\id JER
\h Jeremiah 
\toc3 JER 
\toc2 Jeremiah 
\toc1 Jeremiah 
\mt1 Jeremiah  
\c 1
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\v 1 These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* territory \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* through \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*:   
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\v 5 “\w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* \w born|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.”   
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\v 6 “Ah, \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*,” \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*!”   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.’ \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w tear|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5422"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w overthrow|strong="H2040"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, asking, “\w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?” “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* branch \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w almond|strong="H8247"\w* \w tree|strong="H8247"\w*,” \w I|strong="H1697"\w* replied.   
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\v 12 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w observed|strong="H6213"\w* \w correctly|strong="H3190"\w*,” \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w watching|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Again|strong="H8145"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, asking, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?” “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w boiling|strong="H5301"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*,” \w I|strong="H1697"\w* replied, “\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* tilting \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* poured \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
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\v 15 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w Their|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w pronounce|strong="H1696"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* yourself ready. \w Stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* intimidated \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w terrify|strong="H2865"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H2346"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land—\w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
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\v 19 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w overcome|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bride, \w how|strong="H2142"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* devoured \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* guilty; \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w upon|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w*,’” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w fault|strong="H4672"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* strayed \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*? \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1891"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ask, ‘\w Where|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w deserts|strong="H6160"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pits|strong="H7745"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w drought|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w travels|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*?’   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w brought|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fertile|strong="H3759"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* eat \w its|strong="H7760"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H6529"\w* \w bounty|strong="H2898"\w*, but \w you|strong="H7760"\w* came \w and|strong="H6529"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H6529"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ask, ‘\w Where|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*?’ \w The|strong="H3068"\w* experts \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* leaders \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* idols.   
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\v 9 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H7378"\w* \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* coasts \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="H3794"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w*; \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3966"\w*; \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H5674"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* anything \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*:   
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\v 11 \w Has|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w changed|strong="H4171"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* gods? (\w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods \w at|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H4171"\w*.) \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w exchanged|strong="H4171"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w Glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* idols.   
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\v 12 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* stunned \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w utterly|strong="H3966"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 13 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w evils|strong="H7451"\w*: \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* dug \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* cisterns—\w broken|strong="H7665"\w* cisterns \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w hold|strong="H3557"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w*? \w Was|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w born|strong="H3211"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w slavery|strong="H5650"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* prey?   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w roared|strong="H7580"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w sounded|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* land; \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w lie|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*, \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H1571"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w shaved|strong="H7462"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w crown|strong="H6936"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* \w head|strong="H6936"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w yourself|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaking|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* gain \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H8354"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w Nile|strong="H7883"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* gain \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H8354"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* Assyria \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w apostasies|strong="H4878"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reprimand \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H6345"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H7200"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 20 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w tore|strong="H7665"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w chains|strong="H4147"\w*, saying, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*!’ \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* lay \w down|strong="H7665"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H2015"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H2015"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w choice|strong="H8321"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w from|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* very best \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*. How could \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* yourself before \w Me|strong="H3605"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rotten, wild \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*?   
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\v 22 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wash|strong="H3526"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w lye|strong="H5427"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w use|strong="H7235"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w soap|strong="H1287"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w stain|strong="H3799"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 23 “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*; \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w run|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*’? \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*; \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* \w young|strong="H1072"\w* she-camel galloping \w here|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w there|strong="H7200"\w*,   
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\v 24 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w at|strong="H2320"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, sniffing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heat|strong="H8385"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w restrain|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* passion? \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* need \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w weary|strong="H3286"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*; \w in|strong="H5315"\w* mating season \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* \w kept|strong="H4513"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w from|strong="H7272"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w* bare \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* throat \w from|strong="H7272"\w* being thirsty. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* said, ‘\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w hopeless|strong="H2976"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* love \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 26 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H1322"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* disgraced. \w They|strong="H1992"\w*, \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*   
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\v 27 say \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w*,’ \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*.’ \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3205"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w backs|strong="H6203"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* say, ‘\w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*!’   
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\v 28 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* where \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* yourselves? \w Let|strong="H6256"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* bring \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H7378"\w* \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w Me|strong="H3605"\w*? \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w Me|strong="H3605"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 30 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w accepted|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3947"\w* own \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w has|strong="H5030"\w* devoured \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* voracious lion.”   
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\v 31 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*, \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* dense \w darkness|strong="H3991"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* free \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w roam|strong="H7300"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*’?   
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\v 32 Does \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w maiden|strong="H1330"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w her|strong="H7911"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H5716"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w her|strong="H7911"\w* wedding sash? \w Yet|strong="H3117"\w* \w My|strong="H7911"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w Me|strong="H7911"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w without|strong="H3117"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w skillfully|strong="H3190"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* pursue love! \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* most immoral \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w women|strong="H7451"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w skirts|strong="H3671"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* stained \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* poor, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w breaking|strong="H4290"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w spite|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*   
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\v 35 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*. \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H7725"\w* anger \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.’ \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.’   
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\v 36 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* impulsive \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w*, constantly \w changing|strong="H8138"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*! \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* disappointed \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 37 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w trust|strong="H4009"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* help.”   
