Jeremiah 7:16-20

Idolatry and Unquenchable Wrath

Jeremiah 7:16-20
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"So you, [Yirmeyahu,] don't pray for this people! Don't cry, pray or intercede on their behalf with me; because I won't listen to you.
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Don't you see what they are doing in the cities of Y'hudah and in the streets of Yerushalayim?
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The children gather the wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and, just to provoke me, they pour out drink offerings to other gods!
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Are they really provoking me," asks ADONAI, "or are they provoking themselves, to their own ruin?"
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Therefore, here is what Adonai ELOHIM says: "My anger and fury will be poured out on this place, on men, animals, trees in the fields and produce growing from the ground; and it will burn without being quenched."
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