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this is why the showers have been withheld, the late rains have not come. 'But you maintained a prostitute's bold front, with no trace of a blush. (Jeremiah 3, 3)
Will he keep up his anger for ever, maintain his wrath to the end?" You say this but still go on sinning, being so obstinate.' (Jeremiah 3, 5)
I thought, "After doing all this she will come back to me." But she did not come back. Her faithless sister Judah saw this. (Jeremiah 3, 7)
Worse than all this: Judah, her faithless sister, has come back to me not in sincerity, but only in pretence, Yahweh declares.' (Jeremiah 3, 10)
But like a woman betraying her lover, House of Israel, you have betrayed me,' Yahweh declares. (Jeremiah 3, 20)
'This is because my people are stupid, they do not know me, they are slow-witted children, they have no understanding, they are clever enough at doing wrong, but do not know how to do right.' (Jeremiah 4, 22)
And, once despoiled, what are you going to do? You may dress yourself in scarlet, put on ornaments of gold, enlarge your eyes with paint but you make yourself pretty in vain. Your former lovers disdain you, your life is what they are seeking. (Jeremiah 4, 30)
I shall approach the great men and speak to them, for these will know Yahweh's way and the ruling of their God.' But these, too, have broken the yoke, have burst the bonds. (Jeremiah 5, 5)
Scale her terraces! Destroy! But do not annihilate her completely! Strip off her branches, for Yahweh does not own them! (Jeremiah 5, 10)
And the prophets? Nothing but wind; the word is not in them; let those very things happen to them!" ' (Jeremiah 5, 13)
Have you no fear of me? Yahweh demands. Will you not tremble before me who set the sand as limit to the sea, as an everlasting barrier it cannot pass? Its waves may toss but not prevail, they may roar but cannot pass beyond. (Jeremiah 5, 22)
But this people has a rebellious, unruly heart; they have rebelled and gone! (Jeremiah 5, 23)