Jeremiah 18:15
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Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
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This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.