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Jeremiah 7:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

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The people of Judah disobeyed the LORD and made him even angrier than their ancestors had.

“You have made me very angry by rejecting me and making idols out of gold. Jeroboam, you have done more evil things than any king before you.

But the Israelites would not listen; they were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to worship the LORD their God.

They ignored the LORD's warnings and commands, and they rejected the solemn agreement he had made with their ancestors. They worshipped worthless idols and became worthless themselves. The LORD had told the Israelites not to do the things that the foreign nations around them were doing, but Israel became just like them.

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the LORD our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him for ever. Then he will stop being angry,

The LORD tried to warn Manasseh and the people about their sins, but they ignored the warning.

Manasseh had turned back to the LORD, but Amon refused to do that. Instead, he sinned even more than his father.

You warned them to turn back and discover true life by obeying your laws. But they stubbornly refused and continued to sin.

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

I knew you were stubborn and hard-headed.

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I hoped for sweet grapes, but bitter grapes were all that grew.

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.

And you have done even worse! You are stubborn, and instead of obeying me, you do whatever evil comes to your mind.

“Listen, everyone! Some time ago, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, warned you that he would bring disaster on Jerusalem and all nearby villages. But you were stubborn and refused to listen. Now the LORD is going to bring the disaster he promised.”

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

For twenty-three years now, ever since the thirteenth year that Josiah was king, I have been telling you what the LORD has told me. But you have not listened.

But you refused to listen to my prophets. So I, the LORD, say that you have made me angry by worshipping idols, and you are the ones who were hurt by what you did.

Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me straight away,

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

But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.

As part of this agreement, you must let a Hebrew slave go free after six years of service. Your ancestors did not obey me,

You refused to listen to my prophets, who kept telling you, “Stop doing evil and worshipping other gods! Start obeying the LORD, and he will let you live in this land he gave your ancestors.”

your God. I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I warned you about the terrible things that would happen to you if you did not listen to me. You have ignored me, so now disaster will strike you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the LORD's name? We refuse to listen!

I answered, “I know that you look for truth. You punished your people for their lies, but in spite of the pain, they became more stubborn and refused to turn back to you.”

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

I also sent prophets to warn you of danger, but when they sounded the alarm, you paid no attention.

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

The LORD said: I destroyed the land because the people disobeyed me and rejected my laws and teachings.

Ezekiel, son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but refuse to see; they have ears, but refuse to listen.

So before it gets dark, here is what I want you to do. Pack a few things as though you were going to be taken away as a prisoner. Then go outside where everyone can see you and walk around from place to place. Perhaps as they watch, they will realize what rebels they are.

Then ask the Israelites why they are following the example of their wicked ancestors

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

My people are determined to reject me for a god they think is stronger, but he can't help.

But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the LORD, became angry

even though you have ignored and disobeyed my laws ever since the time of your ancestors. But if you return to me, I will return to you. And yet you ask, “How can we return?”

But when they saw the man's son, they said, “Some day he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.”

So keep on doing everything they did.

You stubborn and hard-headed people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

But you are stubborn and refuse to turn to God. So you are making things even worse for yourselves on that day when he will show how angry he is and will judge the world with fairness.




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