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14 The rocky slopes of Lebanon are never without snow.
    The cool mountain streams never dry up.
15 But my people have forgotten me.
    They burn incense as an offering to worthless idols,
        and they stumble along the way, on the ancient path.
        They go on side roads and not on major highways.
16 Their land will become desolate
    and something to be hissed at forever.
    Everyone who will pass by it will be stunned and shake his head.

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14 Does the snow of Lebanon
    ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
    ever stop flowing?[a]
15 Yet my people have forgotten(A) me;
    they burn incense(B) to worthless idols,(C)
which made them stumble(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(F)
16 Their land will be an object of horror(G)
    and of lasting scorn;(H)
all who pass by will be appalled(I)
    and will shake their heads.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.