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Jeremiah 8:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I listen carefully, but none of you admit that you've done wrong. Without a second thought, you run down the wrong road like cavalry troops charging into battle.

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Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin.

Job, you should tell God that you are guilty and promise to do better.

Then ask him to point out what you did wrong, so you won't do it again.

From heaven the LORD looks down to see if anyone is wise enough to search for him.

The LORD God is waiting to show how kind he is and to have pity on you. The LORD always does right; he blesses those who trust him.

Your greed made me furious. That's why I punished you and refused to be found, while you kept returning to your old sinful ways.

It disgusted him even more to learn that no one would do a thing about it. So with his own powerful arm, he won victories for truth.

These unfaithful prophets claim that I have given them a dream or a vision, and then they tell lies in my name.

you beg me to stop being angry, but you won't stop sinning.

“Search Jerusalem for honest people who try to be faithful. If you can find even one, I'll forgive the whole city.

They will think about what they've done and stop sinning, and so they won't be put to death.

I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

Everyone in Israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws, and so those curses written by your servant Moses have fallen upon us.

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

God felt certain that Jerusalem would learn to respect and obey him. Then he would hold back from punishing the city and not wipe it out. But everyone there was eager to start sinning again.

Think about what I have said!

All those who truly respected the LORD and honoured his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names written as a reminder in his book.

The Lord isn't slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.

The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshipping demons. They kept on worshipping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk.




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