Jeremiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 513

23--5 the plains fail, for their courses are Hosrs consequently says this against them with suffering, and give them comes to all the country from the Thus says the Loan 01* Hosrs, bad, and their energies worthless! I have even found says Therefore their shall fall in the dark upon it; for I will bring distress upon them in says the Evmz-1.1v1NG. the Preachers of Shomeron. They preach Bal, and seduce My People Israel! ‘And I have seen a terrible thing

among the Preachers of jerusalem; they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of the wicked, so that no one turns from his wickedness! All of them are like Sodom, and the population The LORD 0F I will consume opiates to drink,-~for. corruption preachers of jerusalem l '

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when I will raise for David a righteous offshoot, and royal king, who will govern, and do justice and right in the land. In his iays judah shall be safe, and Israel rest in safety, and his Name shall be called ‘Our Righteous Lomb. ‘ Therefore the times shall come}

when they shall no more say ‘ By the life of the EvE1z·L1v1NG Who brought Israel up from the land of the Mitzeraimf but, By the life of the EvER—x.1vx1~zo Who

brought Israel up, and conducted the race of the House of Israel from the land of the North, and from all the lands where He had driven them, andrestored them to their own ! soil. ’ ’ @132 @1·¤pI)2i’a @2zpuir uber false xo 11 12 16 Glzazlyzrs. My heart is broken in my breast

for the Preachers,——-all my bones shake,——I havebecome like a drunken ma.n,m1d like a giant overcome by wine, before the EVERLASTING, and before His holy words iv For the land is full of imp0st0rs;—tha1andV faints The Preacher and the Priest are path shall become slippery,-—they before this curse;··—the pastures of ‘ I have also seen the impiety of ‘ Listen not to the messages of the Preachers who preach to you. They preach nonsense to you,-—a vision from their own hearts. They do not preach from the mouth of the EVER- LIVING. They say to the despisers of the message of the Evnxenivme, ‘ Peace will come to you! ’ And to all who follow the ideas of their own minds, they say, ‘No harm will come upon you! ’ However, who stood in the council of the Evan- LIVING, and saw and heard His words? Who listened, and heard His commands? ’ Look! the furious tempest of the

Evan-Lrvmo has gone forth! A whirling tempest rolls over the head of the wicked! The anger of the Evnn·r.1v11~ro will not return until it has worked, and edected the inten- tions of His mind. You will under- stand what He intended in times to come. I did not send those preachers yet they ran ;·-I did not speak to

them;—·-yet they preached! But if they stood in My council, and heard messages to My People, let them turn them from their bad ways, and guide their proceedings! ‘Am I a Gon near,?' the Even-

and not a Gon at a distance ? If a man hides himself in asks Are not the heavens and the breath of the earth I can hear what the preachers say who preach falsehood in My name, ex- plaining ‘ I have dreamed a dream! 18 20 21 22

How long is it the intention of the 26 preachers to preach falsehood, and proclaim the deceptions of their hearts? Who intend to make My 27 People forget My Name by their dreams which they relate each to his companion, as their fathers forgot My Name for Bal. Let the Reciter 28 who has a dream, tell his dream; but to whoever I have spoken, let him speak truly My message. ‘What is the chaff compared to

the Evan-Livmo asks. ‘Is not My command like iire?’ And like a hammer splintering a stone ? There· fore I am against those preachersf wl1o steal messages each from his mate ! I am ‘ says the who delude by their tongues, and chatter! I am against 5I3