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Jeremiah 5:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everyone breaks promises made in my name.”

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People of Israel, you come from Jacob's family and the tribe of Judah. You claim to worship me, the LORD God of Israel, but you are lying.

Make promises only in my name, and do what you promise! Then all nations will praise me, and I will bless them.

Keep these promises! But let me tell you what will happen. As surely as I am the LORD God, I swear that I will never again accept any promises you make in my name.

You steal and murder; you lie in court and are unfaithful in marriage. You worship idols and offer incense to Baal, when these gods have never done anything for you.

I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.

Israel, you break treaties and don't keep promises; you turn justice into poisonous weeds where healthy plants should grow.

Israel, you are unfaithful, but don't lead Judah to sin. Stop worshipping at Gilgal or at sinful Bethel. And stop making promises in my name— the name of the living LORD.

Do not misuse my name by making promises you don't intend to keep. I am the LORD your God.

Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching

Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people.

Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove that they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.




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