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Jeremiah 15:7

New American Bible - revised edition

I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved, destroyed my people; they have not turned from their evil ways.

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But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off, the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

The people do not turn back to the one who struck them, nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

So the Lord cuts off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day.

So now, give their children to famine, deliver them to the power of the sword. Let their wives be childless and widows; let their husbands die of pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Lord, do your eyes not search for honesty? You struck them, but they did not flinch; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return.

To Babylon I will send winnowers to winnow and lay waste the land; They shall besiege it on every side on the day of affliction.

Corpses shall fall like dung in the open field, Like sheaves behind the harvester, with no one to gather them.

Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will now desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, the concern of your soul. The sons and daughters you left behind shall fall by the sword.

As for you, son of man, truly, on the very day I take away from them their strength, their glorious joy, the delight of their eyes, the desire of their soul, the pride of their hearts, their sons and daughters,

Upon you I will have them walk, my people Israel. They shall possess you, and you shall be their heritage. Never again shall you rob them of their children.

Do not be like your ancestors to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me—oracle of the Lord.—

His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus.

Cursed be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your soil and the offspring of your livestock, the issue of your herds and the young of your flocks!

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you strain your eyes looking for them every day, having no power to do anything.

Though you beget sons and daughters, they will not remain with you, for they will go into captivity.




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