THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES Old Testament Prophecy - Angelfire

no spirit in them. 15 They are vain; they are works to be mocked. They will perish in the
season of their inspection. 16 Such is not the portion of Jacob, for the one who formed
all things is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
17 He gathered your substance from the outside while it resided in choice places.
18 For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am tripping up those who reside in this land with
oppression, so that your plague may be found." 19 Woe on account of your fracture;
your plague is painful. I said, `Surely this is your wound, and it overtook you.´ A 20 Your
tent suffered; it departed. All your curtains B were torn. My sons and my sheep are no
more; there is no longer a place for my tent, a place for my curtains. 21 For the
shepherds lacked intelligence and did not seek the Lord; because of this, none of the
pasture understood, and they were scattered. 22 Behold, the sound of a report is
coming, as well as a great earthquake from the land of the north, in order to arrange
the cities of Judah for obliteration and a bed of ostriches. 23 I am aware, O Lord, that
the way of a man is not his own, nor will a man go and give success to his journey.
24 Discipline us, O Lord, but in justice and not in fury, so that you do not make us few.
25 Pour out your fury on the nations which are not aware of you and on the generations
which did not invoke your name, for they devoured Jacob and consumed him, and
made his pasture desolate.
Jeremiah 11
1 The word which was directed at Jeremiah from the Lord; he said, 2 "Hear the words
of this testament. You will speak to the men of Judah and to those who reside in
Jerusalem. 3 You will say to them, `Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Cursed is the man
who will not hear the words of this testament, 4 which I commanded for your fathers on
the day when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,
saying, `Hear my voice and do all the things which I command you; you will become a
people for me, and I will become God for you,´ 5 so that I may confirm my oath which I
swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this
day."´" I answered and said, "Let it be so, O Lord."
6 The Lord said to me, "Read these words in the cities of Judah and outside
Jerusalem, saying, `Hear the words of this testament and do them.´" C 8 Yet they did not
do them.
9 The Lord said to me, "A conspiracy was found among the men of Judah and among
those who reside in Jerusalem. 10 They returned to the injustices of their fathers who
were in former times, who did not want to listen to my words. Behold, they themselves
are proceeding after strange gods, in order to serve them. The house of Israel and the
house of Judah broke my testament which I made for their fathers. 11 Because of this,
thus says the Lord: `Behold, I am bringing wicked things over this people, out of which
they will not be able to come. They will shout to me, and I will not listen to them. 12 The
A
this is your wound, and it overtook you VS ¦ this wound did not also overtake me A ¦
this is my wound, and it overtook me
B
Your tent … your curtains VSA ¦ My tent … my curtains
C
No LXX manuscript includes vv. 7-8a