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\v 1 “\w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w divorces|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* leaves \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w marry|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, \w can|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*? \w Would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w such|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H2610"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w*? \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w played|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w lovers|strong="H7453"\w*—\w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Me|strong="H7971"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 “\w Lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Is|strong="H1870"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w any|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H3427"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\w* \w violated|strong="H7693"\w*? \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* highways waiting \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* lovers, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nomad \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prostitution|strong="H2184"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w showers|strong="H7241"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w withheld|strong="H4513"\w*, \w and|strong="H3985"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* rains \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w fallen|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* brazen look \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*; \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Have|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H7121"\w* Father, \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H7121"\w* friend \w from|strong="H3808"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Will|strong="H6213"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w angry|strong="H5201"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*? \w Will|strong="H6213"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w indignant|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w end|strong="H5331"\w*?’ \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithless|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* thought \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w after|strong="H7200"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* unfaithful sister \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithless|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w certificate|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w divorce|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w unfaithful|strong="H2181"\w* sister \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w prostituted|strong="H2181"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w well|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 9 Indifferent \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* infidelity, \w Israel|strong="H2610"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* land \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w committed|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* stones \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* unfaithful sister \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* pretense,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, “\w Faithless|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* shown \w herself|strong="H5315"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w than|strong="H3068"\w* unfaithful \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Go|strong="H1980"\w*, \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*: ‘\w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithless|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w merciful|strong="H2623"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H5201"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Only|strong="H3588"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w favors|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* gods \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*,’” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 “\w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithless|strong="H7726"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H1166"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*—\w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*—\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* after \w My|strong="H5414"\w* own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3820"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.”   
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\v 16 “\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* discuss \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w miss|strong="H6485"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6960"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H5157"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* fathers \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w an|strong="H5157"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5157"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, ‘How \w I|strong="H5414"\w* long \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desirable|strong="H2532"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w most|strong="H6635"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H6643"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!’ \w I|strong="H5414"\w* thought \w you|strong="H5414"\w* would \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w* ‘\w Father|strong="H1121"\w*’ \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* following \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* betray \w her|strong="H3651"\w* \w husband|strong="H7453"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* betrayed \w Me|strong="H1004"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* begging \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w mercy|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w perverted|strong="H5753"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithless|strong="H4878"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithlessness|strong="H4878"\w*.” “\w Here|strong="H2005"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 23 Surely \w deception|strong="H8267"\w* comes \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w commotion|strong="H1995"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. Surely \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w From|strong="H1121"\w* our \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w shameful|strong="H1322"\w* god \w has|strong="H1121"\w* consumed what our fathers \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w worked|strong="H3018"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w*—their \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*, their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*; \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H3639"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, both \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers; \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 1 “If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w waver|strong="H5110"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* can \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H1288"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*,’ \w in|strong="H3068"\w* truth, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, \w then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w Him|strong="H1288"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H1288"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w glory|strong="H1984"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: “\w Break|strong="H5214"\w* \w up|strong="H5214"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* unplowed \w ground|strong="H5215"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* among \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* men \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Otherwise|strong="H6435"\w*, \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* fire \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6435"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w extinguish|strong="H3518"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w Announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* say: “\w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w throughout|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land. \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* say, ‘Assemble \w yourselves|strong="H4390"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w let|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* flee \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.’   
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\v 6 \w Raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w signal|strong="H5251"\w* flag \w toward|strong="H5251"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. \w Seek|strong="H5756"\w* \w refuge|strong="H5756"\w*! \w Do|strong="H6726"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w delay|strong="H5975"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w bringing|strong="H5375"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w thicket|strong="H5441"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7843"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* lair \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*. \w Your|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* reduced \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5327"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w lie|strong="H5927"\w* \w uninhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 9 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w courage|strong="H3820"\w*. \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* tremble \w in|strong="H3068"\w* fear, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w astounded|strong="H8539"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* said, “Ah, \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* saying, ‘\w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,’ \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* throats.”   
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\v 11 \w At|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* said \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* searing \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* blows \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w My|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w winnow|strong="H2219"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* sift;   
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\v 12 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w strong|strong="H4392"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H7307"\w* comes \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w Me|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w pronounce|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7307"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* advances \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*, \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*. \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*. Woe \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*!   
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\v 14 \w Wash|strong="H3526"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*. \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* harbor \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* resounds \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, proclaiming disaster \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim.   
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\v 16 Warn \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w besieging|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w comes|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* land; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* men \w guarding|strong="H8104"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 18 “\w Your|strong="H6213"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w upon|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* punishment; \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* pierces \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*!”   
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\v 19 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w anguish|strong="H2342"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w anguish|strong="H2342"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w writhe|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w*! \w Oh|strong="H7023"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* chest! \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w pounds|strong="H1993"\w* \w within|strong="H4578"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w horn|strong="H7782"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Disaster|strong="H7667"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7667"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3605"\w* laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*. \w My|strong="H3605"\w* tents \w are|strong="H7703"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w instant|strong="H7281"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* must \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w signal|strong="H5251"\w* flag \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w horn|strong="H7782"\w*?   
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\v 22 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w fools|strong="H1121"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* understanding. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* \w formless|strong="H8414"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* void; \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* light.   
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\v 24 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w quaking|strong="H7493"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* swaying.   
