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15 Were they ashamed because they did
    what was repugnant to God?[a]
They were not ashamed at all—
    they don’t even know how to blush!
Therefore they’ll fall with those who fall.
    When I punish them, they’ll be brought down,”
        says the Lord.

Israel Refuses to Repent

16 This is what the Lord says:

“Stand beside the roads and watch.
    Ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is.
Walk in it and find rest for yourselves.
    But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it!’[b]
17 I appointed watchmen over you.
    Listen for the sound of the trumpet.
But they said, ‘We won’t listen!’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:15 Lit. committed an abomination
  2. Jeremiah 6:16 The Heb. lacks in it