Jeremiah 8:1-22 Israelites' Bones Are to Be Removed of Worshipers of Sun, Moon & Stars

 

Israelites' Bones Are to Be Removed of Worshipers of Sun, Moon & Stars

Jeremiah 8:1-22                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord says, At that time, they shall bring the bones out of [the] graves of: [Judah's] kings, princes, priests, prophets & inhabitants of Jerusalem. And they shall spread them [in front of] the sun, moon & all the [stars & constellations] of heaven, whom they have loved, served, [followed,] sought & worshiped.

They shall not be gathered together, nor be buried. They shall be for [human fertilizer] upon the [surface] of the earth. [2 Kings 23:4-6 And the king commanded Hilkiah, the high priest, & the priests of the 2nd order & the door keepers, to bring out of the [Lord's] temple, all the vessels that were made for Baal & for the the grove & all the host of heaven.

And he burned them [outside] Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron & carried the ashes of them to Beth El. And he [removed] the idolatrous priests, whom the king of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah & the places [around] Jerusalem & also [those who] burned incense to Baal & the sun, moon, planets & to all the [stars & constellations] of heaven.

And he brought [from] the [Lord's] house, out [of] the grove, [outside] Jerusalem, to the Brook Kidron & burned it at the Brook Kidron & stamped it to small powder & cast the powder [of it] upon the graves of the children of the people.]

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the [rest] of [those who] remain of this evil family, [who remain] in all the places [where] I have driven them, says the Lord of Hosts.

[Also, you shall say to them, The Lord says [this;] Shall they fall & not arise? Shall they turn away & not return? Why then [has] this people of Jerusalem [slid] back [through] perpetual backsliding? They hold [tight to] deceit & they refuse to return.

[Jeremiah 5:3 O Lord, aren't Your eyes upon the Truth? You have [struck] them, but they haven't grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock & they have refused to return.]

I [paid attention] & heard but they [didn't speak what was right] & no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned to his course, like a horse [races] into battle.

[Luke 15:6-7 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends & neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep [that were] lost. I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner [who] repents, more than over 99 just [people, who] need no repentance.]

[Yes,] the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times & the turtle, crane & swallow observe the time of their [migration;] but My people [don't] know the judgment of the Lord. How do you say, We are wise & the Law of Lord is with us? [Look,] certainly, the [false] pen of the scribes [has converted] the Law [into a lie.]

The wise men are ashamed & [discouraged & captured.] [Look,]they have rejected the Word of the Lord & what wisdom is in them? [Isaiah 19:11 Surely, the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel [to] the wise & counselors of Pharaoh [have] become [ignorant.] How shall you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?]

Therefore, I will give their wives to others & their fields to [those who] shall inherit them. For everyone from the [powerless,] even to the [powerful,] is given to [greed,] from the prophet, even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

[Zephaniah 1:13 Therefore, their goods shall become [plunder] & their houses [shall become] a desolation. They shall also build houses, but not inhabit them & they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine [of it.]

For they have slightly healed the [harm] of the daughter of My people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed [abominations?] [No,] they weren't at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore, they shall fall among [those who] fall. In the time of their [punishment,] they shall be cast down, says the Lord.

[Revelation 19:20 And the beast was [captured] & with him, the false prophet that [did] miracles before him, that deceived [those who] received the mark of the beast & [those who] worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.]

I will surely consume them, says the Lord. There shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree & the leaf shall fade. And the things that I have given them, shall pass away from them.

Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves & let's enter into the [fortified] cities & let us be silent there. For the Lord our God has put us to silence & [has] given us water of [bitter] gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

We looked for peace & no good came & [looked for] a time of health & [saw] [only] trouble! His horses snorting was heard from Dan & the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of His strong ones. For they [have] come & devoured the land & the city & those [who] dwell [there] & all that is in it.

