Jeremiah 13:11

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Summary

For 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 hear.

I caused

For a name

But

Bible References

I caused

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.

For a name

And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

But

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.