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JEREMIAH
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Be ye then ashamed of your increase,
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

14Thus saith the Lord: As for all Mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. 15And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the Lord liveth, 'even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people. 17But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the Lord.


13Thus said the Lord unto me: 'Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.' 2So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it upon my loins.

3And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying: 4'Take the girdle that thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.' 5So I went, and hid it in Perath, as the Lord commanded me. 6And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me: 'Arise, go to Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.' 7Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

8Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying:

9Thus saith the Lord: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem, 10even this evil people, that refuse to hear My words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, that it be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing. 11For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hearken.

12Moreover thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: 'Every bottle is filled with wine'; and when they shall say unto thee: 'Do we not know that every bottle is filled with wine?' 13Then shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.


15Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud;
For the Lord hath spoken.
16Give glory to the Lord your God,
Before it grow dark,

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