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25 This is what will happen to you.
    This is your part in my plans.”
    This message is from the Lord.
“Why will this happen?
    Because you forgot me.
    You trusted false gods.
26 Jerusalem, I will pull your skirt up over your face.
    Everyone will see you,
    and you will be ashamed.
27 I saw the terrible things you did.[a]
    I saw you laughing and having sex with your lovers.
I know about your plans to be like a prostitute.
    I have seen you on the hills and in the fields.
It will be very bad for you, Jerusalem.
    How long will you continue doing your dirty sins?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:27 I saw … you did This is probably talking about worshiping false gods. But part of that worship was having sex with temple prostitutes.

25 This is your lot,
    the portion(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.(C)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen(D)
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!(E)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.(F)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”(G)

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