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Jeremiah 21:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Beware! I am against you, Ruler of the Valley, Rock of the Plain—oracle of the Lord. You say, “Who will attack us, who can storm our defenses?”

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As mountains surround Jerusalem, the Lord surrounds his people both now and forever.

Setting out from Succoth, they camped at Etham near the edge of the wilderness.

And on that day you will explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Oracle on the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

the peaks in the country. Your wealth and all your treasures I give as plunder, As payment for all your sins throughout your territory,

and I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, wrath, and great rage!

The terror you spread, the pride of your heart, beguiled you. You denizens of rocks and crevices, occupying towering peaks: Though you build your nest high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down—oracle of the Lord.

I am against you, O Insolence— oracle of the Lord God of hosts; For your day has come, the time for me to punish you.

Beware! I am against you, destroying mountain—oracle of the Lord— destroyer of the entire earth, I will stretch forth my hand against you, roll you down over the cliffs, and make you a burnt mountain:

Do not put your trust in these deceptive words: “The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!”

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the world’s inhabitants, That foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore, for certain I am coming at you—oracle of the Lord God.

Say to the forest in the south: Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: See! I am kindling a fire in you that shall devour every green tree as well as every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched so that from south to north every face shall be scorched by it.

Thus says the Lord God: Look! I am coming against these shepherds. I will take my sheep out of their hand and put a stop to their shepherding my flock, so that these shepherds will no longer pasture them. I will deliver my flock from their mouths so it will not become their food.

therefore, thus says the Lord God: See, I am coming against you! I will carry out judgments among you while the nations look on.

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

The lion tore apart enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses; He filled his lairs with prey, and his dens with torn flesh.




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