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but they rebelled against him and made his holy spirit sad. So the Lord became their enemy and fought against them.

As cattle are led into a fertile valley, so the Lord gave his people rest. He led his people and brought honor to his name.

Why do you let us stray from your ways? Why do you make us so stubborn that we turn away from you? Come back, for the sake of those who serve you, for the sake of the people who have always been yours.

so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us.

for their sins and the sins of their ancestors. They have burned incense at pagan hill shrines and spoken evil of me. So I will punish them as their past deeds deserve."

And so I tell you that those who worship and obey me will have plenty to eat and drink, but you will be hungry and thirsty. They will be happy, but you will be disgraced.

So I will bring disaster upon them—the very things they are afraid of—because no one answered when I called or listened when I spoke. They chose to disobey me and do evil."

Listen to what the Lord says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, ‘Let the Lord show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!

"Just as the new earth and the new heavens will endure by my power, so your descendants and your name will endure.

"And so I, the Lord , will state my case against my people again. I will bring charges against their descendants.

And so I command the sky to shake with horror, to be amazed and astonished,

The Lord says, "Just as a thief is disgraced when caught, so all you people of Israel will be disgraced—your kings and officials, your priests and prophets.

So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from Judah.

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?

When they ask why I did all these things, tell them, Jeremiah, that just as they turned away from me and served foreign gods in their own land, so they will serve strangers in a land that is not theirs."

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see.

The Lord Almighty said to me, "Israel will be stripped clean like a vineyard from which every grape has been picked. So you must rescue everyone you can while there is still time."

Their houses will be given to others, and so will their fields and their wives. I am going to punish the people of this land.

Were they ashamed because they did these disgusting things? No, they were not at all ashamed; they don't even know how to blush. And so they will fall as others have fallen; when I punish them, that will be the end of them. I, the Lord , have spoken."

So the Lord said, "Listen, you nations, and learn what is going to happen to my people.