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Jeremiah 38:22

The Scriptures 1998

‘Then see, all the women who are left in the sovereign of Yehuḏ

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My brothers are as undependable as a wadi, as a bed on which streams once ran,

Even my own friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Rescue me out of the mire, And let me not sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

I have sunk in deep mud, And there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, And the floods overflow me.

“Those who trust in idols, who say to the moulded images, ‘You are our mighty ones,’ shall be turned back, utterly ashamed.

What would you say when He visits you? For you have taught them to be chiefs, to be head over you. Do not pangs seize you, like a woman in labour?

For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.”

“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘Do not serve the sovereign of Baḇ

for I have not sent them,” declares יהוה, “yet they prophesy falsehood in My Name, in order that I drive you out. Then you shall perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

“But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that יהוה  has shown me:

the men, and the women, and the children, and the sovereign’s daughters, and every being whom Neḇ

“Her hired ones too, in her midst, are like fattened calves, for they too shall turn, they shall flee away together. They shall not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.

“Why do I see them afraid, turned back? And their fighters are beaten down. And they have fled in haste, and did not look back, for fear was all around,” declares יהוה.

“And their houses shall be turned over to others, fields and wives together. For I shall stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares יהוה.

“Therefore I give their wives to others, and their fields to possessing ones. For from the least even to the greatest, they are all greedy for gain. From the prophet to the priest, all act falsely.

“From above He has sent fire into my bones, And it overpowered them; He has spread a net for my feet and turned me back; He has laid me waste and faint all the day.

She weeps bitterly at night, And her tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no comforter for her. All her friends have betrayed her, They have become her enemies.

They have humbled the women in Tsiyon, The maidens in the cities of Yehuḏ

Trust no friend, rely on no companion, guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.




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