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          DASV: Jeremiah 16    

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 "Do not get married and do not have sons or daughters in this
place."
3 For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and
daughters that have been born in this place, and concerning
their mothers who bore them, and their fathers that fathered
them in this land:
4 "They will die of deadly diseases. No one will grieve for them.
They will not be buried but will be like manure spread on the
surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword
and famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds
of the sky and for the wild animals of the earth."
5 For this is what the LORD says, "Do not enter the house
of mourning, or go to lament, or grieve for them, for I
have taken away my peace from this people," says the LORD,
"even my loyal love and compassion.
6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not
be buried. No one will lament for them or cut themselves
for them, or shave their heads for them.
7 No one will bring food to those who are in mourning in order
to comfort them for the dead. No one will give them the cup
to drink in order to console them for the loss of their
father or mother."

8 "You will not enter the house of feasting to sit with them,
or to eat and drink."
9 For this is what the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel says,
"Before your eyes and in your lifetime, I will eliminate
from this place the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices
of the bride and bridegroom.
10 When you will show this people all these words, they will
ask you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster
against us? What have we done wrong? What sin have we
committed against the LORD our God?'
11 Then tell them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken me,'
says the LORD, 'and have followed after other gods, and have
served and worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have
not kept my law.
12 You have done more evil than your forefathers did. Each
one of you walks after the stubbornness of your own evil
heart, refusing to listen to me.
13 Therefore I will throw you out of this land into the land
that neither you nor your forefathers have known. There
you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show
you no favor.'"

14 "Therefore, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that
it will no longer be said, 'As the LORD lives, who brought
up the Israelites out of the land of Egypt;'
15 but rather, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the
Israelites from the land of the north, and from all the
countries to which he had exiled them.' For I will bring
them back again into their land that I gave to their
forefathers."
16 "I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and
they will catch them. Then after that I will send for
many hunters, and they will hunt them down from every
mountain and hill, and out of the caves in the rocks.
17 For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hid
from my face, and their sin is not concealed from my eyes.
18 First I will repay double their iniquity and sin,
because they have polluted my land with the carcasses
of their detestable idols, and have filled my
inheritance with their abominations."

19 O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold,
     my refuge in the day of trouble,
      to you the nations will come
     from the ends of the earth, and confess,
      "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
     worthless idols which were of no use at all.
20 Will humans make for themselves gods?
     These are not really gods at all?"
21 "Therefore, I will have them know,
     this time I will make them realize my hand and my might.
      Then they will acknowledge that my name is the LORD."

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