[Watch,] I will send [snakes & vipers,] among you, [that] will not be charmed & they shall bite you, says the Lord. When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is [grieved within] me.

[Pay attention to] the [sound] of the [out] cry of the daughter of My people, because of [those who] dwell in a [distant] country. Isn't the Lord in Zion? Isn't her King in her? Why have they provoked Me to anger with their [carved] images & with strange vanities?

[Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made] of their own hands.]

The harvest is past, the summer [has] ended & we aren't saved. [Because of] the [harm] of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I am [mourning & wearing] black & astonishment has taken hold [of] me. Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then, [hasn't] the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 7:1-34 Thoroughly Change Your Ways & Actions & I Will Allow You to Live Here

 

Thoroughly Change Your Ways & Actions & I Will Allow You to Live Here

Jeremiah 7:1-34                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word from the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Stand in the gate of the Lord's house & proclaim this Word there & say, Hear the Word of the Lord, all you of Judah, [who] enter these gates to worship the Lord.

The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this, Change] your ways & your [actions] & I will cause you to [live] in this place. [Don't] you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, these are The [temples] of the Lord.

[Micah 3:11 The [leaders of it] judge for [bribes] & [its] priests teach for [pay] & [its] prophets divine for money. [Still,] they will lean upon the Lord & say, Isn't the Lord among us? [No] evil can come upon us.]

For if you thoroughly [change] your ways & your [actions] & if you thoroughly [deliver justice] between a man & his neighbor. If you [don't] oppress the stranger, the fatherless, the widow & [don't] shed [the] blood of the innocent, in this place & neither [follow] after other gods to your [harm,] then, I will cause you to [live] in this place, in the land that I gave to your [forefathers,] forever & ever. [See,] you trust in lying words, that can't [benefit.]

[Jeremiah 14:13-14 Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! [Look,] the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword & neither shall you have famine. But I will give you [certain] peace in this place.

Then, the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My Name. I [didn't send] them, neither have I commanded them & neither [did I speak] to them. They prophesy to you a false vision & divination, a [worthless] thing & the deceit of their heart.]

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, & burn incense to Baal & [follow] after other gods, whom you [don't] know & come & stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name & say, We are [called] to do all these abominations?

[Ezekiel 23:39 For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.]

[Has] this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of [thieves] in your eyes? [Look,] even I have seen it, says the Lord. But you go now to My place, [that] was in Shiloh, where I [put] My Name, at the [beginning] & see what I did to it, [because of] the wickedness of My people, Israel.

[Psalm 78:58-62 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places & moved Him to jealousy with their [carved] images. When God heard this, He was [furious] & greatly [loathed] Israel.

So that He [abandoned] the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [that] He placed among men & delivered His strength into captivity & His glory into the enemy's hand. He also gave His people over to the sword & was [angry] with His inheritance.]

The Lord says, And now, because you have done all these [deeds] & I [spoke] to you, rising up early [to warn,] speaking, but you [didn't listen.] And I called you, but you [didn't answer.]

[Jeremiah 25:4-7 And the Lord has sent to you all His servants, the prophets, rising early & sending them; but you haven't [paid attention,] nor [leaned] your ear to hear.

They said, Everyone now [return] again from his evil [ways] & from the evil of your [actions] & [live] in the land that the Lord has given to you & to your [forefathers] forever & ever.

And [don't] go after other gods to serve & worship them & [don't] provoke Me to anger with the works [made by] your hands & I will do you no [harm.] Yet, you haven't [paid attention] to Me; [so] that you might provoke Me to anger with whe works [made by] your hands, to your own [harm.]

Therefore, I will do to this house, which is called by My Name, [in which] you trust & to the place [that] I gave to you & to your [forefathers, like] I have done to Shiloh. [1 Samuel 4:10 And the Philistines fought & Israel was [defeated] & every man fled to his tent. And there was a very [large] slaughter; for 30,000 footmen of Israel fell there.]

And I will cast you out of My sight, [like] I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole [family] of Ephraim. Therefore, [don't] pray for this people & neither lift up [an out] cry, nor [prayers] for them. Neither make [prayers on their behalf] to Me: for I won't hear you.

[Exodus 32:8-10 They have turned [astray] quickly [from] the [ways that] I have commanded them. They have made [themselves] a [molded] calf & have worshiped it & have sacrificed [to it] & said, These [are] your gods, O Israel, [that] have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people & [look,] it is a stiffnecked, [a.k.a. stubborn] people. Therefore, now leave Me alone, [so] that My wrath may [grow] hot against them & I might consume them. And I will make a great nation of you.]

[Don't] you see what they do in the cities of Judah & in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood & the fathers [start] the fire & the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven & to pour out drink offerings to other gods, [so] that they may provoke Me to anger.

The Lord says, Do they provoke Me to anger? Don't they provoke themselves to the [shame on] their own faces? Therefore, the Lord God says [this; Look,] My anger & My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon: man, [animals,] trees of the field & the fruit of the ground.

And it shall burn & shall not be [put out.] The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] Put your burnt offerings [with] your sacrifices & eat [meat.] [Amos 5:25-27 Have you offered to Me sacrifices & offerings in the wilderness 40 years, O house of Israel?

But you have [carried] the tabernacle of your: Molock, Chiun, your images & the star of your [gods,] which you made [for] yourselves. Therefore, I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the Lord, Whose Name is The God of Hosts.]

For I [didn't speak] to your [forefathers,] nor command them [on] the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt [about] burnt offerings or sacrifices. But [I] commanded them this thing, sayings, Obey My voice & I will be your God & you shall be My people. And you [follow] in all the ways that I have commanded you, [so] that it may [go] well [for] you.

But they [didn't pay attention,] nor [leaned] their ear, but [followed] in the [advice] & the imagination of their evil heart & went backward & not forward. Since the day that your [forefathers] came [foreword] out of the land of Egypt, [until] this day, I have even sent to you all My servants, the prophets, daily rising up early [to warn] & sending them.

[Still,] they [didn't pay attention] to Me, nor [did they lean] their ear, but [stubbornly] hardened their neck & they did worse than their [forefathers.] [Matthew 23:37-39 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you, [who] kill the prophets & stone [those who] are sent to you.

How often I would have gathered your children together, even [like] a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, & you wouldn't! [Look,] your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, You shall not see Me, [from now on, until] you shall say, Blessed is He, [Who] comes in the Name of the Lord.]

Therefore, you shall speak all these words to them; but they won't [listen] to you. You shall also call to them, but they won't answer you. But you shall say to them, This is a nation that [doesn't] obey the voice of the Lord their God, nor receives correction & truth [has] perished & [truth] is cut off from their mouth.

[Revelation 3:9-13 [See,] I will make [those] of the synagogue of Satan, [who] say they are Jews & aren't, but lie; I will make them come & worship [in front of] your feet & to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My Word [with] patience.

I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to [test those who] dwell upon the earth. [Watch,] I come quickly & hold [tight to what] you have, [so] that no man takes your crown.

I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, [for those who] overcome & he shall no [longer] go out & I will write upon him the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, [that] comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write upon him, My new Name.]

Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem & [throw] it away & take up [mourning] on high places; for the Lord has rejected & [abandoned] the generation of His wrath. For the children [people] of Judah have done evil in My sight, says the Lord. They have [put] their abominations in the house, which is called by My Name, to [defile] it.

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons & their daughters in the fire; [that] I [didn't] command them, neither [did] it come into My heart.

Therefore, [watch,] the days come, says the Lord, that it shall no [longer] be called Tophet, nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, [until there's] no place [remaining.]

