\{So God said\}:\par “You people living in Jerusalem,\par and you, man of Judah, {\cf2\super [45]} \par think about me and my vineyard. {\cf2\super [46]} \par
Jeremiah 6:18 - Easy To Read Version So, listen, all you nations!\par Pay attention, you people in those countries! {\cf2\super [42]} \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore hear, O [Gentile] nations, and know, O congregation [of believing ones], what [great things I will do] to them. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Common English Bible Therefore, pay attention, nations; take notice, assembly, what is ahead of them. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, hear, O Gentiles, and know, O congregation, how much I will do to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what great things I will do to them. |
\{So God said\}:\par “You people living in Jerusalem,\par and you, man of Judah, {\cf2\super [45]} \par think about me and my vineyard. {\cf2\super [46]} \par
“Nations, listen to this message\par from the Lord!\par Tell this message in the faraway lands\par by the sea:\par ‘God scattered the people of Israel\par But God will bring them back together.\par And he will watch over his flock (people)\par like a shepherd.’\par
Then I, Jeremiah, said, “Lord my Master, you have really tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said to them, ‘You will have peace.’ But now the sword is pointing at their throats!”
“Report it to this nation. {\cf2\super [28]} \par Spread the news to the people in Jerusalem.\par Enemies are coming from a faraway country.\par Those enemies are shouting words of war\par against the cities of Judah.\par
I chose watchmen to watch over you.\par I told them,\par ‘Listen for the sound of the war trumpet.’\par But they said,\par ‘We will not listen!’\par
Hear this, people of the earth.\par I am going to bring disaster\par to the people of Judah.\par Why? Because of all the bad things\par that those people planned.\par And because they ignored my messages.\par Those people refused to obey my law.”\par
My people, remember the \{evil\} plans\par of Balak king of Moab.\par Remember what Balaam son of Beor\par said to Balak.\par Remember the things that happened\par from Acacia to Gilgal {\cf2\super [73]} .\par Remember those things and\par you will know the Lord is right!”\par