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Jeremiah 6:8

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Pay attention to my warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you. I will make your land desolate, a land where no one will live.

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Now, you kings, act wisely. Be warned, you rulers of the earth!

You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

O Lord, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.

Listen to advice and accept discipline so that you may be wise the rest of your life.

Cling to discipline. Do not relax your grip on it. Keep it because it is your life.

Your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me. They were impossible to deal with and would not listen or accept discipline.

Young lions have roared very loudly at them. Young lions have turned the land into a wasteland. The cities have been burned down, and everyone has left.

After I was turned around, I changed the way I thought and acted. After I was taught a lesson, I hung my head in shame. I was so ashamed and humiliated, because of all the stupid things I have done ever since I was young.’

have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: My anger and fury will be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, and on trees and crops. My anger and fury will burn and not be put out.

You will say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the Lord their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.’

In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will banish the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms, because the land will be a wasteland.”

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, a home for jackals. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one can live there.

“She carried out her prostitution openly, and she lay around naked. I turned away from her in disgust as I had turned away from her sister.

Their mother acted like a prostitute. The woman who became pregnant with them did shameful things. She said, ‘I’ll chase after my lovers. They will give me food and water, wool and linen, olive oil and wine.’

Even if they bring up children, I will take those children away before they grow up. Yes, how horrible it will be for them when I leave them.

“Then the land will enjoy its time ⌞to honor the Lord⌟ while it lies deserted and you are in your enemies’ land. Then the land will joyfully celebrate its time ⌞to honor the Lord⌟.

I said ⌞to my people⌟, ‘You will fear me. You will accept correction!’ Then their homeland would not be wiped out even though I have punished them. Still, they continued to be corrupt in everything they did.”

If only they were wise enough to understand this and realize what will happen to them!




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