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Jeremiah 6:28

New International Reader's Version

All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.

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Foolish people say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They do all kinds of horrible and evil things. No one does anything good.

You are a witness against your brother. You always tell lies about your own mother’s son.

Anyone who hides hatred with lying lips and spreads lies is foolish.

People of Israel, return to the Lord. He’s the God you have so strongly opposed.

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

I hear many people whispering, “There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

But you people have stubborn hearts. You refuse to obey me. You have turned away from me. You have gone astray.

They are like silver that is thrown away. That is because I have not accepted them.”

So say to them, ‘You are a nation that has not obeyed the Lord your God. You did not pay attention when you were corrected. Truth has died out. You do not tell the truth anymore.’ ”

“They get ready to use their tongues like bows,” announces the Lord. “Their mouths shoot out lies like arrows. They tell lies to gain power in the land. They go from one sin to another. They do not pay any attention to me.

Be on guard against your friends. Do not trust the members of your own family. Every one of them cheats. Every friend tells lies.

You must give them my message. They might listen, or they might not. After all, they refuse to obey me.

“Jerusalem, you are really impure. I tried to clean you up. But you would not let me make you pure. So you will not be clean again until I am no longer so angry with you.

“Suppose the stones have been torn out. The house has been scraped. And the walls have been coated with new clay. But the mold appears again.

“ ‘Do not go around spreading lies among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that puts your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

The nations were angry, and the time for your anger has come. The time has come to judge the dead. It is time to reward your servants the prophets and your people who honor you. There is a reward for all your people, both great and small. It is time to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

The way he judges is true and fair. He has judged the great prostitute. She made the earth impure with her terrible sins. God has paid her back for killing those who served him.”




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