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Chapter 16
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The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, |
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Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou
have sons or daughters in this place. |
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For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning
the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning
their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers
that begat them in this land; |
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They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be
lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall
be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall
be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases
shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts
of the earth. |
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For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of
mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I
have taken away my peace from this people, saith the
LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. |
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Both the great and the small shall die in this land:
they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for
them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for
them: |
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Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning,
to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give
them the cup of consolation to drink for their father
or for their mother. |
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Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting,
to sit with them to eat and to drink. |
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your
eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice
of the bride. |
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And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this
people all these words, and they shall say unto thee,
Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil
against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin
that we have committed against the LORD our God? |
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Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers
have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after
other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped
them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; |
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And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold,
ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart,
that they may not hearken unto me: |
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Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land
that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there
shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will
not shew you favour. |
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that
it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought
up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; |
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But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children
of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the
lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them
again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. |
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Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD,
and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many
hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain,
and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. |
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For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not
hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from
mine eyes. |
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And first I will recompense their iniquity and their
sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have
filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable
and abominable things. |
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O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge
in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto
thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely
our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein
there is no profit. |
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Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no
gods? |
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Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and
they shall know that my name is The LORD. |
