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Prophecy of Jeremias 957

31 And they have built the high places of Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and
Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of En- he that is turned away, shall he not turn again?
nom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in 5 Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned
the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid
on in my heart. hold on lying, and have refused to return.
32 Therefore behold the days shall come, saith 6 I attended, and hearkened; no man speaketh
the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topheth, what is good, there is none that doth penance for
nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the val- his sin, saying: What have I done? They are all
ley of slaughter: and they shall bury in Topheth, turned to their own course, as a horse rushing to
because there is no place. the battle.
33 And the carcasses of this people shall be 7 The kite in the air hath known her time:
meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have
of the earth, and there shall be none to drive observed the time of their coming: but my people
them away. have not known the judgment of the Lord.
34 And I will cause to cease out of the cities 8 How do you say: We are wise, and the law
of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pens of
voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice the scribes hath wrought falsehood.
of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for 9 The wise men are confounded, they are dis-
the land shall be desolate. mayed, and taken: for they have cast away the
word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in
them.
Chapter 8 10 Therefore will I give their women to
strangers, their fields to others for an inheri-
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall cast out tance: because from the least even to the great-
the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones of est all follow covetousness: from the prophet
the princes thereof, and the bones of the priests, even to the priest all deal deceitfully.
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of 11 And they healed the breach of the daughter
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace:
2 And they shall spread them abroad to the when there was no peace.
sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, 12 They are confounded, because they have
whom they have loved, and whom they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not
served, and after whom have walked, and whom confounded with confusion, and they have not
they have sought, and adored: they shall not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall
be gathered, and they shall not be buried: they among them that fall; in the time of their visi-
shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. tation they shall fall, saith the Lord.
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life 13 Gathering I will gather them together,
by all that shall remain of this wicked kindred saith the Lord, there is no grape on the vines,
in all places, which are left, to which I have cast and there are no figs on the fig tree, the leaf is
them out, saith the Lord of hosts. fallen: and I have given them the things that are
4 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the passed away.