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Jeremiah 9:6

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You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

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But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord.

I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.

The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”

The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”

These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!

They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”

I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord.




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