Jeremiah 16:1-21, NIV
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..instructions on these days: not to marry..;…perish by sword or famine…not be mourned or buried….dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth vs 4. “Do not enter where there is a funeral…mourn or show sympathy because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people,” declares the LORD. Both high and low will die in this land. (vs 5-6);….Before your eyes…bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness…, why..the LORD decreed such a disaster against us?..wrong…sin…fathers forsook me..followed other gods..worshipped them.. But ypu have behaved more wickedly than ypur fathers…stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying me (vs 10-12);..throw you out of this land…land you nor your father..not known;..send for many fishermen…many hunters…hunt them down…every mountain and hill..crevices of the rocks;..my eyes are on all your ways…not hidden from me..repay them double..wickedness and their sin…defiled the land..lifeless forms of their vile images..detestable idols cs 16-18;. .teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD. (vs 21).