16 I prayed to the Lord after giving a copy of the bargain to Baruch son of Neriah. I said:
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17 “Lord God, you made the heavens and the earth. You made them with your great power. It is not very strange for you to do anything.
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18 Lord, you are faithful and kind to thousands of generations of people. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. Great and mighty God, your name is the Lord All-Powerful.
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19 Lord, you make plans and do great things. You see everything people do. You reward those who do good and punish those who do evil – you give them what they deserve.
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20 Lord, you performed powerful miracles in the land of Egypt. You have performed powerful miracles to this day. You did the same things in Israel and where the people live. You have become famous because of these things.
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21 Lord, you used powerful miracles and brought your people out of Egypt and brought them to Israel. You used your powerful hand to do these things. Your power was amazing!
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22 “Lord, you gave this land to the people of Israel, which you promised to give to their ancestors long ago. It is a land full of many good things.
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23 The people of Israel came to this land and considered it as their land. But those people did not obey the order. They did not follow your law. They did not do what you told them to do. So you let these terrible things happen to the people of Israel.
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24 “And now, the enemy has laid siege to the city. They are building mounds so that they can climb the walls of Jerusalem and capture it. Babylon’s army is now attacking the city, Lord, you said it would happen – and now you see it happening.
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25 “Lord my Lord, all these bad things are happening. But now you are saying to me, ‘Jeremiah, buy a field for silver and choose some men to testify to this deal.’ You are telling me this when the Babylonian army is ready to take over the city.
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26 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
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27 I am the Lord. I am the God of every man on earth. Jeremiah, you know that nothing is impossible for me. “
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28 The Lord also said, “Soon I will hand over the city of Jerusalem to the army of Babylon and to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. That army will capture the city.
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29 The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. She will soon enter the city and start a fire. They will burn the city. There are houses in this city where the people of Jerusalem have made me angry by sacrificing the false god Baal on the roofs of their houses. And the people poured out drink offerings to other gods. The Babylonian army will burn those houses to ashes.
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30 I have watched carefully the people of Israel and the people of Judah. Everything they do is evil. They have done bad things since they were young, and they have made me very angry with their deeds. “This message is from the Lord.
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31 “From the time that Jerusalem was built until now, the people of this city have made me angry. This city has made me so angry that I will surely take it out of my sight.
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32 I will destroy Jerusalem because of all the bad things that the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done. The people, their kings, their leaders, their priests and prophets, the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, have made me angry.
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33 “Those people should have come to me for help. But they turned away from me. I tried again and again to teach them. But they would not listen to me. I tried to correct them. But they did not listen.
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34 Those people made their idols – and I hate those idols. Those people have placed those idols in the temple called by my name. In this way they have ‘defiled’ my temple.
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35 “They have built high places for the false god Baal in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. They have built this place of worship so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never given them such a terrible I never thought of doing things that would cause Judah to sin.
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