Popular Bible Verses from Jeremiah 19

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He said, ‘The LORD Almighty, Israel's God, says this: “Listen to me! I will soon punish this city and all the towns around it, as I have promised that I will do. I will do it because the people have refused to listen to my message.” ’

They have built altars here to give honour to Baal. They light fires to give their children to Baal as burnt offerings. I never commanded my people to offer those kinds of sacrifices. I never even thought about it.

That will happen because Judah's people have turned away from me. They worship foreign gods in this place. They have offered sacrifices to those gods. They are gods that their ancestors did not know about. The kings of Judah never knew about them either. In this place, Judah's people have killed people who did not deserve to die.