1 Palavra que da parte do Senhor foi dita a Jeremias: 2 Põe-te à porta da Casa do Senhor, e proclama ali esta palavra, e dize: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, todos de Judá, vós, os que entrais por estas portas, para adorardes ao Senhor. 3 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Emendai os vossos caminhos e as vossas obras, e eu vos farei habitar neste lugar. 4 Não confieis em palavras falsas, dizendo: Templo do Senhor, templo do Senhor, templo do Senhor é este. 5 Mas, se deveras emendardes os vossos caminhos e as vossas obras, se deveras praticardes a justiça, cada um com o seu próximo; 6 se não oprimirdes o estrangeiro, e o órfão, e a viúva, nem derramardes sangue inocente neste lugar, nem andardes após outros deuses para vosso próprio mal, 7 eu vos farei habitar neste lugar, na terra que dei a vossos pais, desde os tempos antigos e para sempre.

8 Eis que vós confiais em palavras falsas, que para nada vos aproveitam. 9 Que é isso? Furtais e matais, cometeis adultério e jurais falsamente, queimais incenso a Baal e andais após outros deuses que não conheceis, 10 e depois vindes, e vos pondes diante de mim nesta casa que se chama pelo meu nome, e dizeis: Estamos salvos; sim, só para continuardes a praticar estas abominações! 11 Será esta casa que se chama pelo meu nome um covil de salteadores aos vossos olhos? Eis que eu, eu mesmo, vi isto, diz o Senhor.

12 Mas ide agora ao meu lugar que estava em Siló, onde, no princípio, fiz habitar o meu nome, e vede o que lhe fiz, por causa da maldade do meu povo de Israel. 13 Agora, pois, visto que fazeis todas estas obras, diz o Senhor, e eu vos falei, começando de madrugada, e não me ouvistes, chamei-vos, e não me respondestes, 14 farei também a esta casa que se chama pelo meu nome, na qual confiais, e a este lugar, que vos dei a vós outros e a vossos pais, como fiz a Siló. 15 Lançar-vos-ei da minha presença, como arrojei a todos os vossos irmãos, a toda a posteridade de Efraim.

16 Tu, pois, não intercedas por este povo, nem levantes por ele clamor ou oração, nem me importunes, porque eu não te ouvirei. 17 Acaso, não vês tu o que andam fazendo nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém? 18 Os filhos apanham a lenha, os pais acendem o fogo, e as mulheres amassam a farinha, para se fazerem bolos à Rainha dos Céus; e oferecem libações a outros deuses, para me provocarem à ira. 19 Acaso, é a mim que eles provocam à ira, diz o Senhor, e não, antes, a si mesmos, para a sua própria vergonha? 20 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que a minha ira e o meu furor se derramarão sobre este lugar, sobre os homens e sobre os animais, sobre as árvores do campo e sobre os frutos da terra; arderá e não se apagará.

21 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Ajuntai os vossos holocaustos aos vossos sacrifícios e comei carne. 22 Porque nada falei a vossos pais, no dia em que os tirei da terra do Egito, nem lhes ordenei coisa alguma acerca de holocaustos ou sacrifícios. 23 Mas isto lhes ordenei, dizendo: Dai ouvidos à minha voz, e eu serei o vosso Deus, e vós sereis o meu povo; andai em todo o caminho que eu vos ordeno, para que vos vá bem. 24 Mas não deram ouvidos, nem atenderam, porém andaram nos seus próprios conselhos e na dureza do seu coração maligno; andaram para trás e não para diante. 25 Desde o dia em que vossos pais saíram da terra do Egito até hoje, enviei-vos todos os meus servos, os profetas, todos os dias; começando de madrugada, eu os enviei. 26 Mas não me destes ouvidos, nem me atendestes; endurecestes a cerviz e fizestes pior do que vossos pais.

27 Dir-lhes-ás, pois, todas estas palavras, mas não te darão ouvidos; chamá-los-ás, mas não te responderão. 28 Dir-lhes-ás: Esta é a nação que não atende à voz do Senhor, seu Deus, e não aceita a disciplina; já pereceu, a verdade foi eliminada da sua boca.

29 Corta os teus cabelos consagrados, ó Jerusalém, e põe-te a prantear sobre os altos desnudos; porque já o Senhor rejeitou e desamparou a geração objeto do seu furor; 30 porque os filhos de Judá fizeram o que era mau perante mim, diz o Senhor; puseram os seus ídolos abomináveis na casa que se chama pelo meu nome, para a contaminarem. 31 Edificaram os altos de Tofete, que está no vale do filho de Hinom, para queimarem a seus filhos e a suas filhas; o que nunca ordenei, nem me passou pela mente. 32 Portanto, eis que virão dias, diz o Senhor, em que já não se chamará Tofete, nem vale do filho de Hinom, mas o vale da Matança; os mortos serão enterrados em Tofete por não haver outro lugar. 33 Os cadáveres deste povo servirão de pasto às aves dos céus e aos animais da terra; e ninguém haverá que os espante. 34 Farei cessar nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém a voz de folguedo e a de alegria, a voz de noivo e a de noiva; porque a terra se tornará em desolação.

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2 Stand in the gate of Jehovah’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah. 3 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these. 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; 6 if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: 7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.

8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known, 10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not: 14 therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces? 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices: 23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

27 And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. 28 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

29 Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. 30 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. 31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind. 32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury. 33 And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten 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 become a waste.

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 "Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and there proclaim this message: "'Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.

3 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.

4 Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!"

5 If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,

6 if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,

7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.

8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

9 "'Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, "burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,

10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe" —safe to do all these detestable things?

11 Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.

12 "'Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

13 While you were doing all these things, declares the LORD, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer.

14 Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors.

15 I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.'

16 "So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.

19 But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?

20 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place —on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land —and it will burn and not be quenched.

21 "'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

23 but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.

24 But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.

26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.'

27 "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.

28 Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

29 "'Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.

30 "'The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.

31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire —something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.

32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

33 Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

34 I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.