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"Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: "I remember regarding you the devotion of your youth, Your love when you were a bride, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.

This is what the LORD says: "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?

God says, "If a husband divorces his wife And she leaves him And becomes another man's wife, Will he return to her again? Would that land not be completely defiled? But you are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me," declares the LORD.

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your uncultivated ground, And do not sow among thorns.

For this is what the LORD says: "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.

Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of armies says: "Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words fire in your mouth, And this people wood, and it will consume them.

For this is what the LORD of armies says: "Cut down her trees And pile up an assault ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.

This is what the LORD of armies says: "They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like the vine; Pass your hand over the branches again Like a grape gatherer."

"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, Nor did they know even how to be ashamed. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They will collapse," says the LORD.

This is what the LORD says: "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am placing stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor and friend will perish."

This is what the LORD says: "Behold, there is a people coming from the north land, And a great nation will be stirred up from the remote parts of the earth.

This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on human and animal life, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched."

This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.

"You shall say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "Do people fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not repent?

"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, And they did not know how to be ashamed; Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they will collapse," Says the LORD.

Therefore this is what the LORD of armies says: "Behold, I will refine them and put them to the test; For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

therefore this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Behold, I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them poisoned water to drink.

This is what the LORD of armies says: "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the skillful women, that they may come!