the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no
place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts
of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and
from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Jer.8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of
his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all
the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have
walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor
be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than
life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have
driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall
they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem
slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and
heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven
knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their
coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the
law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The
wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and
what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that
shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the
prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they
had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall
they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
[13] I
will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree,
and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do
we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for
the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned
against the LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold
trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the
neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,
and those that dwell therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not
be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow,
my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them
that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked
me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is
ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment
hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the
health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jer.9
[1] Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for
the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring
men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous
men.
[3] And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the
earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye heed every
one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every