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And thou, Jerusalem, when thy turn comes to be despoiled, what shift wilt thou make? Vain was it to dress in scarlet, and deck thyself with chains of gold, and with antimony darken thy eyes; vain were those arts, thy lovers are weary of thee now, and thy life is forfeit. (Jeremiah 4, 30)
For all this, how should I pardon thee? Thy sons have deserted me, by gods that are no gods their vows are taken; full-fed with my bounty, they left their wedded troth, to wanton in the bower of a mistress; (Jeremiah 5, 7)
A nation from far away I am summoning, even now, Israel, to the attack; a warlike nation, of ancient lineage, whose very tongue shall be strange to thee, no word of it well understood; (Jeremiah 5, 15)
They shall rob thee of harvest and of food, rob thee of son and daughter, rob thee of flock and herd, rob thee of vine and fig-tree; and all the strongholds, wherein thy hope lies, at the sword’s point shall be overthrown. (Jeremiah 5, 17)
Yet even then, the Lord says, I will not take full toll of thee. (Jeremiah 5, 18)
Jerusalem, be warned in time; else my love thou shalt forfeit, and I will make a ruin of thee, a land uninhabited. (Jeremiah 6, 8)
Israel, says the Lord of hosts, is a vineyard for the gleaning; no cluster shall be left; back with thee, vintager, to the baskets! (Jeremiah 6, 9)
Juda, poor widowed queen, put sackcloth about thee and strew thyself with ashes; as for an only son make loud lament; without warning the spoiler will be upon us. (Jeremiah 6, 26)
I have a task for thee to perform among my people; thou shalt be my trusty assayer, putting the quality of their lives to the test. (Jeremiah 6, 27)
All this thou shalt say to them, but they will not listen to thee; thy call shall go unheeded. (Jeremiah 7, 27)
Cut off, Jerusalem,✻ those locks of thine, and cast them away from thee; loud let the hills echo with thy lament; on a guilty age, the Lord has pronounced sentence of banishment and rejection. (Jeremiah 7, 29)
Neighbour of neighbour beware, kinsman let kinsman never trust; none goes about to overthrow thee more craftily than brother of thine or friend. (Jeremiah 9, 4)
