Jeremiah 7

1This is the wordH1697 thatH834 cameH1961 toH413 JeremiahH3414H854 from the LORDH3068, sayingH559, 2“StandH5975 in the gateH8179 of the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 and proclaimH7121 thisH2088H559 messageH1697: HearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, allH3605 you people of JudahH3063 who enterH935 through theseH428 gatesH8179 to worshipH7812 the LORDH3068. 3ThusH3541 saysH559 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: CorrectH3190 your waysH1870 and deedsH4611, and I will let you liveH7931 in thisH2088 placeH4725. 4Do notH408 trustH982 inH413 deceptiveH8267 wordsH1697, sayingH559:

5ForH3588 ifH518 you really correctH3190 your waysH1870 and deedsH4611, ifH518 you actH6213 justlyH4941H996 toward oneH376H996 anotherH7453, 6if you noH3808 longer oppressH6231 the foreignerH1616 and the fatherlessH3490 and the widowH490, and if you noH408 longer shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818 in thisH2088 placeH4725 or followH310H1980 otherH312H3808 godsH430 to your own harmH7451, 7then I will let you liveH7931 in thisH2088 placeH4725, in the landH776 thatH834 I gaveH5414 to your fathersH1 foreverH4480H5769 andH5704 everH5769.

8But lookH2009, youH859 keep trustingH982 inH5921 deceptiveH8267 wordsH1697 to noH1115 availH3276. 9Will you stealH1589 and murderH7523, commit adulteryH5003 and perjuryH7650H8267, burn incenseH6999 to BaalH1168, and followH1980H310 otherH312 godsH430 thatH834 you have notH3808 knownH3045, 10and then comeH935 and standH5975 before MeH6440 in thisH2088 houseH1004, which bearsH7121 My NameH8034H5921, and sayH559, ‘We are deliveredH5337, soH4616 we can continue withH6213 allH3605 theseH428 abominationsH8441’? 11Has thisH2088 houseH1004, whichH834 bearsH7121 My NameH8034, becomeH1961 a denH4631 of robbersH65301 inH5921 your sightH5869? YesH2009, IH595 tooH1571 have seen itH7200, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

12ButH3588 goH1980 nowH4994 toH413 the placeH4725 in ShilohH7887 whereH834 I firstH7223 made a dwellingH7931 for My NameH8034H8033, and seeH7200 whatH834 I didH6213 to it because ofH6440 the wickednessH7451 of My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. 13And nowH6258, becauseH3282 you have doneH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH4639, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, and because I have spokenH1696 to youH413 again and againH7925H16962 but you would notH3808 listenH8085, and I have calledH7121 to youH853 but you would notH3808 answerH6030, 14therefore what I didH6213 to ShilohH7887 I will now doH6213 to the houseH1004 thatH834 bearsH7121 My NameH8034H5921, the house in whichH834 youH859 trustH982, the placeH4725 thatH834 I gaveH5414 to you and your fathersH1. 15And I will castH7993 youH853 out ofH5921 My presenceH6440, just asH834 I have cast outH7993 allH3605 your brothersH251, allH3605 the descendantsH2233 of EphraimH669.

Judah’s Idolatry Persists

16As for youH859, do notH408 prayH6419 forH1157 theseH2088 peopleH5971, do notH408 offerH5375 a pleaH7440 or petitionH8605 on their behalfH1157, and do notH408 begH6293 Me, forH3588 I will notH369 listenH8085 to youH853. 17Do you notH369 seeH7200 whatH4100 theyH1992 are doingH6213 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and in the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389? 18The sonsH1121 gatherH3950 woodH6086, the fathersH1 lightH1197 the fireH784, and the womenH802 kneadH3888 the doughH1217 to makeH6213 cakesH3561 for the QueenH4446 of HeavenH8064; they pour outH5258 drink offeringsH5262 to otherH312 godsH430 toH4616 provoke Me to angerH3707. 19But am I the OneH1992 they are provokingH3707? declaresH5002 the LORDH3068. Is it notH3808 themselvesH853 they spiteH4616, to their own shameH1322H6440?

20ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559: BeholdH2009, My angerH639 and My furyH2534 willH5413 be poured out onH413 thisH2088 placeH4725, onH5921 manH120 and beastH929, onH5921 the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704H5921 andH5921 the produceH6529 of the landH127, and it will burnH1197 and notH3808 be extinguishedH3518.

21This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: Add your burnt offeringsH5930H3254 toH5921 your other sacrificesH2077 and eatH398 the meat yourselvesH1320! 22ForH3588 whenH3117H3808 I broughtH3318 your fathersH1 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, I did not merelyH3808 command themH1696H854H6680 aboutH5921H1697 burnt offeringsH5930 and sacrificesH2077, 23butH3588H518 this is whatH2088 I commanded themH6680: Obey MeH8085H6963, and I will beH1961 your GodH430, and youH859 will beH1961 My peopleH5971. You must walkH1980 in allH3605 the waysH1870 I have commandedH6680 youH853, so thatH4616 it may go wellH3190 with you.

24Yet they did notH3808 listenH8085 orH3808 inclineH5186 their earH241, but they followedH1980 the stubbornH8307 inclinationsH4156 of their own evilH7451 heartsH3820. They wentH1961 backwardH268 and notH3808 forwardH6440. 25FromH4480 the dayH3117 your fathersH1 came outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 untilH5704 thisH2088 dayH3117, I have sentH7971 youH413 allH3605 My servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030H3117 again and againH7925H7971.3 26Yet they would notH3808 listenH8085 to MeH413 or inclineH5186 their earH241, but they stiffenedH7185 their necksH6203 and did more evilH7489 than their fathersH1.

27When you tellH1696 themH413 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH1697, they will notH3808 listenH8085 to youH413. When you callH7121 to themH413, they will notH3808 answerH6030. 28Therefore you must sayH559 to themH413, ‘ThisH2088 is the nationH1471 thatH834 would notH3808 listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068 their GodH430 and would notH3808 receiveH3947 correctionH4148. TruthH530 has perishedH6; it has disappearedH3772 from their lipsH6310. 29Cut offH1494 your hairH5145 and throw it awayH7993. Raise upH5375 a lamentationH7015 onH5921 the barren heightsH8205, forH3588 the LORDH3068 has rejectedH3988 and forsakenH5203 the generationH1755 of His wrathH5678.’

The Valley of Slaughter

30ForH3588 the peopleH1121 of JudahH3063 have doneH6213 evilH7451 in My sightH5869, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068. They have set upH7760 their abominationsH8251 in the houseH1004 thatH834 bearsH7121 My NameH8034H5921, and so have defiled itH2930. 31They have builtH1129 the high placesH1116 of TophethH8612 in the Valley of Ben-hinnomH1516 so they could burnH8313 their sonsH1121H2011H853 and daughtersH1323 in the fireH784—something I neverH3808 commandedH6680, norH3808 did it even enterH5927H5921 My mindH3820.

32SoH3651 beholdH2009, the daysH3117 are comingH935, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, when this place will noH3808 longerH5750 be calledH559 TophethH8612 and the Valley of Ben-hinnomH1516H1121H2011, butH3588H518 the ValleyH1516 of SlaughterH2028. For they will buryH6912 the dead in TophethH8612 until there is noH369 more roomH4725. 33The corpsesH5038 of thisH2088 peopleH5971 will becomeH1961 foodH3978 for the birdsH5775 of the airH8064 and the beastsH929 of the earthH776, and there will be no oneH369 to scare them awayH2729.

34I will removeH7673 from the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389 the soundsH6963 of joyH8342 and gladnessH8057H6963 and the voicesH6963 of the brideH3618 andH6963 bridegroomH2860, forH3588 the landH776 will becomeH1961 a wastelandH2723.”