- "At that time," says the Lord,
"they
shall bring out the
bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the
bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inhabitants
of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
- "They shall spread them before the
sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and
which they have served and after which they have walked, which they
have sought and which they have worshipped. They shall not be
gathered nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the
earth. (2 Kin. 23:5; Jer. 22:19)
- "Then death shall be chosen rather
than
life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who
remain in all the places where I have driven them," says the Lord of
hosts.
- "Moreover you shall say to them,
'Thus says the Lord:
"Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn
away and not return?
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Why then has this people slidden
back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? (Jer. 7:24)
They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return. (Jer. 9:6)
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I listened and heard, but they do not
speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, saying, 'What
have I done?' Everyone turned to his own course, as the horse
rushes into the battle. (Job 39:21;
Ps. 14:2; Mic. 7:2)
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"Even the stork in the heavens knows
her appointed times; and the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
observe the time of their coming. (Song 2:12) But My people
do not know the judgement of the Lord.
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"How can you say, 'We are wide, and
the low of the Lord is with us'? Look, the false pen of the
scribe certainly works falsehood. (Rom. 2:17)
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The wise men are ashamed, they are
dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the
Lord; so what wisdom do they have? (Jer. 4:22; Jer.
6:15)
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Therefore I will give their wives
to others, and their fields to those who will inherit them;
(Deut. 28:30) because from the least even to the greatest
everyone is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the
priest (Is. 56:11; Is. 57:17) everyone deals
falsely. (Job 31:10)
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- "Why do we sit still?
Assemble yourselves, and let us enter the fortified cities, and let us
be silent there. For the Lord our God has put us to silence
(Jer. 4:5) and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against the Lord.
- "We looked for peace, but no good
came; and for a time of health, and there was trouble! (Job 30:26; Is. 59:9; Jer.
14:19)
- "For behold, I will send serpents
among you, vipers which
cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you says the Lord. (Ps.
58:4&5; Eccl. 10:11)
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