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18:1
ὁλόγοςὁγενόμενοςπαρὰκυρίουπρὸςΙερεμιανλέγων
The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, saying:
And if they do what is evil before me, so as not to listen to my voice, then I will change my mind concerning the good things that I said I would do for them.
And now say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Behold, I am shaping evils against you and devising a device against you. Let each one turn back from his evil way, and you shall make your practices better.
For my people have forgotten me; they burned incense to what is empty, and they shall stumble in their ways, the ancient tracks, treading paths that have no way to walk on,
And they said: Come, let us devise a device against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us listen to all his words.
Is evil repaid in return for good? For they have spoken words together against my soul, and they hid their punishment for me. Remember me standing before your face, speaking good things on their behalf, to turn away your wrath from them.
Therefore give their sons over to famine, and gather them into the hands of the sword; let their wives become childless and widows; and let their men be taken away by death, and their young men fallen by the sword in war.
Let a cry be heard in their houses; you shall bring robbers upon them suddenly, because they undertook a word to seize me and have hidden snares for me.
And you, O Lord, know all their counsel against me for death. Do not acquit their iniquities, and do not blot out their sins from before your face; let their weakness be before you; act against them in the time of your anger.