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\v 25 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* left; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w had|strong="H8064"\w* \w fled|strong="H5074"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruitful|strong="H3759"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w torn|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* finish \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w destruction|strong="H3617"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w mourn|strong="H6937"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w grow|strong="H6937"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w planned|strong="H2161"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horseman|strong="H6571"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* archer. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w thickets|strong="H5645"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rocks|strong="H3710"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w*; \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w And|strong="H2091"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w devastated|strong="H7703"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w adorn|strong="H5710"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H5716"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w enlarge|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w paint|strong="H6320"\w*? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w adorn|strong="H5710"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w*; \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w lovers|strong="H5689"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* labor, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* bearing \w her|strong="H6566"\w* \w first|strong="H1323"\w* \w child|strong="H1069"\w*—\w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w gasping|strong="H3306"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w*, \w stretching|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w her|strong="H6566"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w*, “Woe \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* faints \w before|strong="H5888"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w murderers|strong="H2026"\w*!”   
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\v 1 “\w Go|strong="H7751"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* down \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w note|strong="H3045"\w*; \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w squares|strong="H7339"\w*. \w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* single \w person|strong="H5545"\w*, \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w acts|strong="H6213"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*, \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w seeks|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* truth, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* city.   
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\v 2 Although \w they|strong="H3651"\w* say, ‘\w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w surely|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*,’ \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w swearing|strong="H7650"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w truth|strong="H3808"\w*? \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* felt \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w off|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w harder|strong="H2388"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* stone \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* played \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fool, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* powerful \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w too|strong="H3162"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w accord|strong="H3162"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H5423"\w* \w off|strong="H5423"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w chains|strong="H4147"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wolf|strong="H2061"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* ravage \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w lie|strong="H8245"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* wait \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ventures \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H6588"\w* \w acts|strong="H6588"\w* \w are|strong="H6588"\w* \w many|strong="H7231"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* unfaithful deeds \w are|strong="H6588"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6105"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* should \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*? \w Your|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5800"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* gods \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w needs|strong="H1413"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w committed|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* assembled \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*.   
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\v 8 They \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w well-fed|strong="H2109"\w*, \w lusty|strong="H7904"\w* \w stallions|strong="H5483"\w*, each \w neighing|strong="H6670"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*’s wife.   
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\v 9 \w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w Myself|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5493"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ravage|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* finish \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w*. \w Strip|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w her|strong="H5493"\w* \w branches|strong="H5189"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* utterly unfaithful \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Me|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said: “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*; \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* come \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w word|strong="H1699"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* predictions \w befall|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* consumes.   
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\v 15 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* bringing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w established|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w speech|strong="H3956"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* quivers \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w like|strong="H1368"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*; \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* devour \w your|strong="H6629"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*; \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* consume \w your|strong="H6629"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*; \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6629"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*; \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* feed \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H6629"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*. \w With|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H4013"\w* trust.”   
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\v 18 “\w Yet|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w end|strong="H3617"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* ask, ‘\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* offense \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*?’ \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, ‘\w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* gods \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*.’”   
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\v 20 \w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:   
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\v 21 “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* senseless \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* ears \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w an|strong="H7760"\w* enduring \w barrier|strong="H1366"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w*? \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w surge|strong="H1607"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H1993"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* said \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, ‘\w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rains|strong="H1653"\w*, both \w autumn|strong="H3138"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w keeps|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H2708"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.’   
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\v 25 \w Your|strong="H5186"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* diverted \w these|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*; \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* deprived \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w My|strong="H5186"\w* bounty.   
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\v 26 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w watch|strong="H7789"\w* \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w fowlers|strong="H3353"\w* \w lying|strong="H7918"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w wait|strong="H7789"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4889"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w catch|strong="H3920"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Like|strong="H3651"\w* cages \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w become|strong="H1431"\w* powerful \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w grown|strong="H8080"\w* \w fat|strong="H8080"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w sleek|strong="H6245"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* excelled \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w deeds|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5674"\w* \w up|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w might|strong="H4941"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*; \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* defended \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w rights|strong="H1779"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* needy.   
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\v 29 \w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w Myself|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?   
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\v 30 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w and|strong="H8047"\w* shocking \w thing|strong="H8186"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* land.   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w authority|strong="H3027"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* love \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w but|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w end|strong="H4100"\w*?   
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\v 1 “Run \w for|strong="H3588"\w* cover, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*; \w flee|strong="H5756"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*! \w Sound|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w*; send \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w signal|strong="H4864"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-haccherem|strong="H1021"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* looms \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
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\v 2 Though she \w is|strong="H6726"\w* beautiful \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w delicate|strong="H6026"\w*, I \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1820"\w* \w the|strong="H6726"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* come \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w pitch|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* tents \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w each|strong="H5439"\w* \w tending|strong="H7462"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* portion:   
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\v 4 ‘\w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*; \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w let|strong="H5186"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. Woe \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daylight|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* fading; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w shadows|strong="H6752"\w* \w grow|strong="H5927"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, let \w us|strong="H5927"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w her|strong="H7843"\w* fortresses!’”   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6097"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H8210"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w siege|strong="H5550"\w* \w ramp|strong="H5550"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w*; \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w midst|strong="H7130"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H3651"\w* gushes \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* pours \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w Violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* resound \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*; \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w ever|strong="H8548"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Be|strong="H3808"\w* forewarned, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w turn|strong="H7760"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w*; \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Glean|strong="H5953"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H5953"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*. \w Pass|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* grape \w gatherer|strong="H1219"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w branches|strong="H5552"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w To|strong="H1696"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w give|strong="H7181"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w warning|strong="H5749"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ears \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w closed|strong="H6189"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. \w See|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* offensive \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H3201"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H2654"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w tired|strong="H3811"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w holding|strong="H3557"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* back. “\w Pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w gathered|strong="H4390"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* husband \w and|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H4392"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* others, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* wives \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 13 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w greedy|strong="H1214"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*; \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w deceit|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* dress \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wound \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* very little \w care|strong="H7495"\w*, saying, ‘\w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,’ \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Are|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w shame|strong="H3637"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w blush|strong="H3637"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*; \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w collapse|strong="H5307"\w*,” says \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* crossroads \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*: ‘\w Where|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*?’ \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w rest|strong="H4771"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!’   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* appointed \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* said, ‘\w Listen|strong="H7181"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* answered, ‘We \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H7181"\w*!’   
