled against me and refused to stop.

All who refuse correction will be poor and disgraced; all who accept correction will be praised.

But they are not only insulting me; they are also insulting themselves by doing these shameful things.

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

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

and now I will no longer let the Levites serve as my priests or come near anything sacred to me. They must suffer shame and disgrace for their disgusting sins.

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.

The LORD warns everyone who has sinned against him, “I'll strike you blind! Then your blood and your insides will gush out like vomit.




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