24:016:004 They shall die of grievous deaths; they
shall not be lamented;
neither
shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon
the
face of the earth: and they shall be consumed
by the
sword,
and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for
the
fowls
of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
24:016:005 For thus saith the lord, Enter not
into the house of mourning,
neither
go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken
away my
peace
from this people, saith the lord, even lovingkindness
and
mercies.
24:016:006 Both the great and the small shall die
in this land: they
shall
not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor
cut
themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
24:016:007 Neither shall men tear themselves for them
in mourning, to
comfort
them for the dead; neither shall men give them the
cup
of
consolation to drink for their father or for their
mother.
24:016:008 Thou shalt not also go into the house of
feasting, to sit with
them
to eat and to drink.
24:016:009 For thus saith the lord of hosts,
the God of Israel; Behold, I
will
cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and
in
your
days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,
the
voice
of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
24:016:010 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt
shew this people
all
these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore
hath
the
lord pronounced all this great evil against us?
or what is
our
iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed
against
the lord our God?
24:016:011 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 have worshipped them, and have
forsaken
me, and have not kept my law;
24:016:012 And ye have done worse than your fathers;
for, behold, ye walk
every
one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they
may
not hearken unto me:
24:016:013 Therefore will I cast you out of this land
into a land that ye
know
not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye
serve
other gods day and night; where I will not shew you
favour.
24:016:014 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith
the lord, that it
shall
no more be said, The lord liveth, that brought
up the
children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
24:016:015 But, The lord liveth, that brought
up the children of Israel
from
the land of the north, and from all the lands whither
he
had
driven them: and I will bring them again into
their land
that
I gave unto their fathers.


