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28 You will say to them, ‘This is the nation that wouldn’t listen to the voice[a] of the Lord its God and wouldn’t accept correction. Truth has perished; it has been eliminated from their discussions.’

29 “Cut off your hair and throw it away;
    let your lamentations rise on the barren heights,
because the Lord has rejected and abandoned
    the generation that is subject to his wrath.[b]

30 “For the people of Judah have done evil in my eyes,” declares the Lord. “They have put their detestable idols[c] in the house that is called by my name in order to defile it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:28 I.e. wouldn’t obey
  2. Jeremiah 7:29 Lit. generation of his wrath
  3. Jeremiah 7:30 Lit. their detestable things

28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(A) Truth(B) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

29 “‘Cut off(C) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(D) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(E) this generation that is under his wrath.

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(F) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(G) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(H) it.

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