Stand in the gate of the Lord’shouse, and proclaimtherethisword, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, thatenter in at thesegates to worship the LORD.
And now, because ye havedone all theseworks, saith the LORD, and I spakeunto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Thereforewill I do untothishouse, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the placewhich I gave to you and to yourfathers, as I havedone to Shiloh.
The childrengatherwood, and the fatherskindle the fire, and the womenkneadtheirdough, to makecakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drinkofferingsuntoothergods, thatthey may provoke me to anger.
Thereforethussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, mineanger and my furyshall be poured out uponthisplace, upon man, and uponbeast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shallburn, and shall not be quenched.
But thisthingcommanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the waysthat I havecommanded you, that it may be wellunto you.
Since the day thatyourfatherscameforth out of the land of Egyptuntothis day I haveevensentunto you all my servants the prophets, dailyrising up early and sendingthem:
But thoushalt say untothem, This is a nationthatobeyeth not the voice of the LORDtheir God, nor receivethcorrection: truth is perished, and is cut off fromtheirmouth.
Cut off thinehair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on highplaces; for the LORDhathrejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
For the children of Judahhavedoneevil in my sight, saith the LORD: theyhave set theirabominations in the housewhich is called by my name, to pollute it.
And theyhavebuilt the highplaces of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burntheirsons and theirdaughters in the fire; which I commandedthem not, neithercame it into my heart.
Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be calledTophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for theyshallbury in Tophet, tillthere be no place.
Thenwill I cause to ceasefrom 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 landshall be desolate.