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\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* congregations, \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* happen \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* earth! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am bringing \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w schemes|strong="H4284"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w paid|strong="H7181"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* use \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w* \w from|strong="H2896"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sweet|strong="H6149"\w* \w cane|strong="H7070"\w* \w from|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* land? \w Your|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w*; \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w please|strong="H2896"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* \w stumbling|strong="H4383"\w* \w blocks|strong="H4383"\w* \w before|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* staggered; \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* perish.”   
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\v 22 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* ends \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* earth.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w grasp|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* cruel \w and|strong="H6963"\w* merciless. \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w roars|strong="H1993"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w lined|strong="H3591"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w men|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w formation|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w report|strong="H8089"\w*; \w our|strong="H8085"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w hang|strong="H7503"\w* \w limp|strong="H7503"\w*. \w Anguish|strong="H6869"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w gripped|strong="H2388"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w*, \w pain|strong="H2427"\w* like \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*; \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H2296"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w roll|strong="H6428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* ashes. \w Mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w bitter|strong="H8563"\w* \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H3173"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 27 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* examine \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* ore, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H5971"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* try \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* hardened \w rebels|strong="H5637"\w*, \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H1270"\w* slanderers. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w corrupt|strong="H7843"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w bellows|strong="H4647"\w* \w blow|strong="H2787"\w* \w fiercely|strong="H2787"\w*, blasting \w away|strong="H5423"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w lead|strong="H5777"\w* \w with|strong="H2787"\w* fire. \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w refining|strong="H6884"\w* proceeds \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w*, \w for|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* purged.   
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\v 30 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 “\w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*: \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w Correct|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* let \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* not trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceptive|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*: ‘\w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* really \w correct|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*,   
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\v 6 if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1616"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* widow, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* own \w harm|strong="H7451"\w*,   
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\v 7 \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fathers \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* keep trusting \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w deceptive|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w avail|strong="H3276"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w*, \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* perjury, \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* come \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* bears \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*’?   
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\v 11 \w Has|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* bears \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w den|strong="H4631"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w robbers|strong="H6530"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*? \w Yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H7931"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* bears \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trust, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fathers.   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Ephraim.   
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\v 16 \w As|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w offer|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plea \w or|strong="H8085"\w* petition \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w behalf|strong="H1157"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* beg \w Me|strong="H1157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fathers \w light|strong="H1197"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* women \w knead|strong="H3888"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w dough|strong="H1217"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* other gods \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w*? \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w spite|strong="H3707"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*?   
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\v 20 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H5413"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* beast, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H3518"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Add|strong="H5595"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5921"\w*!   
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\v 22 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* fathers \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w merely|strong="H6680"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*,   
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\v 23 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*: \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3190"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* stubborn inclinations \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* backward \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fathers \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w stiffened|strong="H7185"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* fathers.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Therefore|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w correction|strong="H4148"\w*. \w Truth|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* perished; \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* disappeared \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lips|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hair|strong="H5145"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H5375"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.’   
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\v 30 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* bears \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* could \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire—something \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* called \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* dead \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w room|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* scare \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H2729"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remove|strong="H7673"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wasteland.”   
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\v 1 “\w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* exposed \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w which|strong="H6635"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* loved, \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, \w followed|strong="H1980"\w*, \w consulted|strong="H1875"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* bones \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* gathered \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* lying \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H4480"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* tell \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* men \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*? \w Does|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* always \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*? \w They|strong="H5971"\w* cling \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w deceit|strong="H8649"\w*; \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* repents \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, asking, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?’ \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* pursued \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w course|strong="H4794"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w charging|strong="H7857"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w stork|strong="H2624"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H3045"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w seasons|strong="H4150"\w*. \w The|strong="H8104"\w* \w turtledove|strong="H8449"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w swift|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w thrush|strong="H5693"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* migration, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w requirements|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w How|strong="H2009"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*,’ \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* fact \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w pen|strong="H5842"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w produced|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deception|strong="H8267"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* shame; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* trapped. \w Since|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* really \w have|strong="H3068"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w new|strong="H3423"\w* \w owners|strong="H3423"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w greedy|strong="H1214"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*; \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w deceit|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* dress \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wound \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* very little \w care|strong="H7495"\w*, saying, ‘\w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,’ \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Are|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w shame|strong="H3637"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w blush|strong="H3637"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*; \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w collapse|strong="H5307"\w*, says \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* harvest, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w nor|strong="H5674"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wither|strong="H5034"\w*. Whatever \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* lost \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* just \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*? Gather \w together|strong="H5921"\w*, let \w us|strong="H5921"\w* flee \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w perish|strong="H1826"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w doomed|strong="H1826"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H8248"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w poisoned|strong="H7219"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w We|strong="H2009"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w has|strong="H2009"\w* come, \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w healing|strong="H4832"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H2896"\w* \w only|strong="H7965"\w* \w terror|strong="H1205"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w snorting|strong="H5170"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* enemy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighing|strong="H4684"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* mighty steeds, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w quakes|strong="H7493"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* devour \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H4393"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H4393"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* among \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, vipers \w that|strong="H3588"\w* cannot \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w charmed|strong="H3908"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5921"\w* \w healing|strong="H4010"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w faint|strong="H1742"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w*: “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* no longer \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3707"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* no longer \w there|strong="H2009"\w*?” “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w carved|strong="H6456"\w* \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*?”   
