Jeremiah 16 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Jeremiah

Chapter 16

KJV · Textus Receptus

The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

1AWURADE asɛm baa me nkyɛn nso sɛ,Under pastoral review

2Nware yere, na nnya mmammarima anaa mmammaa wɔ saa beaeɛ yi.Under pastoral review

3Ɛfiri sɛ sei na AWURADE ka fa mmammarima ne mmammaa a wɔwo wɔn wɔ saa beaeɛ yi ho, ne wɔn maamenom a wɔwoo wɔn ho, ne wɔn agyanom a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ saa asase yi so ho;Under pastoral review

4Wɔbɛwuwu owuo a ano yɛ den; wɔrensu wɔn; na wɔrensie wɔn; na mmom wɔbɛyɛ sɛ sumina wɔ asase ani: na akofena ne ɛkɔm bɛsɛe wɔn; na wɔn afunu bɛyɛ ɔsoro nnomaa ne asase so mmoa aduane.Under pastoral review

5Ɛfiri sɛ sei na AWURADE seɛ, Nhyɛne awerɛhoɔ fie, na nkɔ sɛ worekɔsu anaa worekɔdi wɔn ho awerɛhoɔ: ɛfiri sɛ mayi m'asomdwoeɛ afiri saa nkurɔfoɔ yi so, AWURADE na ɔseɛ, adɔeɛ ne mmɔborɔhunu mpo.Under pastoral review

6Akɛseɛ ne nkumaa nyinaa bɛwuwu wɔ saa asase yi so: wɔrensie wɔn, na wɔrensu wɔn, na wɔrensesa wɔn ho, na wɔrenyi wɔn tiri mma wɔn:Under pastoral review

7Na wɔrentete wɔn ho mma wɔn wɔ awerɛhoɔ mu, sɛ wɔbɛkyekye wɔn werɛ awufoɔ enti; na wɔremma wɔn awerɛkyekyerɛ kuruwa nnom mma wɔn agya anaa wɔn maame.Under pastoral review

8Nkɔ apontoɔ fie nso, sɛ wo ne wɔn bɛtena ase adidi na woanom.Under pastoral review

9Ɛfiri sɛ sei na AWURADE Asafo, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ; Hwɛ, mɛma anigyeɛ nne, ne ahosɛpɛ nne, ayeforɔkunu nne, ne ayeforɔ nne, aba awieeɛ afiri saa beaeɛ yi mo ani so, ne mo nna mu.Under pastoral review

10Na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ wokyerɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi saa nsɛm yi nyinaa, na wɔka kyerɛ wo sɛ, Adɛn enti na AWURADE aka saa bɔne kɛseɛ yi nyinaa atia yɛn? anaa yɛn amumuyɛ ne sɛn? anaa yɛn bɔne a yɛayɛ atia AWURADE yɛn Onyankopɔn ne sɛn?Under pastoral review

11Ɛnna wobɛka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, Ɛfiri sɛ mo agyanom agya me hɔ, AWURADE na ɔseɛ, na wɔadi anyame foforɔ akyi, na wɔasom wɔn, na wɔasɔre wɔn, na wɔagya me hɔ, na wɔanni me mmara so;Under pastoral review

12Na moayɛ bɔne asene mo agyanom; ɛfiri sɛ, hwɛ, mo mu biara di n'akoma bɔne nsusuiɛ akyi, sɛdeɛ wɔrentie me:Under pastoral review

13Ɛno enti mɛto mo afiri saa asase yi so akɔ asase a monnim so, mo anaa mo agyanom; na ɛhɔ na mobɛsom anyame foforɔ awia ne anadwo; baabi a merenhunu mo mmɔbɔ.Under pastoral review

14Ɛno enti, hwɛ, nna bɛba, AWURADE na ɔseɛ, a wɔrenka bio sɛ, AWURADE te ase, deɛ ɔyii Israel mma firii Misraim asase so;Under pastoral review

15Na mmom, AWURADE te ase, deɛ ɔyii Israel mma firii atifi fam asase so, ne nsase nyinaa a ɔpamoo wɔn kɔɔ so: na mɛsane de wɔn aba wɔn asase a mede maa wɔn agyanom no so.Under pastoral review

16Hwɛ, mɛsoma akɔfrɛ afarefoɔ bebree, AWURADE na ɔseɛ, na wɔbɛyi wɔn sɛ nam; na akyire yi mɛsoma akɔfrɛ abɔmmɔfoɔ bebree, na wɔbɛtaa wɔn afiri bepɔ biara so, ne kokoɔ biara so, ne abotan mu atokuro mu.Under pastoral review

17Ɛfiri sɛ m'ani wɔ wɔn akwan nyinaa so: wɔnhinta m'anim, na wɔn amumuyɛ nhinta m'ani so.Under pastoral review

18Na kane no mɛtua wɔn amumuyɛ ne wɔn bɔne so ka mmɔho mmienu; ɛfiri sɛ wɔagu m'asase ho fi, wɔde wɔn akyiwadeɛ ne wɔn nneɛma a ɛyɛ tan afunu ahyɛ m'agyapadeɛ ma.Under pastoral review

19Ao AWURADE, m'ahoɔden, ne m'abandenden, ne me dwanekɔbea wɔ amanehunu da mu, amanaman bɛba wo nkyɛn afiri asase ano, na wɔbɛka sɛ, Nokorɛm yɛn agyanom adi atorɔ, ahuhudeɛ, ne nneɛma a mfasoɔ nni so agyapadeɛ.Under pastoral review

20Onipa bɛyɛ anyame ama ne ho anaa, na wɔnyɛ anyame?Under pastoral review

21Ɛno enti, hwɛ, mɛma wɔahunu prɛko yi, mɛma wɔahunu me nsa ne m'ahoɔden; na wɔbɛhunu sɛ me din ne AWURADE.Under pastoral review

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