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‘Now hear this, O people who are simpleminded fools and without a heart of wisdom,Who have eyes but do not see,Who have ears but do not hear.

Thus says Yahweh,"Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,Where the good way is, and walk in it;And you will find rest for your souls.But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.'

"But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.

But, O Yahweh of hosts, who judges righteously,Who tests the insides and the heart,Let me see Your vengeance on them,For to You have I revealed my case.

But You, O Yahweh, You know me;You see me;And You test my heart's attitude toward You.Drag them off like sheep for the slaughterAnd set them apart for a day of carnage!

How long is the land to mournAnd the plants of every field to dry up?Because of the evil of those who inhabit it,Animals and birds have been swept away,Because men have said, "He will not see our latter ending."

But, "Ah, Lord Yahweh!" I said, "Behold, the prophets are saying to them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.'"

And he will be like a juniper in the desertAnd will not see when prosperity comes,But will dwell in stony wastes in the wilderness,A land of salt which is not inhabited.

Yet, O Yahweh of hosts, You who test the righteous,Who see the mind and the heart;Let me see Your vengeance on them,For to You I have revealed my cause.

Do not weep for the dead or console him,But weep continually for the one who goes away,For he will never returnOr see the land of his birth.

but in the place where they took him away into exile, there he will die and not see this land again.

But who has stood in the council of Yahweh,That he should see and hear His word?Who has given heed to His word and heard?

Can a man hide himself in hiding placesSo I do not see him?" declares Yahweh."Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares Yahweh.

Then Yahweh said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the rotten figs, very rotten, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness."

therefore thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people," declares Yahweh, "because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh."'"

Ask now, and seeIf a male can give birth.Why do I see every manWith his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?And why have all faces turned pale?

and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye;

Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has happened; and behold, You see it.

And you will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be seized and given into his hand; and you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face, and you will go to Babylon.'"'

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our supplication come before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, that is for all this remnant, because we remain but a few out of many, as your own eyes now see us,