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\v 20 “\w The|strong="H5674"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w has|strong="H7105"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w*, \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w has|strong="H7105"\w* \w ended|strong="H3615"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w brokenness|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w mourn|strong="H6937"\w*; \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w has|strong="H5971"\w* \w gripped|strong="H2388"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Is|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*? \w Is|strong="H8033"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w physician|strong="H7495"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* health \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w restored|strong="H5927"\w*?   
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\v 1 \w Oh|strong="H4310"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* head \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* spring \w of|strong="H4057"\w* water, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* eyes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fountain \w of|strong="H4057"\w* tears! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* weep day \w and|strong="H3212"\w* night \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* slain daughter \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* traveler’s lodge \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* wilderness, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* abandon \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w depart|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* adulterers, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crowd \w of|strong="H3068"\w* faithless \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 3 “\w They|strong="H3588"\w* bend \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tongues \w like|strong="H1980"\w* bows; lies prevail \w over|strong="H5921"\w* truth \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w proceed|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* evil \w to|strong="H1980"\w* evil, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w*,” declares \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 “\w Let|strong="H3808"\w* everyone guard \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*; \w do|strong="H8267"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w*, \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w every|strong="H2048"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w* deals craftily, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w every|strong="H2048"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* spreads slander.   
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\v 5 Each \w one|strong="H3068"\w* betrays \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w friend|strong="H3045"\w*; \w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w tells|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* truth. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tongues \w to|strong="H3068"\w* lie; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* wear \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* committing iniquity.   
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\v 6 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* dwell \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* midst \w of|strong="H3068"\w* deception; \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* deceit \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*,” declares \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 7 Therefore \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* Hosts \w says|strong="H1696"\w*: “Behold, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* refine \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* test \w them|strong="H7760"\w*, \w for|strong="H7130"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w else|strong="H7453"\w* can \w I|strong="H7760"\w* do because \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* daughter \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* tongues \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w deadly|strong="H5315"\w* arrows; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* speak deception. \w With|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w speaks|strong="H5002"\w* peace \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* neighbor, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* sets \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Should|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*? declares \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Should|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* avenge \w Myself|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w such|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H5674"\w*?”   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* weeping \w and|strong="H3063"\w* wailing \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* mountains, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dirge \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wilderness pasture, \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* been scorched \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* passes \w through|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* lowing \w of|strong="H3427"\w* cattle \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* heard. Both \w the|strong="H5414"\w* birds \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* air \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* beasts \w have|strong="H3063"\w* fled; \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* gone \w away|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5046"\w* Jerusalem \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heap \w of|strong="H3068"\w* rubble, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* haunt \w for|strong="H5921"\w* jackals; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cities \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desolation, \w without|strong="H1097"\w* inhabitant.”   
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\v 12 \w Who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* wise enough \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w*? \w To|strong="H1980"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H8085"\w*, \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* explain \w it|strong="H5414"\w*? \w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* destroyed \w and|strong="H1980"\w* scorched \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H1980"\w* pass \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* answered, “\w It|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* because \w they|strong="H3820"\w* have forsaken \w My|strong="H3925"\w* law, which \w I|strong="H3820"\w* set before \w them|strong="H3925"\w*; \w they|strong="H3820"\w* have \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w it|strong="H3820"\w* or obeyed \w My|strong="H3925"\w* voice.   
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\v 14 Instead, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* followed \w the|strong="H3541"\w* stubbornness \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* hearts \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gone|strong="H3068"\w* after \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Baals, \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers taught \w them|strong="H8248"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H2719"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* Hosts, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* Israel, says: “\w Behold|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w feed|strong="H3615"\w* \w this|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* wormwood \w and|strong="H7971"\w* give \w them|strong="H1992"\w* poisoned water \w to|strong="H5704"\w* drink.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* scatter \w them|strong="H7971"\w* among \w the|strong="H3541"\w* nations \w that|strong="H3068"\w* neither \w they|strong="H3068"\w* nor \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* known, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sword \w after|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* finished \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w off|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w This|strong="H5375"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* Hosts says: “\w Take|strong="H5375"\w* note, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* summon \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w* women; send \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* most skillful \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Let|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H7993"\w* come \w quickly|strong="H3966"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* take \w up|strong="H4908"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lament over \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* eyes \w may|strong="H8085"\w* overflow \w with|strong="H6726"\w* tears, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* eyelids \w may|strong="H8085"\w* gush \w with|strong="H6726"\w* water.   
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\v 19 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* Zion: ‘\w How|strong="H3588"\w* devastated \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w*! \w How|strong="H3588"\w* great \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* shame! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* dwellings \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* torn \w down|strong="H3588"\w*.’”   
