09/19/14 (2254) YIRMEYAHU 4:1-18 (CJB) Israel, if you will return, says ADONAI, yes, return to me; and if you will banish your abominations from my presence without wandering astray again; and if you will swear, As ADONAI lives, in truth, justice and righteousness; then the nations will bless themselves by him, and in him will they glory. For here is what ADONAI says to the people of Yhudah and Yerushalayim: Break up your ground that hasnt been plowed, and do not sow among thorns. People of Yhudah and inhabitants of Yerushalayim, circumcise yourselves for ADONAI, remove the foreskins of your heart! Otherwise my fury will lash out like fire, burning so hot that no one can quench it, because of how evil your actions are. Announce in Yhudah, proclaim in Yerushalayim; say: Blow the shofar in the land! Shout the message aloud: Assemble! Let us go to the fortified cities! Set up a signal toward Tziyon, head for cover without delay. For I will bring disaster from the north, yes dire destruction. A lion has risen from his lair, a destroyer of nations has set out, left his own place to ruin your land, to demolish and depopulate your cities. So wrap yourselves in sackcloth, lament and wail, for ADONAIs fierce anger has not turned away from us. When that day comes, say ADONAI, the kings heart will fail him, likewise the princes; the cohanim will be appalled and the prophets stupefied. Then I said, Oh, Adonai ELOHIM! Surely you have sadly deceived this people and Yerushalayim by saying, You will have peace, when the sword is at our very throats! At that time it will be said of this people and of Yerushalayim: A scorching wind from the desert heights is sweeping down on my people. It is not coming to winnow or cleanse; this wind of mine is too strong for that. Now I will pass sentence on them. Here he comes, like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind, his horses faster than eagles! Woe to us, we are doomed! Wash the evil from your heart, Yerushalayim, so that you can be saved. How long will you harbor within yourselves your evil thoughts? For a voice is announcing the news from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Efrayim: Report it to the nations, proclaim about Yerushalayim: [Enemies] are coming from a distant country, watching and shouting their war cry against the cities of Yhudah. Like guards in a field they surround her, because she has rebelled against me, says ADONAI. Your own ways and your actions have brought these things on yourselves. This is your wickedness, so bitter! It has reached your very heart.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:38:20 +0000
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