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Jeremiah 11:6

New International Reader's Version

The Lord said to me, “Here is what I want you to announce in the towns of Judah. Say it also in the streets of Jerusalem. Tell the people, ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant. Obey them.

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They lend their money to poor people without charging interest. They don’t accept money to harm those who aren’t guilty. Anyone who lives like that will always be secure.

The Lord told me, “Shout out loud. Do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people that they have refused to obey me. Tell the family of Jacob how much they have sinned.

Go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom. Stand near the entrance of the gate where broken pieces of pottery are thrown away. There announce the message I give you.

“Go. Announce my message to the people in Jerusalem. I want everyone to hear it. Tell them, “Here is what the Lord says. “ ‘I remember how faithful you were to me when you were young. You loved me as if you were my bride. You followed me through the desert. Nothing had been planted there.

Go. Announce this message to the people in the north. Tell them, “ ‘Israel, you have not been faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘Return to me. Then I will do good things for you again. That’s because I am faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.

“Stand at the gate of my house. Announce my message to the people there. Say, “ ‘Listen to the Lord’s message, all you people of Judah. You always come through these gates to worship the Lord.

Didn’t I tell you the same thing through the earlier prophets? That was when Jerusalem and the towns around it were at rest and enjoyed success. People lived in the Negev Desert and the western hills at that time.’ ”

Now you know these things. So you will be blessed if you do them.

Hearing the law does not make a person right with God. People are considered to be right with God only when they obey the law.

Now, Israel, listen to the rules and laws I’m going to teach you. Obey them and you will live. You will go in and take over the land. The Lord was the God of your people of long ago. He’s giving you the land.

I have taught you rules and laws, just as the Lord my God commanded me. Obey them in the land you are entering to take as your very own.

Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.




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