And the [corpses] of this people shall be meat for the [birds] of heaven & for the [animals] of the earth. And none shall [frighten] them away. Then, I will cause the [sound] of [happiness] & gladness to cease [from] the bridegroom & the bride, from the cities of Judah & the streets of Jerusalem. For the land shall be desolate.

[Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall no [longer] shine at all in you. And the voice of the bridegroom & the bride, shall no [longer] be heard at all in you. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, [but] by your sorceries, all nations were deceived.]

Jeremiah 6:1-30 People of Benjamin Gather Together to Flee Out of Jerusalem

 

People of Benjamin Gather Together to Flee Out of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 6:1-30                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

O you children [people] of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the trumpet in Tekoa & [put] up a sign [about] a fire in Beth Haccerem: for [calamity] appears out of the North & great destruction.

I have [compared] the daughter of Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] to a [lovely] & delicate woman. The shepherds shall come to her with their flocks. They shall pitch their tents against her [walls] & [surround] her. Everyone shall feed in his place.

[Jeremiah 39:4-8 And it [happened,] that when Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, saw them & all the men of war, they then fled & went out of the city [at] night, by the [road] of the King's Garden & by the gate [between] the 2 walls. And [Zedekiah] went out the [road] of the plain.

But the Chaldean's army pursued after them & overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had [captured] him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezaar, [Babylon's] king, [at] Riblah, in the land of Hamath, where he [pronounced] judgment upon him.

Then [Babylon's] king [killed] [Zedekiah's] sons, [in front of] his eyes. Also, [Babylon's] king, [killed] all of [Judah's] nobles. [Also,] he put out Zedekiah's eyes & bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. And the Chadeans burned the king's house & the houses of the people, with fire & [broke] down the walls of Jerusalem.]

Prepare [yourselves for] war against her. Arise & let's go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day [is almost over,] & the shadows of the evening are stretched out. Arise & let's go [at] night & destroy her palaces. For the Lord of Hosts said [this,] You [cut] down trees & [build an embankment] against Jerusalem.

This is the city to be [punished.] She [totally has] oppression in the midst of her. She casts out her wickedness [like] a fountain casts out [its] waters. Violence & [plunder] are heard [within] her. [Its] grief & wounds [are] continually before Me. O Jerusalem, be instructed, lest My soul departs from you.

Lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. The Lord of Hosts says [this,] They shall thoroughly glean the [rest] of Israel [like] a vine & [return] your hand back into the baskets [like] a grape gatherer.

To whom shall I speak & [warn, so] that they may hear? [Look,] their ear is uncircumcised & they can't [pay attention.] [See,] the Word of the Lord is a [disgrace] to them. They have no delight in it. Therefore, I am full of the fury of  the Lord.

I am [tired of] holding [it] in. I will pour it out upon the children abroad & upon the assembly of young men together. For even the husband, with the wife shall be taken & the aged with him [who is young.] And their houses shall be turned [over] to others, with their fields & wives together.

For I will stretch out My hand upon the [residents] of the land, says the Lord. For the [powerless] to the [powerful] of them. Even to the greatest of them & everyone given to [envy.]

And from the prophet, even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. [Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are [shallow] & treacherous [people.] Her priests have polluted the sanctuary & they've done violence to the Law.]

They have also slightly healed the [harm] of the daughter of My people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed [abominations?] [No.] They weren't at all ashamed & neither [would] they blush.

Therefore, they shall fall among [those who] fall. At the time that I [punish] them, they shall be cast down, says the Lord. The Lord says [this,] You stand in the [roads] & ask for the old paths, where is the good [road] is & walk in it. And you shall find rest for your souls.

But they said, We won't walk [in there.] Also, I [put] watchmen, [a.k.a. guards] over you, saying, [Listen] to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We won't [pay attention.] Therefore hear, you nations & know, O congregation, [Who] is among them.

[Isaiah 1:2-4 Hear, O heavens & [lend your] ear, O earth: for the Lord has spoken. I have nourished & brought up children & they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows [its] owner & the [mule] [knows] its overseer of the pen;] but Israel doesn't know. My people don't consider [Me.]

