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Jeremiah 7 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Message at the Temple Gate

(cf. Jer 26:4–6 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:1 - The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:2 - Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah are they!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7 - Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10 - And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, 'We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 - But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that is in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:13 - And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:14 - I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:15 - And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17 - Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:19 - Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:21 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:22 - For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:23 - But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24 - And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:25 - Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28 - And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - Cut off thy crown, and cast it away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called -- to defile it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And have built the high places of Tophet, That are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:32 - Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, 'The Tophet,' And 'Valley of the son of Hinnom,' But 'Valley of the slaughter,' And they have buried in Tophet -- without place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!
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