Jeremiah 23:39

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Summary

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

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I, even i

I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens. Every creature that has the breath of life in it, everything on earth will perish.

I will resist you with great fury. I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here and he will succeed.

I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass!

Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'Behold, I, even I, am against you! I will execute judgments against you in the sight of the nations.

Say this: 'You mountains of Israel listen to the word of the Lord Jehovah! This is what the Lord Jehovah says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am going to attack you with a sword and destroy your worship sites.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'I will search for my sheep. I will seek them out.

The one who despises the word will experience bad consequences (be destroyed). He who respects the commandment will be rewarded.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you! You will not be a priest to me since you have forgotten the Law of your God. Therefore, I will forget your children.

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion. And I will be like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will carry off and there will be none to deliver.

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Jehovah said to me: Jeremiah, when one of my people or a prophet or a priest asks you, what is Jehovah's message? You are to say: 'You are a burden to Jehovah, and he is going to get rid of you.'

This is what Jehovah says: 'I am going to hand this city over to the Babylonians and King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They will capture it.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I am going to bring on Judah and on all those who live in Jerusalem all the disasters that I threatened. I have spoken to them, but they did not listen. I called to them, but they did not answer.'

'I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.''

Why have we gone from your memory forever? Why have you turned away from us for so long?

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them

Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple. So they began with the elders who were standing there at the Temple.

Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them until no man is left. Yes, woe to them even when I depart from them!