24:008:001 At that time, saith the lord, they
shall bring out the bones
of
the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and
the
bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and
the
bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
24:008:002 And they shall spread them before the sun,
and the moon, and
all
the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom
they
have
served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they
have
sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall
not be
gathered,
nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face
of
the earth.
24:008:003 And death shall be chosen rather than life
by all the residue
of
them that remain of this evil family, which remain
in all
the
places whither I have driven them, saith the lord
of
hosts.
24:008:004 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the lord; Shall
they
fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
24:008:005 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden
back by a
perpetual
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to
return.
24:008:006 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not
aright: no man
repented
him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
every
one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into
the
battle.
24:008:007 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her
appointed times; and
the
turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time
of
their
coming; but my people know not the judgment of the
lord.
24:008:008 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law
of the lord is with
us?
Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes
is
in vain.
24:008:009 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed
and taken: lo,
they
have rejected the word of the lord; and what wisdom
is in
them?
24:008:010 Therefore will I give their wives unto
others, and their
fields
to them that shall inherit them: for every one
from the
least
even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from
the
prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
24:008:011 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter
of my people
slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
24:008:012 Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay,
they
were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
therefore
shall they fall among them that fall: in the time
of
their
visitation they shall be cast down, saith the lord.


