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Jeremiah 42:21

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So today I have told you, but you have not obeyed the Lord your God in all that he sent me to tell you.

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So I let them go their stubborn way and follow their own advice.

So Jeremiah finished telling the people the message from the Lord their God; he told them everything the Lord their God had sent him to tell them.

So Johanan, the army officers, and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in Judah.

These people did not listen to the Lord. So they all went to Egypt to the city of Tahpanhes.

But speak my words to them. They may listen, or they may not, because they turn against me.

“Human, I now make you a watchman for Israel. Any time you hear a word from my mouth, warn them for me.

So they come to you in crowds as if they were really ready to listen. They sit in front of you as if they were my people and hear your words, but they will not obey them. With their mouths they tell me they love me, but their hearts desire their selfish profits.

To your people you are nothing more than a singer who sings love songs and has a beautiful voice and plays a musical instrument well. They hear your words, but they will not obey them.

You know I preached to you and did not hold back anything that would help you. You know that I taught you in public and in your homes.

These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, “We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do.” Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.

Look, today I offer you life and success, death and destruction.

Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live.




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