For you have [only] deceivedyourselves;for it is you who sentme to the LORDyour God,saying,"Prayfor us to the LORDour God;and whateverthe LORDour Godsays,tellus so,and we will doit."
As soon as they hear,they obeyme; Foreignerssubmitto me.
Iniquitiesprevailagainstme; As for our transgressions,You forgivethem.
"I, the LORD,searchthe heart,I testthe mind,Even to giveto eachmanaccording to his ways,According to the resultsof his deeds.
"Yetin spite of allthisher treacheroussisterJudahdid not returnto Me with allher heart,but ratherin deception,"declaresthe LORD.
Yet KingZedekiahsentJehucalthe sonof Shelemiah,and Zephaniahthe sonof Maaseiah,the priest,to Jeremiahthe prophet,saying,"Pleaseprayto the LORDour Godon our behalf."
Then KingZedekiahsentand had Jeremiahthe prophetbroughtto him at the thirdentrancethat is in the houseof the LORD;and the kingsaidto Jeremiah,"I am going to askyou something;do not hideanythingfrom me."
and saidto Jeremiahthe prophet,"Pleaselet our petitioncomebeforeyou, and prayfor us to the LORDyour God,[that is] for allthisremnant;becausewe are left[but] a fewout of many,as your own eyes[now] seeus,
Then they saidto Jeremiah,"May the LORDbe a true and faithfulwitnessagainst us ifwe do not actin accordance with the wholemessagewith whichthe LORDyour Godwill sendyou to us.
Azariahthe sonof Hoshaiah,and Johananthe sonof Kareah,and allthe arrogantmensaidto Jeremiah,"You are tellinga lie!The LORDour Godhas not sentyou to say,'You are not to enterEgyptto residethere';
"They cometo you as peoplecome,and sitbeforeyou [as] My peopleand hearyour words,but they do not dothem, for they dothe lustfuldesires[expressed] by their mouth,[and] their heartgoesaftertheir gain.
"As for the censersof thesemenwhohave sinnedat the cost of their lives,let them be madeinto hammeredsheetsfor a platingof the altar,sincethey did presentthem beforethe LORDand they are holy;and they shall be for a signto the sonsof Israel."
and writeAaron'snameon the rodof Levi;for there is onerodfor the head[of each] of their fathers'households.
Oneof them, a lawyer,askedHim [a question], testingHim,
Do not be deceived,Godis not mocked;for whatevera mansows,thishe will alsoreap.
But proveyourselves doersof the word,and not merelyhearerswho deludethemselves.
