1 GLT The word that was to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, BSB BSB: This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 GLT “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak them to each one of Judah and upon the dwellers of Jerusalem BSB BSB: “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
3 GLT and say to them,‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,‘“Cursed is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant, BSB BSB: You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
4 GLT that which I commanded your fathers on the day of my bringing them out from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, saying,“‘“Listen upon my voice and do them, as everything that I command you, and you will be to me for a people and I will be to you for a God, BSB BSB: which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
5 GLT for the sake of standing the oath that I swore to your fathers, giving to them the land flowing of milk and honey, as this day.’” Then I, Jeremiah, answered and said,“Truly, Yahweh!” BSB BSB: This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
6 GLT And Yahweh said to me,“Proclaim all these things in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Say,‘Listen to the words of this covenant and carry them out. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
7 GLT For warning, I warned upon your ancestors in the day I caused them to go up from the land of Egypt until this day, persisting and warning saying,“Listen upon my voice." BSB BSB: For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
8 GLT And they did not listen and they did not stretch out their ear, and each one has walked in the stubbornness of their wicked heart, and I brought upon them all of the words of this covenant that I commanded to do, and they did not do.” BSB BSB: Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
9 GLT And Yahweh said to me,“A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the dwellers of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
10 GLT They have returned upon the iniquities of their first fathers, who refused to listen to my words, and they walked after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant that I cut with their fathers. BSB BSB: They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
11 GLT Therefore thus says Yahweh,‘Behold, I{ am} bringing calamity to them, that they will not be able to go out from it, and they will call out to me, and I will not listen to them. BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
12 GLT And the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and call out to the gods that they{ are} offering to them, and saving they will not save them at the time of their calamity. BSB BSB: Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
13 GLT For the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah, and the number of the streets of Jerusalem, you have appointed altars of shame, altars of sacrificing to Baal. BSB BSB: Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
14 GLT And you, do not pray for this people. Do not lift up a cry and a prayer on their behalf, for there is not me listening in the time of their calling to me on account of their calamity. BSB BSB: As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
15 GLT What is to my beloved one in my house, her doing much evil? The flesh of the holy thing they pass over from upon you, for then you rejoice of your evil. BSB BSB: What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
16 GLT Yahweh called your name a leafy, beautiful olive tree, fruit of good appearance. Of the sound of a great roaring he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were bad. BSB BSB: The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
17 GLT And Yahweh of hosts, the one who planted you, has spoken calamity against you because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah which they did for themselves, to anger me, offering to Baal.’ BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
18 GLT Yahweh made me know, and I know. Then Yahweh made me see their deeds. BSB BSB: And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
19 GLT I was like a gentle lamb being led for slaughtering, and I did not know that they had planned plans against me,‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! And let us cut him off from the land of the living, and his name will not be remembered any longer.’ BSB BSB: For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
20 GLT And Yahweh of hosts{ is} a righteous judges, examining the kidneys and the heart. I will see your vengeance from them, for I have uncovered my dispute to you. BSB BSB: O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
21 GLT Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth who{ are} seeking your life saying,“You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, and you will not die by our hand.” BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
22 GLT Therefore thus says Yahweh of armies,‘Behold, I{ am} visiting against them. The chosen young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine, BSB BSB: So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
23 GLT and a remnant will not be to them, for I will bring calamity to the men of Anathoth, a year of their visitation.’” BSB BSB: There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
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