Ah, sinful nation, a people [loaded] with [sin, descendants of those who do evil,] children [who] are corrupters. They have [abandoned] the Lord. They have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger & they [have gone astray.]

Hear, O earth. [Look,] I will bring [disaster] upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they haven't [paid attention] to My Words, nor to My Law, but [have] rejected it.

To what purpose [does] incense from Sheba & sweet cane from a far country come to Me? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor [are] your sacrifices sweet to Me.

[Ezekiel 23:37 That they have committed adultery & [bloodshed] is [on] their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them.]

Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will lay stumbling blocks before this people & the fathers & the sons shall fall together upon them. The neighbor & his friend shall perish. The Lord says [this, Look,] from the North country a people come & a great nation shall be raised from the [furthest parts] of the earth. They are cruel & shall [grab bows & spears & shall] have no mercy.

Their voice roars like the sea & they ride upon horses, set in [rows, like] men [ready] for war against you, O daughter of Zion. We have heard [of its] fame & our hands [grow] feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us & pain, [like] a woman in [labor.]

[Don't] go [forward] into the field, nor walk by the [road;] for the sword of the enemy & fear is on every side. O daughter of My people, [clothe yourselves] with sackcloth & [roll around] in [the] ashes. Make your mourning, [like] for an only son, [grieving, very bitterly.] For the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

[Zechariah 12:10 *And I will pour upon the house of David & upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace & of [requests.] And they shall look upon Me, Whom they have pierced & they shall mourn for Him, [like] one mourns for his only son & bitterness shall be for Him, [like] one [has] bitterness for his firstborn.]

I have [put] you for a [guard in] a tower & a fortress among My people, [so] that you may know & [test] their [path.] They are all grievous revolters, [following with those who slander.] They are [like] brass & iron & they are all corrupters. [Ezekiel 20:30-32 The Lord God says [this; Why do] you say to the house of Israel, Are you polluted [like the customs] of your [forefathers?]

And [do] you commit [unfaithful harlotry] after their abominations? For when you offer your gifts & when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day.

And shall I be [inquired] of by you, O house of Israel? The Lord God says, As I live, I will not be [inquired] of by you. And [what] comes into your mind, shall not [happen] at all, you [who] say, We will be [like] the heathen, [like] the families of the countries, [that] served wood & stone.]

[By] the fire, the [blacksmith's] bellows are [for what's] burned & the led is consumed. The [blacksmith] melts in vain. For the wicked aren't [snatched] away. [Jeremiah 7:31-32 And they have built the high place of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons & their daughters in the fire; [in] which I [didn't] command them, neither [did] it [come] into My heart.

The Lord says, Therefore, [watch,] the days come, that it shall no [longer] be called Tophet, nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, [until] there is no place [remaining.]

Men shall call them [worthless silver,] because the Lord has rejected them. [Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem & [throw] it away & [start mourning] on high places, for the Lord has rejected & [abandoned] the generation of His wrath.]

Jeremiah 5:1-31 They Make Their Faces Harder Than Rock & Refused to Return to God

 

They Make Their Faces Harder Than Rock & Refused to Return to God

Jeremiah 5:1-31                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

You run [back & forth] through the streets of Jerusalem & [look,] now to know & seek in [its wide] places, if you can find a man [or] if there [are] any [who deliver justice] & seek the truth. And I will pardon it, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] And [although] they say, The Lord lives; surely, they swear falsely.

[Mark 7:6-8 He answered & said to them, [Isaiah,] the prophet, has said well of you hypocrites, [like] it is written, This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. [However,] in vain they worship Me, teaching [as] doctrines, the commandments of men.]

O Lord, aren't Your eyes upon the truth? [John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I Am the Way, The Truth & The Life. No man comes to the Father, [except] by Me.]

