Jeremiah 44:16

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Jeremiah 44:16

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

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but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them. For I will bring them again into their land, which I gave unto their fathers.

I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.

Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.

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If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so as not to hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God,

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror: