PDF Jeremiah 26-31

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 \q and remove the foreskins of your heart,
 \q men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my fury will break out like fire,
 \q and burn with no one to quench it,
-\q because of the wickedness of your deeds.
+\q because of the wickedness of your practices.
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 \v 5 Report in Judah and let it be heard in Jerusalem.
 \q Say, "Blow the ram's horn in the land."
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 \v 6 So a lion from a thicket will attack them. A wolf from the Arabah will devastate them.
 \q A leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes outside his city will be torn apart.
-\q For their transgressions increase. Their acts of apostasy are very many.
+\q For their transgressions increase. Their acts of apostasy are numerous.
 
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-\v 8 Behold! You are trusting in deceitful words that do not help you.
+\v 8 Behold! You are entrusting yourselves to deceitful words that do not help you.
 \v 9 Do you steal, kill, and commit adultery? Do you swear deceitfully and offer incense to Baal and walk after other gods whom you have not known?
 \v 10 Then do you come and stand before me in this house that is called by my name and say, "We are saved," so you can do all of these abominations?
 \v 11 Is this house, which carries my name, a den of bandits in your eyes? But behold, I have seen it—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
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-\v 8 I will make their widows number more than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send
+\v 8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send
 \q the destroyer at noonday. I will make horror and dismay suddenly fall on them.
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 \v 9 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day.
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 \v 12 House of David, Yahweh says, 'Bring about justice in the morning.
 \q Rescue the one who has been robbed by the hand of the oppressor,
 \q or my fury will go out like fire and burn,
-\q and there is no one who can quench it, because of your evil deeds.
+\q and there is no one who can quench it, because of the wickedness of your practices.
 
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 \v 1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture—this is Yahweh's declaration."
-\v 2 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away. You have not cared for them. So I am about to punish you for the evil of your deeds—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 2 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away. You have not cared for them. So I am about to punish you for the wickedness of your practices—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 3 I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all of the lands where I have driven them, and I will return them to a grazing place, where they will be fruitful and increase.
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 \q I did not proclaim anything to them, but they have still prophesied.
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 \v 22 For if they had stood in my council meeting, they would have caused my people to hear my word;
-\q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and corrupt practices.
+\q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and from the wickedness of their practices.
 
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 \v 4 Yahweh sent out all his servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or turned your ear to hear.
 
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-\v 5 These prophets said, 'Let each man turn from his wicked way and the corruption of his practices and return to the land that Yahweh gave in ancient times to your ancestors and to you, as a permanent gift.
+\v 5 These prophets said, 'Let each man turn from his wicked way and the wickedness of his practices and return to the land that Yahweh gave in ancient times to your ancestors and to you, as a permanent gift.
 \v 6 So do not walk after other gods to worship them or bow down to them, and do not provoke him with the work of your hands so that he does you harm.'
 
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-\v 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, this word came from Yahweh, saying,
+\v 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh, saying,
 \v 2 "Yahweh says this: Stand in the courtyard of my house and speak about all the cities of Judah who come to worship at my house. Proclaim all the words that I have commanded you to say to them. Do not cut short any word!
 \v 3 It may be that they will listen, that each man will turn from his wicked ways, so I will relent concerning the disaster that I am planning to bring on them because of the wickedness of their practices.
 
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 \v 7 The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah announcing these words in the house of Yahweh.
 \v 8 So it happened that when Jeremiah had finished announcing all that Yahweh commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, prophets, and all the people seized him and said, "You will certainly die!
-\v 9 Why have you prophesied in Yahweh's name and said that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will become desolate, with no inhabitant?" For all the people had formed a mob against Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.
+\v 9 Why have you prophesied in Yahweh's name and said that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will become desolate, with no inhabitant?" For all the people had assembled together against Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 8 So the nation and the kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and that does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon—I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with the plague—this is Yahweh's declaration—until I have destroyed it by his hand.
 
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-\v 9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your seers, your soothsayers, and sorcerers, who have been speaking to you and saying, 'Do not serve the king of Babylon.'
+\v 9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, and sorcerers, who have been speaking to you and saying, 'Do not serve the king of Babylon.'
 \v 10 For they are prophesying deceit to you in order to send you far away from your lands, for I will drive you away, and you will die.
 \v 11 But the nation that places its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will allow it to rest in its land—this is Yahweh's declaration—and they will cultivate it and make their homes in it."'"
 
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 \v 5 So Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Hananiah the prophet in front of the priests and to all the people who stood in the house of Yahweh.
-\v 6 Jeremiah the prophet said, "May Yahweh do this! May Yahweh confirm the words that you prophesied and bring back to this place the objects belonging to the house of Yahweh and all the captives from Babylon.
+\v 6 Jeremiah the prophet said, "Let it be so! May Yahweh confirm the words that you prophesied and bring back to this place the objects belonging to the house of Yahweh and all the captives from Babylon.
 \v 7 However, listen to the word that I am proclaiming in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
 
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 \v 14 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: I have placed a yoke of iron on the neck of all of these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have also given him the wild beasts in the fields to rule over."
 
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-\v 15 Next Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen Hananiah! Yahweh has not sent you, but you yourself have caused this people to believe in lies.
+\v 15 Next Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen Hananiah! Yahweh has not sent you, but you yourself have caused this people to trust in a lie.
 \v 16 So Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to send you out from the earth. You will die this year, since you proclaimed rebellion against Yahweh."
 \v 17 In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
 
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 \v 7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be exiled, and intercede with me on its behalf since there will be peace for you if it is at peace.'
 
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-\v 8 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you yourselves are having.
+\v 8 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you encourage them to dream.
 \v 9 For they are prophesying deceitfully to you in my name. I did not send them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
 
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 \v 15 Since you said that Yahweh has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,
 \v 16 Yahweh says this to the king who sits on the throne of David and to all the people who are staying in that city, your brothers who have not gone out with you into captivity—
-\v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this, 'See, I am about to send sword, famine, and disease on them. For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten.
+\v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this, 'See, I am about to send sword, famine, and plague on them. For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten.
 
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-\v 18 Then I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague and make them a horrible sight to all the kingdoms on earth—a horror, an object of curses and hissing, and a shameful thing among all the nations where I scattered her.
+\v 18 Then I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague and make them a terrifying thing to all the kingdoms on earth—a horror, an object of curses and hissing, and a shameful thing among all the nations where I scattered her.
 \v 19 This is because they did not listen to my word—this is Yahweh's declaration—that I sent out to them through my servants the prophets. I repeatedly sent them, but you would not listen—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
 
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 \v 21 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about to put them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes.
 
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-\v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the captives of Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: "May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire."
+\v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: "May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire."
-\v 23 This will happen because of the shameful things they did in Israel when they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and declared false words in my name, things that I never commanded them to say. For I am the one who knows; I am the witness—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
+\v 23 This will happen because of the disgraceful things they did in Israel when they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and declared false words in my name, things that I never commanded them to say. For I am the one who knows; I am the witness—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
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 \v 24 About Shemaiah the Nehelamite, say this:
 \v 25 "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Because you sent out letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, and said,
-\v 26 'Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of the house of Yahweh. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
+\v 26 'Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be the overseer of the house of Yahweh. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
 
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 \v 27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself into a prophet against you?
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 \v 30 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
-\v 31 "Send word to all the exiles and say, 'Yahweh says this about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you when I myself did not send him, and he has led you to believe lies,
+\v 31 "Send word to all the exiles and say, 'Yahweh says this about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you when I myself did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie,
 \v 32 therefore Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be a man for him to stay among this people. He will not see the good that I will do for my people—this is Yahweh's declaration—for he has proclaimed rebellion against Yahweh.'"
 
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 \q Why have all their faces become pale?
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 \v 7 Woe! For that day will be great, with none like it.
-\q It will be a time of anxiety for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it.
+\q It will be a time of distress for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it.
 
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 \v 10 So you, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not be dismayed, Israel.
-\q For see, I am about to bring you back from far away, and your descendants from the land of captivity.
+\q For see, I am about to deliver you from the faraway place, and your descendants from the land of captivity.
-\q Jacob will return and be at peace; he will be secure, and there will be no more terror.
+\q Jacob will return and be at ease; he will be secure, and there will be no more terror.
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 \v 11 For I am with you—this is Yahweh's declaration—to save you. Then I will bring a complete end
 \q to all the nations where I have scattered you. But I will certainly not put an end to you,
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 \v 14 All of your lovers have forgotten you. They will not look for you,
 \q for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy and the discipline of a cruel master
-\q because of your many iniquities and your innumerable sins.
+\q because of your many iniquities and your numerous sins.
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 \v 15 Why do you call for help for your injury? Your pain is incurable.
-\q Because of your many iniquities, your innumerable sins, I have done these things to you.
+\q Because of your many iniquities, your numerous sins, I have done these things to you.
 
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 \v 20 Then their people will be like before, and their assembly will be established before me
-\q when I punish all the ones who are now tormenting them.
+\q when I punish all the ones who are now oppressing them.
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-\v 21 Their leader will come from among them. He will emerge from their midst
+\v 21 Their ruler will come from among them. He will emerge from their midst
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 \q If I do not do this, who would dare come close to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 \v 23 See, the tempest of Yahweh, his fury, has gone out. It is a continual tempest.
 \q It will whirl on the heads of the wicked people.
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-\v 24 Yahweh's wrath will not return until it has carried out and brought into being his heart's intentions.
+\v 24 Yahweh's wrath will not return until it has carried out and brought into being his heart's purposes.
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 \v 21 "Did not Yahweh remember the incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem—you and your ancestors, your kings and leaders, and the people of the land? For Yahweh calls this to mind; it comes to his thoughts.
 
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-\v 22 Then he was no longer able to bear it because of your wicked practices, because of the abominations that you did. Then your land became a desolation, a horror, and a curse so there was no longer an inhabitant as at this present day.
+\v 22 Then he was no longer able to bear it because of the wickedness of your practices, because of the abominations that you did. Then your land became a desolation, a horror, and a curse so there was no longer an inhabitant as at this present day.
 \v 23 Because you burned incense and sinned against Yahweh, and because you would not listen to his voice, his law, his statutes, or his covenant decrees, this disaster against you has happened as at this present day."
 
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