You have [afflicted] them, but they haven't grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock & they have refused to return. [Isaiah 1:21-24 How this faithful city [has] become [like] a harlot!

It was full of [Justice] & Righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers. Your silver [has] become [scum] & your wine [is] mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious & [are] the companions of thieves. Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes] & follow after rewards.

They [don't] [fairly] judge the fatherless & neither [do] the [causes] of the widow come to them. Therefore, the Lord, Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel says, Ah, I will ease [Myself] of [My] adversaries & avenge [Myself] of [My] enemies.]

Therefore, I said, Surely, these are poor & they are foolish: for they [don't] know the [path] of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. [Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, [so] that you shall [not] be [priests] to Me. [Since] you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your children.]

I will [go] to the [honored] men & will speak to them; for they have known the [path] of the Lord & the [justice] of their God. But these have altogether broken the [stocks] & burst the [shackles.]

[Micah 3:9-12 I pray [that] you hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob & princes of the house of Israel, who loathe justice] & [divert] all equity. They build up Zion with [bloodshed] & Jerusalem with [sin.] The heads [of it] judge for [bribes] & [its] priests teach for [pay.]

And [its] prophets [of it] divine for money. [Still,] they will lean on the Lord & say, Isn't the Lord among us? [No] evil can come upon us. Therefore, Zion shall for your [sakes] be plowed [like] a field. And Jerusalem shall become [ruinous] heaps & the mountain of the [Lord's] house [like] the high places of the forest.]

[For this reason,] a lion out of the forest shall [kill] them & a wolf [in] the [evening] shall [plunder] them & a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone, [who] goes out [there] shall be torn [into] pieces: because their [sins] are many & their backslidings [have] increased.

[Hosea 13:1-4 When Ephraim [spoke] trembling, he exalted himself in Israel. But when he offended [by] Baal, he died. And now, they sin [even] more & have made [themselves molded] images of silver & idols, according to their own [skill,] all the work of the craftsmen.

They say [to] them, Let the men, [who] sacrifice, kiss the [golden] calves. Therefore, they shall be [like] the morning cloud & the early dew that [pass] away.

[Like] the [stubble] that is driven [by] the whirlwind [off] the floor & [like] the smoke out of the chimney [disappears.] [Still,] I Am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt & you shall know no god but Me. For there is no Savior [besides] Me.]

How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have [abandoned] Me & sworn by [what] aren't gods. When I fed them [until] full, then they committed adultery & assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

[Zephaniah 1:4-5 Also, I will stretch out [My] hand upon Judah & all the [residents] of Jerusalem & I will cut off the [rest] of Baal from this place & the name of the Chemarims with the priests. And [those who] worship the [stars & constellations] of heaven, upon the housetops. And [those who] swear [oaths] by the Lord & [who also] swear by Malcham.]

They were [like] horses fed in the morning. Everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. The Lord says, Shall I not [punish] for these things? And [shouldn't] My soul be avenged on a nation such as this?

[Jeremiah 10:2-6 The Lord says [this, Don't] learn the way of the heathen & [don't] be [discouraged] at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are [afraid of] them. For the customs of the people are vain. For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the ax work of the [lumberman's] hands. They [decorate] it with silver & gold.

They fasten it with nails & hammers, [so] that it [won't] move. They are upright [like] the palm tree, but [don't] speak. They must be [carried,] because they can't [walk.] [Don't] be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, also neither is it in them to do good. [Since] there are none like You, O Lord, You are great & Your Name is great in might.]

You go up upon her walls & destroy. Take away her [fortifications,] for they aren't the Lord's; but [don't] make a [total] end [of it.] For the [houses] of Israel & Judah have [behaved] very treacherously against Me, says the Lord. They have [lied] & said, The Lord said: It isn't He & Neither shall evil come upon us & Neither shall we see [the] sword, nor famine. And the [Lord's]  Word isn't in them & [like this] it shall be done to them & the prophets shall become wind [that disappears.]

