Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.’”

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!

“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

But now, if you will forgive their sin…, but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written.”

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

“Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites.

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

Then the Lord said, “As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground because I have made you an object lesson to the house of Israel.”

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

“When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity.