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耶利米書 19

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1 耶和華如此:你去買窯匠的瓦瓶,又帶百姓中的長老祭司中的長老

2 出去到欣嫩子谷、哈珥西(就是瓦片的意思)的門口那著,宣告我所吩咐你的

3 猶大耶路撒冷居民哪,當耶和華的。萬軍之耶和華以色列的如此:我必使災禍臨到這地方,凡見的人都必耳鳴;

4 因為他們和他們列祖,並猶大離棄我,將這地方看為平常,在這裡向素不認識的別燒香,又使這地方滿了無辜人的血,

5 建築巴力的邱壇,好在中焚燒自己的兒子,作為燔祭獻給巴力。這不是我所吩咐的,不是我所提的,也不是我所起的意。

6 耶和華:因此,日子將到,這地方不再稱為陀斐特和欣嫩子谷,反倒稱為殺戮谷。

7 我必在這地方使猶大耶路撒冷的計謀落空,也必使他們在仇敵面前倒於刀下,並尋索其命的人下。他們的屍首,我必空中的飛上的野獸作食物。

8 我必使這城令人驚駭嗤笑;凡經過的人,必因這城所遭的災驚駭嗤笑。

9 我必使他們在圍困窘迫之中,就是仇敵和尋索其命的人窘迫他們的時候,各人自己兒女的和朋友的

10 你要在同去的人眼前打碎那瓶,

11 對他們:萬軍之耶和華如此:我要照樣打碎這民和這城,正如人打碎窯匠的瓦器,以致不能再囫圇。並且人要在陀斐特葬埋屍首,甚至無處可葬。

12 耶和華:我必向這地方和其中的居民如此行,使這城與陀斐特一樣。

13 耶路撒冷房屋猶大的宮殿是已經被玷污的,就是他們在其上向上的萬象燒香、向別澆奠祭的宮殿房屋,都必與陀斐特一樣。

14 耶利米從陀斐特─就是耶和華差他去預言的地方─回,站在耶和華殿的院中,對眾人

15 萬軍之耶和華以色列的如此:我必使我所的一切災禍臨到這城和屬城的一切城邑,因為他們硬著頸項不我的

   

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