Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Jeremiah Chapter 1 to 52)

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Jeremiah 17:11 (NLT)
Like a partridge hatches eggs she has not laid,
so are those who gets their wealth by unjust means.
At midlife they will lose their riches;
in the end they will become poor old fools.
 
Jeremiah 17:13 (NLT)

13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who turn away from you will be disgraced. They will be buried in the dust of the earth, for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.
 
Jeremiah 17:15 (NLT) - 15 People scoff at me and say, “What is this ‘message from the Lord’ you talk about? Why don’t your predictions come true?”
 
Jeremiah 17:16 (NLT) - 16 Lord, I have not abandoned my job as a shepherd for your people. I have not urged you to send disaster. You have heard everything I’ve said.
 
Jeremiah 17:18 (NLT) - 18 Bring shame and dismay on all who persecute me, but don’t let me experience shame and dismay. Bring a day of terror on them. Yes, bring double destruction upon them!
 
Jeremiah 17:19 (NLT)
This is what the LORD said to me: "Go and stand in the gates of Jerusalem, first in the gates where the king goes in and out, and then in each of the other gates.
 
Jeremiah 17:21 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem's gates on the Sabbath day.
 
Jeremiah17:22 (NLT)
Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors.
 
Jeremiah 17:23 (NLT)
But they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.
 
Jeremiah 17:24 (NLT)
But if you obey me, says the LORD, and do not carry on your trade at the gates, or work on the Sabbath day, and if you keep it holy,
 
Jeremiah 17:25 (NLT) - 25 then kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates forever. There will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will always ride in and out among the people of Judah in chariots and on horses, and this city will remain forever.
 
Jeremiah 17:26 (NLT) - 26 And from all around Jerusalem, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from the western foothills and the hill country and the Negev, the people will come with their burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will bring their grain offerings, frankincense, and thanksgiving offerings to the Lord's Temple.
 
Jeremiah 17:27 (NLT) - 27 “‘But if you do not listen to me and refuse to keep the Sabbath holy, and if on the Sabbath day you bring loads of merchandise through the gates of Jerusalem just as on other days, then I will set fire to these gates. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out the roaring flames.’”
 
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