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15 Yet my people have forgotten me,
    and they burn incense to worthless idols
that make them stumble in their journey
    on the ancient paths.
They walk on trails,
    on a way that is not built up.
16 They make their land into a desolate place,
    an object of lasting scorn.[a]
All who pass by will be appalled
    and will shake their heads.[b]
17 ‘Like the east wind, I’ll scatter them
    before the enemy.
I’ll show them my back and not my face,
    on the day of their downfall.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:16 Lit. hissing
  2. Jeremiah 18:16 I.e. in surprise at the magnitude of the destruction

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)
17 Like a wind(K) from the east,
    I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face(L)
    in the day of their disaster.”

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