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Jeremiah 6:8

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Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn from you in disgust. Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins, a land where no one lives.”

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Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth!

For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.

Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life.

but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.

Strong lions have roared against him, and the land has been destroyed. The towns are now in ruins, and no one lives in them anymore.

I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.’

My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey.

O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?

So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”

Say to them, ‘This is the nation whose people will not obey the Lord their God and who refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips.

I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.

“I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the Lord. “It will be a place haunted by jackals. The towns of Judah will be ghost towns, with no one living in them.”

“In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.

Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’

Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.

Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.

I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now! Surely they will listen to my warnings. Then I won’t need to strike again, destroying their homes.’ But no, they get up early to continue their evil deeds.

Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate!




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