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So I went and hid them near the Euphrates.

So I went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw that they were ruined and were no longer any good.

These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshiped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good.

Just as shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and would bring praise and honor to my name; but they would not obey me."

Jerusalem, look! Your enemies are coming down from the north! Where are the people entrusted to your care, your people you were so proud of

If you ask why all this has happened to you—why your clothes have been torn off and you have been raped—it is because your sin is so terrible.

The Lord says about these people, "They love to run away from me, and they will not control themselves. So I am not pleased with them. I will remember the wrongs they have done and punish them because of their sins."

Lord , have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate the people of Zion? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be healed? We looked for peace, but nothing good happened; we hoped for healing, but terror came instead.

You people have rejected me; you have turned your backs on me. So I reached out and crushed you because I was tired of controlling my anger.

Then I said, " Lord , you understand. Remember me and help me. Let me have revenge on those who persecute me. Do not be so patient with them that they succeed in killing me. Remember that it is for your sake that I am insulted.

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

"When you tell them all this, they will ask you why I have decided to punish them so harshly. They will ask what crime they are guilty of and what sin they have committed against the Lord their God.

So then, I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. And there you will serve other gods day and night, and I will show you no mercy.'"

"So then," says the Lord , "once and for all I will make the nations know my power and my might; they will know that I am the Lord ."

"Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

So I went there and saw the potter working at his wheel.

So I prayed, " Lord , hear what I am saying and listen to what my enemies are saying about me.

Is evil the payment for good? Yet they have dug a pit for me to fall in. Remember how I came to you and spoke on their behalf, so that you would not deal with them in anger.

So then, the time will come when this place will no longer be called Topheth or Hinnom Valley. Instead, it will be known as Slaughter Valley.

The enemy will surround the city and try to kill its people. The siege will be so terrible that the people inside the city will eat one another and even their own children."