Verse 10
Jeremiah 13:10
Bible in Basic English
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These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָ/עָם֩ הַ/זֶּ֨ה הָ/רָ֜ע הַֽ/מֵּאֲנִ֣ים לִ/שְׁמ֣וֹעַ אֶת דְּבָרַ֗/י הַ/הֹֽלְכִים֙ בִּ/שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֔/ם וַ/יֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְ/עָבְדָ֖/ם וּ/לְ/הִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת לָ/הֶ֑ם וִ/יהִי֙ כָּ/אֵז֣וֹר הַ/זֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יִצְלַ֖ח לַ/כֹּֽל
English Translation
This people is evil, unwilling to listen to my words, walking in the stubbornness of their hearts, and they went after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them; and it will be like this place which will not succeed for all.
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Chapter 13 Context
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This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not p...
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So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.
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And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,
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Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a s...
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So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.
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Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you order...
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So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: a...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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9
The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jeru...
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These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts...
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For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people...
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12
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13
Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the ki...
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14
I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have...
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15
Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.
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Give glory to the Lord your God (Elohim), before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping...
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