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"So I will scatter them like chaff that flies away in the desert wind.

Her nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water, so they return with empty jars. Ashamed and dismayed, they cover their heads.

Here is what Adonai says to this people: "They so love to wander, they don't restrain their feet; so Adonai does not want them. Now he will remember their crimes, and he will punish their sins."

You have rejected me," says Adonai . "You are heading backward. So I am stretching out my hand against you; tired of sparing you, I am destroying you.

And you have done worse than your ancestors, for — look! — each of you lives according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you don't listen to me.

As they remember their children, so they remember their altars and their sacred poles by the green trees on the high hills.

So do not be my ruin, you, my refuge on the day of disaster.

but they neither listened nor paid attention; rather, they stiffened their necks, so that they wouldn't have to hear or receive instruction.

So I went down to the house of the potter; and there he was, working at the wheels.

"So now, tell the people of Y'hudah and those living in Yerushalayim that this is what Adonai says: ‘I am designing disaster for you, working out my plan against you. Turn, each of you, from his evil ways; improve your conduct and actions.'

Then they said, "Let's develop a plan for dealing with Yirmeyahu. Torah won't be lost from the cohanim, or counsel from the wise, or words from the prophets. So come, let's destroy him with slander; and meanwhile, we won't pay attention to anything he says."

But Adonai is with me like a dreaded warrior; so my persecutors will stumble, defeated, greatly ashamed because of their failure; their lasting disgrace will not be forgotten.

house of David, this is what Adonai says: "Judge fairly every morning, rescue the wronged from their oppressors; or my fury will lash out like fire, burning so hot that no one can quench it, because of how evil your actions are."

Your cedar may be excellent, but that doesn't make you a better king. True, your father ate and drank, but he also did what was right and just, so things went well with him.

He upheld the cause of the poor and the weak, so everything went well. Isn't that what knowing me is all about?" says Adonai .

Therefore this is what Adonai , the God of Isra'el, says against the shepherds who shepherd my people: "You have scattered my flock, driven them away and not taken care of them. So I will ‘take care of' you because of your evil deeds," says Adonai .

But in the prophets of Yerushalayim I have seen a horrible thing — they commit adultery, live in lies, so encouraging evildoers that none returns from his sin. For me they have all become like S'dom, its inhabitants like ‘Amora."

Can anyone hide in a place so secret that I won't see him?" asks Adonai . Adonai says, "Do I not fill heaven and earth?

So, I am against the prophets," says Adonai , "who steal my words from each other.

So, when you speak with your neighbor or brother, ask, "What answer has Adonai given?" or "What has Adonai said?"