You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> says, &#8216;You have not listened to what I said.<n id="2" />

They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so.<n id="1" /> But I did not send them. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;When that time comes, people will no longer say, &#8216;The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children&#8217;s teeth have grown numb.&#8217;<n id="1" />

&#8216;Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious<n id="1" /> things which you still do not know about.&#8217;

We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, &#8220;I am no longer allowed to go<n id="1" /> into the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<p class="bodytext">On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not disobey the <sc>Lordsc> your God by saying, &#8216;We will not stay in this land.&#8217;

They went on to Egypt<n id="1" /> because they refused to obey the <sc>Lordsc>, and came to Tahpanhes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How long will you cry out,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Oh, sword of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">how long will it be before you stop killing?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Go back into your sheath!p> <p class="poetry">Stay there and rest!&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm that<n id="1" /> I know how arrogant they are.p> <p class="poetry">But their pride is ill-founded.p> <p class="poetry">Their boastings will prove to be false.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If grape pickers came to pick your grapes,p> <p class="poetry">would they not leave a few grapes behind?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If robbers came at night,p> <p class="poetry">would they not pillage only what they needed?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You should fear me!&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You should tremble in awe before me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea,p> <p class="poetry">a permanent barrier that it can never cross.p> <p class="poetry">Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail.p> <p class="poetry">They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things?p> <p class="poetry">No, they are not at all ashamed.p> <p class="poetry">They do not even know how to blush!p> <p class="poetry">So they will die, just like others have died.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things?p> <p class="poetry">No, they are not at all ashamed!p> <p class="poetry">They do not even know how to blush!p> <p class="poetry">So they will die just like others have died.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field.p> <p class="poetry">They cannot talk.p> <p class="poetry">They must be carriedp> <p class="poetry">because they cannot walk.p> <p class="poetry">Do not be afraid of themp> <p class="poetry">because they cannot hurt you.p> <p class="poetry">And they do not have any power to help you.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Vent it on the peoples<n id="2" /> who do not worship you.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have destroyed the people of Jacob.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They have completely destroyed them<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and left their homeland in utter ruin.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> spoke about these people.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;They truly<n id="2" /> love to go astray.p> <p class="poetry">They cannot keep from running away from me.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">So I am not pleased with them.p> <p class="poetry">I will now call to mind<n id="4" /> the wrongs they have done<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and punish them for their sins.&#8221;p>