[For this reason,] the Lord God of Hosts says [this,] Because you speak this word; [watch,] I will make My Words in your mouth, fire & this people wood & it shall devour them. [Jeremiah 23:29-32 The Lord says, Isn't My Word like a fire & like a hammer that breaks [rocks] in pieces? Therefore, [look,] I am against the prophets & everyone [who] steals My Words from his neighbor.

The Lord says, I am against the prophets [who] use their tongues & say, He says. The Lord says, I am against [those who] prophesy false dreams & tell them & cause My people to [go astray] by their lies & by their [carelessness.] [Still,] I [didn't send] them, nor [command] them. Therefore, they shall not [benefit] this people at all, says the Lord.]

The Lord says, [Look,] I will bring a nation upon you from far [away,] O house of Israel. It is a mighty nation & an ancient nation, whose language you [don't] know & neither [do you] understand what they say. They are all mighty men & their [archer's] quiver is [like] an open [tomb.]

And they shall eat up your harvest & your bread, [that] your sons & daughters should eat. They shall eat up your: flocks & herds & your [vineyards] & fig trees. They shall make your fortified cities, [in which] you trusted, [impoverished,] by the sword. The Lord says, [Still,] in those days, I won't make a [total] end [of] you.

[Jeremiah 30:10-11 The Lord says, Therefore, [don't] fear, O My servant, Jacob, & [don't] be [discouraged,] O Israel: for I will save you from afar & your [descendants] from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall return & shall be [at] rest & [peaceful.]

And none shall make him afraid. For I Am with you, says the Lord, to save you. [Although,] I make a [total] end of all nations [where] I have scattered you, I [still] will not make a [total] end of you. But I will correct you in [due time] & I won't leave you [totally] unpunished.]

And it shall [happen,] when you shall say, [For what reason] does the Lord our God [do] all these things to us? Then, you shall answer them, Like you have [abandoned] Me & served strange gods in your land, [similarly] you shall serve strangers in land that isn't yours.

Declare this in the house of Jacob & [proclaim] it in Judah, saying, Now, hear this, O foolish people without understanding, [who] have eyes & [don't] see, [who] have ears & [don't] hear: The Lord says, [Don't] you fear [respect] Me? Won't you tremble at My presence.

[Who has] placed the sand for the [boundaries] of the sea, by a [continual] decree, that it can't pass it, [although its] waves toss themselves, [still] they can't prevail, [although] they roar, they [still] can't pass over it? But this [people's] heart [revolts & rebels.] They [have] revolted & [left.]

Neither [did] they say [within] their heart, Let's now fear [respect] the Lord our God, [Who] gives rain, both the [previous] & the [Spring rain,] in [its] season & He [sets aside] for us, the appointed weeks of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned these things away & your sins have [withheld] good things from you.

For wicked men are found among My people. They lay [in] wait  [to ambush,] [like] he, [who] sets [traps.] They set a trap & they catch men. Their houses [are] full of deceit, [like] a cage is full of birds. Therefore, they [have] become [important] & [grow] rich. They [have grown] fat & they [excel.] [Yes,] they [surpass,] the deeds of the wicked.

They [don't] judge the [case] of the fatherless, yet they prosper & they don't judge the [rights] of the needy. The Lord says, [Shouldn't] I [punish] for these things? [Shouldn't] My soul be avenged on a nation such as this? A wonderful & horrible thing is committed in the land.

The prophets prophesy falsely & the priests rule, by their [own methods] & My people love to have it [this way.] What will you do in the end [of it?] [2 Timothy 4:3-5 For the time will come when they won't endure sound doctrine; but [will go astray] after their own lusts.

They [shall] heap to themselves teachers, [wanting to hear something.] And they shall turn their ears away from the Truth & shall be turned to fables. But [be careful] & watch in all things: endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist & [further provide] proof of your ministry.]