New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeremiah 25
34 Weep and moan, you evil shepherds! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! The time of your slaughter has arrived; you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.
35 You will find no place to hide; there will be no way to escape.
36 Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair, for the LORD is ruining their pastures.
37 Peaceful meadows will be turned into a wasteland by the LORD’s fierce anger.
38 He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey, and their land will be made desolate by the sword of the enemy and the LORD’s fierce anger.
Jeremiah 26
1 This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.
3 Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins.
4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,
5 and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets—for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would not listen to them—
6 then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.’”
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