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Jeremiah 44:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

but they refused to listen and would not stop worshipping other gods.

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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.

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

How I wish that you had obeyed my commands! Your success and good fortune would then have overflowed like a flooding river.

I knew you were stubborn and hard-headed.

They have sinned in the same way their ancestors did, by turning from me and worshipping other gods. The northern kingdom of Israel broke the agreement I made with your ancestors, and now the southern kingdom of Judah has done the same.

I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots.

have always been stubborn. You have refused to listen, and instead you have done whatever your sinful hearts have desired. You have not kept the agreement we made, so I will make you suffer every curse that goes with it.

The people of Judah are evil and stubborn. So instead of listening to me, they do whatever they want and even worship other gods. When I have finished with these people, they will be good for nothing, just like this pair of shorts.

Johanan, the other army officers, and everyone else refused to stay in Judah in spite of the LORD's command.

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one-way, they always went the other.

We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.

But as the saying goes, “The more they were called, the more they rebelled.” They never stopped offering incense and sacrifices to the idols of Baal.




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