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No one calls on Your name, striving to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and made us melt because of our iniquity.

for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together," says the Lord . "Because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds."

The Lord says this: As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes, and one says, ‘Don't destroy it, for there's some good in it,' so I will act because of My servants and not destroy them all.

I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in My sight and chose what I did not delight in.

So I will choose their punishment, and I will bring on them what they dread because I called and no one answered; I spoke and they didn't hear; they did what was evil in My sight and chose what I didn't delight in.

You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the Lord : "Your brothers who hate and exclude you because of Me have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy!' But they will be put to shame."

you claim, "I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me." But I will certainly judge you because you have said, "I have not sinned."

I observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord ; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.

Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord 's burning anger has not turned away from us.

They have her surrounded like those who guard a field, because she has rebelled against Me. This is the Lord 's declaration.

Your way of life and your actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. It is very bitter, because it has reached your heart!

Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment.

I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn down because of the Lord and His burning anger.

Because of this, the earth will mourn; the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back from it.

I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them. A leopard keeps watch over their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God of Hosts says: Because you have spoken this word, I am going to make My words become fire in your mouth. These people are the wood, and the fire will consume them.

"But return to My place that was at Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.

Now, because you have done all these things"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn't listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn't answer,