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Jeremiah 25:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Do not follow other gods to serve and bow down to them; do not provoke me with the works of your hands, or I will bring evil upon you.

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Judah did evil in the Lord’s sight and they angered him even more than their ancestors had done.

When the Lord made a covenant with them, he commanded them: You must not venerate other gods, nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor offer sacrifice to them,

You shall not make alongside of me gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

You shall not have other gods beside me.

From their youth the Israelites and the Judahites have been doing only what is evil in my eyes; the Israelites have been provoking me with the works of their hands—oracle of the Lord.

Time and again I sent you all my servants the prophets, saying: Turn away, each of you, from your evil way and reform your actions! Do not follow other gods to serve them that you may remain in the land which I gave you and your ancestors. But you did not pay attention. You did not obey me.

Now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why inflict so great an evil upon yourselves, cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, not leaving yourselves even a remnant?

Why do you provoke me with the works of your hands, offering sacrifice to other gods here in the land of Egypt where you have come to live? Will you cut yourselves off and become a curse, a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

if you no longer oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow after other gods to your own harm,

Do you think you can steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, sacrifice to Baal, follow other gods that you do not know,

Yet for the house of Judah I will feel pity; I will save them by the Lord, their God; but I will not save them by bow or sword, by warfare, by horses or horsemen.

If there arises in your midst a prophet or a dreamer who promises you a sign or wonder,

not turning aside, either to the right or to the left, from any of the words which I am giving you today, following other gods and serving them. Curses for Disobedience.

You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples—

But if you do forget the Lord, your God, and go after other gods, serving and bowing down to them, I bear witness to you this day that you will perish utterly.

If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, he will then do evil to you and destroy you, after having done you good.”




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