Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.
Jeremiah 13:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship #– #they will be like this underwear, of no use at all. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, shall even be like this girdle or waistcloth, which is profitable for nothing. American Standard Version (1901) This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing. Common English Bible Instead of listening to me, this wicked people follow their own willful hearts and pursue other gods, worshipping and serving them. They will become like this linen garment—good for nothing! Catholic Public Domain Version This most wicked people, they are not willing to listen to my words, for they walk in the depravity of their own heart, and they have gone after strange gods, so as to serve them and to adore them. And so, they will become like this waistcloth, which is not fit for any use. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This wicked people, that will not hear my words and that walk in the perverseness of their heart and have gone after strange gods to serve them and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use. |
Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.
Instead of perfume there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to obey my words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant which I made with their ancestors.
The Lord informed me, so I knew. Then you helped me to see their deeds,
So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined #– #of no use at all.
You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the soil’s surface. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
for this is what the Lord says, “I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.
I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to me.
They keep on saying to those who despise me, “The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.” They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, “No harm will come to you.” ’
At that time Jerusalem will be called The Lord’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
Time and time again I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay attention or obey me.
‘As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away.
Now, because you have done all these things #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
if you no longer oppress the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.
The Lord said, ‘It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.
Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.’
You live in a world of deception. , In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?
‘You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.