Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 7:4 |
| Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, 1 “We are safe! 2 The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!” 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:6 |
| Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. 1 Stop killing innocent people 2 in this land. Stop paying allegiance to 3 other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:8 |
| “‘But just look at you! 1 You are putting your confidence in a false belief 2 that will not deliver you. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:9 |
| You steal. 1 You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to 2 other gods whom you have not previously known. |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:10 |
| Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own 1 and say, “We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins! 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:11 |
| Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own 1 is to be a hideout for robbers? 2 You had better take note! 3 I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:12 |
| So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped 1 in the early days. See what I did to it 2 because of the wicked things my people Israel did. |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:13 |
| You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. 1 But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:14 |
| So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, 1 this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, 2 just like I destroyed Shiloh. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:18 |
| Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. 1 They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just 2 to trouble me. |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:21 |
| The Lord said to the people of Judah, 1 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2 says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too! 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:24 |
| But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:26 |
| But your ancestors 1 did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate 2 and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’” |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:27 |
| Then the Lord said to me, 1 “When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you. |
| (1.00) | Jer 7:31 |
| They have also built places of worship 1 in a place called Topheth 2 in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 8:2 |
| They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. 1 These are things they 2 adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, 3 from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people 4 will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. 5 |
| (1.00) | Jer 8:6 |
| I have listened to them very carefully, 1 but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, “I have done wrong!” 2 All of them persist in their own wayward course 3 like a horse charging recklessly into battle. |
| (1.00) | Jer 8:8 |
| How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, 1 those who teach it 2 have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 8:9 |
| Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. 1 Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? |
| (1.00) | Jer 8:10 |
| 1 So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. |
