1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. 3Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?7.10 which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called 11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. 12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; 14Therefore will I do unto this 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 have done to Shiloh. 15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16Therefore 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? 18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their 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.7.18 queen…: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven 19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? 20Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury 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 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 22For 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:7.22 concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of 23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.7.24 imagination: or, stubbornness7.24 went: Heb. were 25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. 27Therefore 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. 28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.7.28 correction: or, instruction
29¶ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. 30For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. 31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.7.31 came…: Heb. came it upon my heart
32¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. 33And 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. 34Then 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.
聖殿講道
1耶和華對耶利米說： 2「你站在耶和華殿的門口這樣宣告，『從這些門進殿敬拜耶和華的猶大人啊，你們要聽耶和華的話。 3以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說，你們改過自新，我便讓你們在這裡安居。 4你們不要相信那些謊言，說這是耶和華的殿，這是耶和華的殿，這是耶和華的殿。
5「『如果你們真正改過自新，彼此公平相待， 6不欺壓異鄉人和孤兒寡婦，不在這地方濫殺無辜，不拜其他神明自取毀滅， 7我便讓你們在這塊我永遠賜給你們祖先的土地上安居。
8「『然而，你們竟相信那些空洞的謊言。 9你們偷盜、謀殺、通姦、起假誓、向巴力獻祭、拜素不認識的神明， 10然後來到這用來敬拜我的殿，站在我面前說自己安全了，以為可以繼續做可憎之事。 11難道這用來敬拜我的殿在你們眼中竟成了賊窩？這些事，我都看在眼裡。這是耶和華說的。
12「『你們去我曾選為我名所在之地的示羅，看看我是怎樣因我以色列子民的罪而懲罰那地方的。 13我對你們的所作所為一再提出警告，你們卻充耳不聞；我呼喚你們，你們卻不回應。這是耶和華說的。 14因此，我要像對付示羅一樣對付你們所倚靠的這用來敬拜我的殿，對付我賜給你們和你們祖先的土地。 15我要把你們從我面前趕走，好像從前趕走你們的弟兄以法蓮7·15 「以法蓮」此處指「北國以色列」。人一樣。』」
16耶和華說：「耶利米啊，不要為這些百姓禱告，不要替他們哀求，不要為他們向我祈求，因為我必不聽。 17你沒有看見他們在猶大各城和耶路撒冷街道上所做的事嗎？ 18孩子拾柴，父親點火，婦人揉麵做餅向天后獻祭，向別的神明奠酒，惹我發怒。 19耶和華說，『難道他們是在惹我發怒嗎？難道他們不是自害己身，自取羞辱嗎？』 20主耶和華說，『我要向這地方的人、牲畜、田野的樹木和地裡的出產發怒，發烈怒，如無法熄滅的火。』」
21以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說：「你們把平安祭連同燔祭都拿去吃吧！ 22因為我把你們祖先帶出埃及的時候，並沒有吩咐他們獻燔祭或其他祭物， 23只吩咐他們，『你們要聽從我的話，我就做你們的上帝，你們做我的子民；你們遵行我的吩咐，就必蒙福。』 24他們卻掩耳不聽，一意孤行，任意行惡，越來越壞。 25從你們的祖先離開埃及那天起，一直到今天，我日復一日地差遣我的僕人——眾先知到你們那裡， 26但你們掩耳不聽，頑固不化，比你們的祖先更邪惡。 27耶利米啊，你將這番話告訴他們，他們也不會聽；你向他們呼籲，他們也不會回應。 28你要對他們說，『你們這些國民不聽你們上帝耶和華的話，不肯受管教，口中毫無真理。
29『你們要剪掉頭髮，
在光禿的山上哀哭，
因為耶和華已棄絕這惹祂發怒的百姓。』」
30耶和華說：「猶大人做了我視為邪惡的事，把可憎的偶像放在用來敬拜我的聖殿中，玷污了聖殿。 31他們在欣嫩子谷的陀斐特建造邱壇，焚燒自己的兒女。我從未吩咐他們這樣做，連想都沒想過。這不是我的吩咐，我也從未這樣想過。 32因此，看啊，時候將到，那地方必不再叫陀斐特或欣嫩子谷，而要叫殺戮谷。那裡要埋葬死人，直到無處可埋。這是耶和華說的。 33飛鳥和走獸必吃這百姓的屍體，無人驅趕牠們。 34我要使猶大各城和耶路撒冷街上的歡樂聲、新郎和新娘的歡笑聲全部消失，因為大地必荒涼。」
