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1. AT THAT time, says the Lord, the Babylonian army will break open the sepulchers, and they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.
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1. At that H1931 time H6256 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , they shall bring out H3318 H853 the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , and the bones H6106 of his princes H8269 , and the bones H6106 of the priests H3548 , and the bones H6106 of the prophets H5030 , and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , out of their graves H4480 H6913 :
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2. And they will carelessly scatter the corpses before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which the dead have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked and which they have sought, inquired of, and required and which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered, or be buried; they shall be like dung upon the face of the earth.
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2. And they shall spread H7849 them before the sun H8121 , and the moon H3394 , and all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , whom H834 they have loved H157 , and whom H834 they have served H5647 , and after H310 whom H834 they have walked H1980 , and whom H834 they have sought H1875 , and whom H834 they have worshiped H7812 : they shall not H3808 be gathered H622 , nor H3808 be buried H6912 ; they shall be H1961 for dung H1828 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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3. And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.
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3. And death H4194 shall be chosen H977 rather than life H4480 H2416 by all H3605 the residue H7611 of them that remain H7604 of H4480 this H2063 evil H7451 family H4940 , which remain H7604 in all H3605 the places H4725 whither H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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4. Moreover, you Jeremiah shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Shall men fall and not rise up again? Shall one turn away from God and not repent and return to Him?
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4. Moreover thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Shall they fall H5307 , and not H3808 arise H6965 ? shall he turn away H7725 , and not H3808 return H7725 ?
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5. Why then is this people of Jerusalem turned away with a perpetual turning away from Me? They hold fast to deceit (idolatry); they refuse to repent and return to God.
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5. Why H4069 then is this H2088 people H5971 of Jerusalem H3389 slid back H7725 by a perpetual H5329 backsliding H4878 ? they hold fast H2388 deceit H8649 , they refuse H3985 to return H7725 .
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6. I have listened and heard, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turns to his individual course, as the horse rushes like a torrent into battle.
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6. I hearkened H7181 and heard H8085 , but they spoke H1696 not H3808 aright H3651 : no H369 man H376 repented H5162 him of H5921 his wickedness H7451 , saying H559 , What H4100 have I done H6213 ? every one H3605 turned H7725 to his course H4794 , as the horse H5483 rusheth H7857 into the battle H4421 .
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7. Even the migratory birds are punctual to their seasons. Yes, the stork excelling in the great height of her flight in the heavens knows her appointed times of migration, and the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their return. But My people do not know the law of the Lord which the lower animals instinctively recognize in so far as it applies to them.
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7. Yea H1571 , the stork H2624 in the heaven H8064 knoweth H3045 her appointed times H4150 ; and the turtle H8449 and the crane H5483 and the swallow H5693 observe H8104 H853 the time H6256 of their coming H935 ; but my people H5971 know H3045 not H3808 H853 the judgment H4941 of the LORD H3068 .
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8. How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law of the Lord and are learned in its language and teachings? Behold, the truth is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood (a mere code of ceremonial observances). Mark 7:13.
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8. How H349 do ye say H559 , We H587 are wise H2450 , and the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 is with H854 us? Lo H2009 , certainly H403 in vain H8267 made H6213 he it ; the pen H5842 of the scribes H5608 is in vain H8267 .
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9. The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken captive. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom and broad, full intelligence is in them?
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9. The wise H2450 men are ashamed H954 , they are dismayed H2865 and taken H3920 : lo H2009 , they have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 ; and what H4100 wisdom H2451 is in them?
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10. Therefore will I give their wives to others and their fields to those who gain possession of them; for everyone, from the least even to the greatest, is given to covetousness (is greedy for unjust gain); from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
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10. Therefore H3651 will I give H5414 H853 their wives H802 unto others H312 , and their fields H7704 to them that shall inherit H3423 them : for H3588 every one H3605 from the least H4480 H6996 even unto H5704 the greatest H1419 is given to covetousness H1214 H1215 , from the prophet H4480 H5030 even unto H5704 the priest H3548 every one H3605 dealeth H6213 falsely H8267 .
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11. For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
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11. For they have healed H7495 H853 the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 slightly H7043 , saying H559 , Peace H7965 , peace H7965 ; when there is no H369 peace H7965 .
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12. They are brought to shame because they have committed abominations (extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things). And yet they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown, says the Lord. Jer. 6:12-15.
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12. Were they ashamed H954 when H3588 they had committed H6213 abomination H8441 ? nay H1571 , they were not H3808 at all ashamed H954 H954 , neither H3808 could H3045 they blush H3637 : therefore H3651 shall they fall H5307 among them that fall H5307 : in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall be cast down H3782 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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13. I will gather and sweep them away, utterly consuming them, says the Lord. I will find no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and even the leaf is withered; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them for I have appointed to them those who shall pass over them. Matt. 21:18, 19.
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13. I will surely consume H5486 H5486 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : there shall be no H369 grapes H6025 on the vine H1612 , nor H369 figs H8384 on the fig tree H8384 , and the leaf H5929 shall fade H5034 ; and the things that I have given H5414 them shall pass away H5674 from them.
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14. Then say the people to each other Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities and be silent or perish there! For the Lord our God has decreed our ruin and given us bitter and poisonous water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
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14. Why H4100 H5921 do we H587 sit H3427 still? assemble yourselves H622 , and let us enter H935 into H413 the defensed H4013 cities H5892 , and let us be silent H1826 there H8033 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 hath put us to silence H1826 , and given us water H4325 of gall H7219 to drink H8248 , because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 .
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15. We looked for peace and completeness, but no good came, and for a time of healing, but behold, dismay, trouble, and terror!
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15. We looked H6960 for peace H7965 , but no H369 good H2896 came; and for a time H6256 of health H4832 , and behold H2009 trouble H1205 !
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16. The snorting of Nebuchadnezzar's horses is heard from Dan on the northern border of Palestine. At the sound of the neighing of his strong war-horses the whole land quakes; for they come and devour the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it.
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16. The snorting H5170 of his horses H5483 was heard H8085 from Dan H4480 H1835 : the whole H3605 land H776 trembled H7493 at the sound H4480 H6963 of the neighing H4684 of his strong ones H47 ; for they are come H935 , and have devoured H398 the land H776 , and all H4393 that is in it ; the city H5892 , and those that dwell H3427 therein.
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17. For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord.
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17. For H3588 , behold H2009 , I will send H7971 serpents H5175 , cockatrices H6848 , among you, which H834 will not H369 be charmed H3908 , and they shall bite H5391 you, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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18. Oh, that I Jeremiah could comfort myself against sorrow, for my grief is beyond healing, my heart is sick and faint within me!
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18. When I would comfort H4010 myself against H5921 sorrow H3015 , my heart H3820 is faint H1742 in H5921 me.
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19. Behold says the prophet, listen to the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people for help because of those who dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King in her? But the Lord answers Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?
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19. Behold H2009 the voice H6963 of the cry H7775 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 because of them that dwell in a far H4801 country H4480 H776 : Is not H369 the LORD H3068 in Zion H6726 ? is not H369 her king H4428 in her? Why H4069 have they provoked me to anger H3707 with their graven images H6456 , and with strange H5236 vanities H1892 ?
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20. The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, yet we are not saved! comes again the voice of the people.
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20. The harvest H7105 is past H5674 , the summer H7019 is ended H3615 , and we H587 are not H3808 saved H3467 .
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21. For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I Jeremiah hurt; I go around mourning; dismay has taken hold on me.
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21. For H5921 the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 am I hurt H7665 ; I am black H6937 ; astonishment H8047 hath taken hold H2388 on me.
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22. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician! Exod. 15:26.
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22. Is there no H369 balm H6875 in Gilead H1568 ; is there no H369 physician H7495 there H8033 ? why H4069 then H3588 is not H3808 the health H724 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 recovered H5927 ?
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