- 14Every man is proved to be brutish, without knowledge,
- Every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image,
- His molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- 15They are vanity, a work of delusion;
- In the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- 16Not like these is the portion of Jacob;
- For He is the former of all things,
- And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
- The Lord of hosts is His name.
- 17Gather up thy wares from the ground,
- O thou that abidest in the siege.
18For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.
- 19Woe is me for my hurt!
- My wound is grievous;
- But I said: 'This is but a sickness,
- And I must bear it.'
- 20My tent is spoiled,
- And all my cords are broken;
- My children are gone forth of me, and they are not;
- There is none to stretch forth my tent any more,
- And to set up my curtains.
- 21For the shepherds are become brutish,
- And have not inquired of the Lord;
- Therefore they have not prospered,
- And all their flocks are scattered.
- 22Hark! a report, behold, it cometh,
- And a great commotion out of the north country,
- To make the cities of Judah desolate,
- A dwelling-place of jackals.
- 23O Lord, I know that man's way is not his own;
- It is not in man to direct his steps as he walketh.
- 24O Lord, correct me, but in measure;
- Not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.
- 25Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not,
- And upon the families that call not on Thy name;
- For they have devoured Jacob,
- Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him,
- And have laid waste his habitation.
11The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2'Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3and say thou unto them: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant, 4which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hearken to My voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God; 5that I may establish the oath which I swore unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.' Then answered I, and said: 'Amen, O Lord.'
6And the Lord said unto me: 'Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7For I earnestly forewarned your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, forewarning betimes and often, saying: Hearken to My voice.
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