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\v 20 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* women, hear \w the|strong="H3588"\w* word \w of|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Open|strong="H7339"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* ears \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* word \w of|strong="H2351"\w* \w His|strong="H3588"\w* mouth. Teach \w your|strong="H3588"\w* daughters \w to|strong="H5927"\w* wail, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* another \w to|strong="H5927"\w* lament.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w death|strong="H5038"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* climbed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* windows; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fortresses \w to|strong="H1696"\w* cut \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* children \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* streets, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* young men \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* town squares.   
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\v 22 Declare \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* corpses \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w like|strong="H3541"\w* dung \w upon|strong="H1368"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* open field, \w like|strong="H3541"\w* newly cut grain behind \w the|strong="H3541"\w* reaper, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* no \w one|strong="H1368"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* gather \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: “Let \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H7919"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* strong \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* strength, \w nor|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* wealthy \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* riches.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w let|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* boasts boast \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* understands \w and|strong="H3068"\w* knows \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* exercises loving devotion, justice \w and|strong="H3068"\w* righteousness \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth—\w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* delight \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 25 “Behold, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* days \w are|strong="H1121"\w* coming,” declares \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* punish \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* circumcised \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* flesh—   
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\v 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”   
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\v 1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* signs \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*; \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w shaped|strong="H4639"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chisel \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w craftsman|strong="H2796"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* adorn \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H2091"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w fasten|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H2091"\w* \w hammer|strong="H4717"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w nails|strong="H4548"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w totter|strong="H6328"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Like|strong="H3808"\w* scarecrows \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cucumber patch, \w their|strong="H5375"\w* idols \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H6805"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7489"\w*, \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w any|strong="H5375"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* none \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w You|strong="H3644"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H3644"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1369"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*? \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w due|strong="H2969"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4438"\w*, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* are \w altogether|strong="H1892"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3688"\w*, instructed \w by|strong="H1197"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w Hammered|strong="H7554"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Uphaz—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w craftsman|strong="H2796"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w blue|strong="H8504"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w purple|strong="H8504"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* fashioned \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2450"\w* \w workers|strong="H2796"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* earth \w quakes|strong="H7493"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H3557"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Thus|strong="H1836"\w* \w you|strong="H1768"\w* \w are|strong="H1768"\w* \w to|strong="H4481"\w* tell them: “\w These|strong="H1836"\w* gods, \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w have|strong="H1768"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w neither|strong="H3809"\w* \w the|strong="H4481"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8065"\w* \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w the|strong="H4481"\w* earth, \w will|strong="H1768"\w* perish \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* earth \w and|strong="H8065"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w under|strong="H8460"\w* \w these|strong="H1836"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8065"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w thunders|strong="H6963"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w roar|strong="H1995"\w*; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* generates \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w brings|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* storehouses.   
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\v 14 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* devoid \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*; \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H1197"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* shame \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w molten|strong="H5262"\w* \w images|strong="H5262"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fraud, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* mocked. \w In|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1992"\w* perish.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Maker|strong="H3335"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 17 Gather \w up|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3427"\w* belongings \w from|strong="H3427"\w* this land, \w you|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H3427"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sling|strong="H7049"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H4672"\w* \w distress|strong="H6887"\w* \w upon|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* captured.”   
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\v 19 Woe \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w brokenness|strong="H7667"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w*! \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* truly \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*, \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w ropes|strong="H4340"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w snapped|strong="H5423"\w*. \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w departed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pitch|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1197"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7919"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w flock|strong="H4830"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w*! \w The|strong="H7760"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w commotion|strong="H7494"\w* \w from|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* land \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w haunt|strong="H4583"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w*’s \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w walks|strong="H1980"\w* \w directs|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Correct|strong="H3256"\w* \w me|strong="H3256"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* only \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*—\w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* anger, \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w You|strong="H3256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H4591"\w* \w me|strong="H3256"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4591"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w devoured|strong="H3615"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w devastated|strong="H8074"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* homeland.   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: Cursed \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*,   
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\v 4 \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* forefathers \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* God.’   
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\v 5 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* forefathers, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.” “Amen, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,” \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*: \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* fathers \w out|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* strongly \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ears, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* curses \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* told \w me|strong="H4672"\w*, “\w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* men \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w forefathers|strong="H7223"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* fathers.   
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\v 11 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w upon|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Your|strong="H7760"\w* gods \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w*—\w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*—\w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.’   
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\v 14 \w As|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w behalf|strong="H1157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w right|strong="H7227"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w beloved|strong="H3039"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \w carried|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w schemes|strong="H4209"\w*? \w Can|strong="H4100"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H6944"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w avert|strong="H5674"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* doom? \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* once \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flourishing|strong="H7488"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* well-formed \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*. \w But|strong="H7489"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* roar \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w branches|strong="H1808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* consumed.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decreed|strong="H1696"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w informed|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w so|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w like|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gentle \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w* \w led|strong="H2986"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w plotted|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*: “\w Let|strong="H2142"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w fruit|strong="H3899"\w*; \w let|strong="H2142"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w may|strong="H8034"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6664"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w examines|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w let|strong="H1540"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w upon|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H3820"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* saying, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* \w before|strong="H6662"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wish \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*: \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* faithless \w live|strong="H1870"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w ease|strong="H7951"\w*?   
