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Jeremiah 29:26 (NIV)

‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord ; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons.

Jeremiah 29:27 (NIV)

So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

Jeremiah 29:28 (NIV)

He has sent this message to us in Babylon: It will be a long time. Therefore build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.’ ”

Jeremiah 29:29 (NIV)

Zephaniah the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 29:30 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

“Send this message to all the exiles: ‘This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies,

Jeremiah 29:32 (NIV)

this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord , because he has preached rebellion against me.’ ”

Jeremiah 13:1 (NIV)

This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

Jeremiah 13:2 (NIV)

So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.

Jeremiah 13:3 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time:

Jeremiah 13:4 (NIV)

“Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.”

Jeremiah 13:5 (NIV)

So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me.

Jeremiah 13:6 (NIV)

Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.”

Jeremiah 13:7 (NIV)

So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.

Jeremiah 13:8 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Jeremiah 13:9 (NIV)

“This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 13:10 (NIV)

These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!

Jeremiah 13:11 (NIV)

For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord , ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’

Jeremiah 13:12 (NIV)

“Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

Jeremiah 13:13 (NIV)

then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 13:14 (NIV)

I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord . I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’ ”

Jeremiah 13:15 (NIV)

Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 13:16 (NIV)

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.

Jeremiah 13:17 (NIV)

If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the Lord ’s flock will be taken captive.

Jeremiah 13:18 (NIV)

Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”