This is the portion of a wicked man from God,\par\tab And the heritage appointed unto him by God.\par
Jeremiah 13:25 - American Standard Version 2015 This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is your lot, the portion measured to you from Me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood [false gods and alliances with idolatrous nations]. American Standard Version (1901) This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Common English Bible This is the future that I have prepared for you, declares the LORD, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies. Catholic Public Domain Version This is your lot, and this is the portion of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me, and you have had confidence in what is false. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is thy lot and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me and hast trusted in falsehood. |
This is the portion of a wicked man from God,\par\tab And the heritage appointed unto him by God.\par
Upon the wicked he will rain snares;\par\tab Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,\par\tab Even all the nations that forget God.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.\par
your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.\par
Every man is become brutish {\i and is} without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false {\i gods}; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.\par
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping {\i and} the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.\par
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.}\par
for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.\par