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\v 2 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w taken|strong="H8327"\w* \w root|strong="H8327"\w*. \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* grown \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w produced|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*. \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H7350"\w* ever \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w lips|strong="H6310"\w*, \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* hearts.   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* test \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Drag|strong="H5423"\w* \w away|strong="H5423"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* wicked \w like|strong="H5423"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2028"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H6942"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w carnage|strong="H2028"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* mourn \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*? \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w swept|strong="H5595"\w* \w away|strong="H5595"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* said, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* end \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 5 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* raced \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w foot|strong="H7273"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* worn \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* compete \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*? \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* stumble \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w land|strong="H1347"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thickets|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H1347"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* brothers—\w your|strong="H3588"\w* own father’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*—\w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* betrayed \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H4392"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H1696"\w* trust \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w beloved|strong="H3033"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* enemies.   
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\v 8 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*. \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w roared|strong="H5414"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w speckled|strong="H6641"\w* \w bird|strong="H5861"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w prey|strong="H5861"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5861"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w prey|strong="H5861"\w* circling \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*? \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, gather \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* devour \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*; \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* trampled \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*. \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w turned|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w wasteland|strong="H4057"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*; \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w it|strong="H7760"\w* mourns. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w waste|strong="H8074"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w takes|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7703"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* come, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* devours \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*. \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sown|strong="H2232"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* harvested \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* exhausted \w themselves|strong="H2470"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w avail|strong="H3276"\w*. \w Bear|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* shame \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* attack \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* bequeathed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w uprooted|strong="H5428"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* each \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w diligently|strong="H3925"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, saying, ‘\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*’—just \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w once|strong="H3925"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*—\w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* established \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*, \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*; \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w linen|strong="H6593"\w* loincloth \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* touch \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* loincloth \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w accordance|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*:   
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\v 4 “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* loincloth \w that|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* wearing, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* once \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Perath \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crevice|strong="H5357"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H6680"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w it|strong="H6680"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Perath, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Perath, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* loincloth \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Perath \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* loincloth, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7843"\w*—\w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w use|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*:   
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\v 9 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w same|strong="H3541"\w* \w way|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3987"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* loincloth—\w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* loincloth \w clings|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*’s \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Me|strong="H1961"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w renown|strong="H8034"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Every|strong="H3605"\w* wineskin \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.’ \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w reply|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘Don’t \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* wineskin \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*?’   
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\v 13 \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w drunkenness|strong="H7943"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* smash \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w*, fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* allow \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* keep \w Me|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*.’”   
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\v 15 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* arrogant, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w brings|strong="H7760"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*, \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w stumble|strong="H5062"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dusky|strong="H5399"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H7760"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w turns|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w deep|strong="H6757"\w* \w gloom|strong="H6205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w thick|strong="H6205"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w secret|strong="H4565"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w pride|strong="H1466"\w*. \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w overflow|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w flock|strong="H5739"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*.   
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\v 18 Say \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w* \w mother|strong="H1377"\w*: “\w Take|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lowly|strong="H8213"\w* \w seat|strong="H3427"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w crowns|strong="H5850"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w fallen|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* heads.”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* tight, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* can \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*, \w wholly|strong="H3605"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* coming \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. Where \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w entrusted|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w pride|strong="H8597"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* sets \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* close allies \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w* \w trained|strong="H3925"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pangs|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w anguish|strong="H2256"\w* grip \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*?   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H3824"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w yourself|strong="H3824"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* \w me|strong="H3824"\w*?” \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w magnitude|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* been \w stripped|strong="H1540"\w* \w off|strong="H2554"\w* \w and|strong="H3824"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w body|strong="H3824"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been \w exposed|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Can|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w change|strong="H2015"\w* \w his|strong="H2015"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*, \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* \w his|strong="H2015"\w* \w spots|strong="H2272"\w*? \w Neither|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H7489"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*—\w you|strong="H7489"\w* \w who|strong="H7489"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w accustomed|strong="H3928"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*.   
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\v 24 “I \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H7307"\w* \w like|strong="H4057"\w* \w chaff|strong="H7179"\w* driven \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w portion|strong="H4490"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w measured|strong="H4055"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w Me|strong="H7911"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* pull \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* \w may|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w adulteries|strong="H5004"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w lustful|strong="H2154"\w* \w neighings|strong="H4684"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* shameless \w prostitution|strong="H2184"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*—\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w acts|strong="H2154"\w*. Woe \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*! \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w unclean|strong="H3808"\w*?”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w drought|strong="H1226"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* mourns \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w her|strong="H3389"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* languish. \w Her|strong="H3389"\w* people wail \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H6682"\w* \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* nobles \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H6810"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cisterns|strong="H1356"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w humiliated|strong="H3637"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cover|strong="H2645"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ground \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w cracked|strong="H2865"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w fallen|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* farmers \w are|strong="H1961"\w* ashamed; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cover|strong="H2645"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* doe \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* deserts \w her|strong="H3205"\w* newborn \w fawn|strong="H5800"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* barren \w heights|strong="H8205"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w pant|strong="H7602"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w air|strong="H7307"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*; \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* lack \w of|strong="H7307"\w* pasture.”   
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\v 7 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* rebellions \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7231"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hope|strong="H4723"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w Savior|strong="H3467"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* land, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* traveler \w who|strong="H1616"\w* stays \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* surprise, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w* powerless \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w*? \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forsake \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!   
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\v 10 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5128"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: “Truly \w they|strong="H3651"\w* love \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w wander|strong="H5128"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrained|strong="H2820"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w*; \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* well-being \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H2719"\w* \w fast|strong="H6684"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H7440"\w*; \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H2719"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* grain \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w finish|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w off|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H5927"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*.”   
