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Jeremiah 13:15-27

Jeremiah 13:15-27 CEB

Listen closely, don’t be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken. Honor the LORD your God, before it’s too late, before you stumble on the mountain paths in the evening shadows. Then you will hope for light, only to find darkness and gloom. If you are too proud to listen, I will go off alone and cry my eyes out. I will weep uncontrollably because the LORD’s flock will be dragged off into exile. Tell the king and the queen mother: Come down from your lofty place, because your glorious crowns will soon be removed from your heads. The towns of the arid southern plain will be surrounded; no one will get in or out; all Judah will be taken into exile; everyone will be led away. Lift up your eyes and see who is approaching from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, your beautiful flock? What will you say when he appoints someone as head over you: your defenders, your trusted allies? Won’t pain grip you like that of a woman in labor? And when you ask yourself, Why have all these things happened to me? it is because of your many sins that you have been stripped and violated. Can a Cushite change his skin or a leopard its spots? Neither can you do good when doing evil comes so naturally. So I will scatter you like straw that is blown away by the desert winds. This is the future that I have prepared for you, declares the LORD, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies. I myself will pull up your skirt over your face and expose your shame. I have seen your adultery and lust, your disgusting idols and shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields. How terrible for you, Jerusalem! How long will you remain dirty?

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