Jeremiah 7 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	The word that was to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,	The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:	This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2	Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and call there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah coming into these gates to worship to Jehovah.	“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the LORD.	“Stand at the gate of the LORD’s house and there proclaim this message: “’Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.
3	Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Make good your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.	Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.	This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.
4	Ye shall not trust to yourselves to words of falsehood, saving, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah are they.	Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’	Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!”
5	For if making good, ye shall make good your ways and your doings; if doing, ye shall do judgment between man and between his neighbor;	“For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another,	If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,
6	Ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan and the widow, and innocent blood ye shall not pour out in this place, and after other gods ye shall not go, for evil to you;	if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,	if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
7	And I caused you to dwell in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers from forever even to forever.	then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.	then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.
8	Behold, you trusting to yourselves upon words of falsehood not to receive profit.	“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.	But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
9	Stealing, killing, and committing adultery, and swearing for falsehood, and burning incense to Baal, and going after other gods which ye knew not;	Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,	“’Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
10	And ye came and stood before me in this house which my name was called upon it, and ye said, We were delivered to do all these abominations.	and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?	and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe\|—safe to do all these detestable things?
11	Was this house which my name was called upon it a cave of those breaking down in your eyes? also I, behold, I saw, says Jehovah.	Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the LORD.	Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.
12	But go now to my place which is in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell there at the first, and see what I did to it from the face of the evil of my people Israel.	Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.	“’Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
13	And now, because ye did all these works, says Jehovah, and I will speak to you, rising early and speaking, and ye heard not; and I will call you and ye answered not;	And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,	While you were doing all these things, declares the LORD, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer.
14	And I did to the house which my name was called upon it, which ye are trusting in it, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.	therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.	Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors.
15	And I cast you out from my face, as I cast out all your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.	And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim.	I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’
16	And thou shalt not pray for this people, and thou shalt not lift up a wailing and prayer for them, and thou shalt not entreat upon me: for I hear thee not.	“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.	“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
17	Seest thou not what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?	Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?	Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18	The sons are gathering up woods, and the fathers kindling the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out libations to other gods, to irritate me.	The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.	The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.
19	Are they irritating me? says Jehovah. Are they not themselves to the shame of their faces?	Is it I whom they provoke? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?	But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?
20	For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah; Behold my anger and my wrath was poured out to this place, upon man, and upon cattle, and upon the tree of the field, and upon the fruit of the land; and it burnt and it shall not be quenched.	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.”	“’Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.
21	Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel; Add your burnt-offerings upon your sacrifices and eat flesh.	Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.	“’This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
22	For I spake not to your fathers, and I commanded them not in the day of bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt, concerning my word of burnt-offering and sacrifice:	For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.	For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
23	But this word I commanded them, saying, Hear to my voice, and I was to you for God, and in shall be to me for a people: and go in all the ways which I shall command you, so that it shall be well to you.	But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’	but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.
24	And they heard not and inclined not their ear, and they went in the counsels in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and they shall be for behind and not before.	But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.	But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
25	From the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt even to this day, and I will send to you all my servants the prophets, in the day rising early and sending:	From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day.	From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.
26	And they heard not to me and they inclined not their ear, and they will harden their neck: they did evil above their fathers.	Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.	But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.’
27	And speak thou to them all these words, and they will not hear to thee: and call to them, and they will not answer.	“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you.	“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.
28	And say to them, This a nation that heard not to the voice of Jehovah its God, and they received not instruction: faithfulness perished, and was eat off from their mouth.	And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.	Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29	Shave thy consecration and cast away, and lift up a lamentation upon the lips; for Jehovah rejected and cast out the generation of his wrath.	“‘Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’	“’Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.
30	For the sons of Judah did evil in mine eyes, says Jehovah; they set, their abominations in the house which my name was called upon it, to defile it,	“For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.	“’The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.
31	And they built heights to Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire; which I commanded not, and it came not upon my heart.	And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.	They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
32	For this, behold, the days coming, says Jehovah, and it shall no more be said, Tophet, and The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: and they buried in Tophet, from not being place.	Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere.	So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
33	And the carcass of this people was for food to the birds of the heavens and for the cattle of the earth; and none terrifying.	And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and none will frighten them away.	Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
34	And I caused to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be for a desolation.	And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.	I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.
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