And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,
And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:
The words which Jeremiah the prophet said to Baruch, the son of Neriah, when he put these words down in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; he said,
I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.
About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?
For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.
For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.
See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.
We are shamed because bitter words have come to our ears; our faces are covered with shame: for men from strange lands have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words;
And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.
And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.
These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.
And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.
Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.
See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;
Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.
Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.
Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?
If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!
Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.
Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words.
I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.
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