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Jeremiah 6:28

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All my people have turned against me and are stubborn. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze and iron that became covered with rust. They all act dishonestly.

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Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” Fools are evil and do terrible things; there is no one who does anything good.

You speak against your brother and lie about your mother’s son.

Whoever hides hate is a liar. Whoever tells lies is a fool.

You children of Israel, come back to the God you fought against.

Then the people said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. We will still have the advice from the wise teachers and the words of the prophets. So let’s ruin him by telling lies about him. We won’t pay attention to anything he says.”

I hear many people whispering about me: “Terror on every side! Tell on him! Let’s tell the rulers about him.” My friends are all just waiting for me to make some mistake. They are saying, “Maybe we can trick him so we can defeat him and pay him back.”

But the people of Judah are stubborn and have turned against me. They have turned aside and gone away from me.

My people will be called rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.”

So say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God. These people do nothing when I correct them. They do not tell the truth; it has disappeared from their lips.

“They use their tongues like a bow, shooting lies from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in the land. They go from one evil thing to another. They do not know who I am,” says the Lord.

“Watch out for your friends, and don’t trust your own relatives, because every relative is a cheater, and every friend tells lies about you.

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

“ ‘By your sinful action you have become unclean. I wanted to cleanse you, but you are still unclean. You will never be cleansed from your sin until my anger against you is carried out.

“Suppose a person has taken away the old stones and plaster and put in new stones and plaster. If mildew again appears in his house,

You must not spread false stories against other people, and you must not do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

The people of the world were angry, but your anger has come. The time has come to judge the dead, and to reward your servants the prophets and your holy people, all who respect you, great and small. The time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth!”

because his judgments are true and right. He has punished the prostitute who made the earth evil with her sexual sin. He has paid her back for the death of his servants.”




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