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 lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands where He had driven them. And I will bring them again into their lands that I gave to their fathers.

I listened and heard, but they did not speak right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned in their own courses, as the horse rushes into the battle.

Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

And the rulers said to the king, Please let this man be put to death. For in this way he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the good of this people, but the hurt.

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

because he stretches out his hand against God, and sets himself against the Almighty.

And they say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways;

Let us break their bands in two and cast away their cords from us.

They scoff and speak in malice of cruelty; from on high they speak.

The look of their faces witnesses against them; and they declare their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it! Woe to their soul! For they have rewarded evil to themselves.

Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand?

But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us.

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Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.

But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, nor obey the voice of Jehovah your God,

Son of man, say to her: You are a land not being cleansed, nor rained on in the day of disgust.

For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror.