For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, even in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

10 And when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, (A)Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great plague against us? or what is [a]our iniquity? and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?

11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my Law,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:10 Because the wicked are always rebellious, and dissemble their own sins, and murmur against God’s judgments, as though he had no just cause to punish them, he showeth him what to answer.

For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(B) and bridegroom in this place.(C)

10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(D) 11 then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped(E) them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.(F)

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