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\v 13 “Ah, \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*!” \w I|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* telling \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* lasting \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.’”   
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\v 14 “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*,” \w replied|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worthless|strong="H3808"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* futility \w and|strong="H3068"\w* delusion \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* say, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* touch \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land.’ \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w meet|strong="H8552"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w end|strong="H8552"\w*!   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* wives, \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*: ‘\w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w overflow|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*; \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w cease|strong="H1820"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w by|strong="H3915"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crushing \w blow|strong="H4347"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w severely|strong="H2470"\w* \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w country|strong="H7704"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* ravaged \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* travel \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.’”   
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\v 19 \w Have|strong="H3063"\w* \w You|strong="H5221"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w completely|strong="H6960"\w*? \w Do|strong="H6726"\w* \w You|strong="H5221"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w You|strong="H5221"\w* \w stricken|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5315"\w* so \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* beyond \w healing|strong="H4832"\w*? \w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w healing|strong="H4832"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w only|strong="H7965"\w* \w terror|strong="H1205"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers; \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Your|strong="H2142"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w despise|strong="H5006"\w* \w us|strong="H2142"\w*; \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H5034"\w* \w Your|strong="H2142"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w Your|strong="H2142"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H2142"\w*; \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w break|strong="H6565"\w* \w it|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Can|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1652"\w*? \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* skies \w alone|strong="H1931"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w showers|strong="H7241"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*? \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H6960"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*: “\w Even|strong="H3068"\w* if \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w*!   
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\v 2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘Where \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w*?’ \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* tell \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Those|strong="H3318"\w* destined \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; \w those|strong="H3318"\w* destined \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w those|strong="H3318"\w* destined \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* destined \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.’   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* four \w kinds|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7843"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drag|strong="H5498"\w* away, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* devour \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H2113"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w welfare|strong="H7965"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H5186"\w*. \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w showing|strong="H5162"\w* \w compassion|strong="H5162"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w winnowing|strong="H2219"\w* \w fork|strong="H4214"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7921"\w* \w My|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* make \w their|strong="H1992"\w* widows \w more|strong="H6105"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6105"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w bring|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mothers \w of|strong="H5892"\w* young \w men|strong="H1992"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w bring|strong="H5307"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w anguish|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* dismay.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* mother \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* grow faint; \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w breathe|strong="H5301"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* last \w breath|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Her|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w*; \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H2659"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w humiliated|strong="H2659"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w rest|strong="H7611"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10 Woe \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* mother, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* \w and|strong="H7379"\w* \w conflict|strong="H7379"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w lent|strong="H5383"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H5383"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w curses|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said: “\w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H6869"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* purpose; \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w intercede|strong="H6293"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemy \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 12 Can anyone \w smash|strong="H7489"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*—\w iron|strong="H1270"\w* from \w the|strong="H7489"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*—\w or|strong="H7489"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H5414"\w* plunder, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* within \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* enslave \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w anger|strong="H5674"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w kindle|strong="H6919"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* patience, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*’s \w delight|strong="H8057"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* bear \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* band \w of|strong="H3027"\w* revelers, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H7832"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* alone, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w pain|strong="H3511"\w* unending, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* incurable, \w refusing|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*? \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mirage \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*—\w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*; \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w noble|strong="H3368"\w* \w instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w worthless|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w spokesman|strong="H6310"\w*. \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w overcome|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w grasp|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w ruthless|strong="H6184"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 “\w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mothers \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fathers|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathered|strong="H3205"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*:   
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\v 4 “\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w deadly|strong="H4463"\w* \w diseases|strong="H8463"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* enter \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* funeral meal. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w show|strong="H7356"\w* \w sympathy|strong="H5110"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5110"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w My|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Both|strong="H4191"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w shave|strong="H1413"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w head|strong="H7139"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* food \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* offered \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w consolation|strong="H8575"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w given|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* loss \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w or|strong="H3808"\w* mother.   
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\v 8 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* eat \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w remove|strong="H7673"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*?’   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* answer \w them|strong="H5921"\w*: ‘\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* other gods, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H7489"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H1115"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H1115"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* fathers. \w See|strong="H2005"\w* \w how|strong="H8085"\w* each \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w follows|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w instead|strong="H1115"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* gods \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H2594"\w*.’   
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\v 14 \w Yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w surely|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5080"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.’ \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* forefathers.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w fishermen|strong="H1728"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* catch \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w hunters|strong="H6719"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w even|strong="H3651"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clefts|strong="H5357"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concealed|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H2403"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w double|strong="H4932"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2490"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w carcasses|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w*, \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortress|strong="H4581"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4498"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ends \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w Our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w inherited|strong="H5157"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1892"\w* \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H5157"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Can|strong="H6213"\w* man \w make|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Such|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods!”   
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\v 21 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*; \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3063"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w stylus|strong="H5842"\w*, \w engraved|strong="H2790"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w diamond|strong="H8068"\w* \w point|strong="H6856"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Even|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Asherah poles \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2042"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w as|strong="H3605"\w* plunder, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, within \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H5769"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* relinquish \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* enslave \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w kindled|strong="H6919"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* anger; \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “Cursed \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trusts \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w mankind|strong="H1320"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w makes|strong="H7760"\w* \w mere|strong="H4480"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w strength|strong="H2220"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turns|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shrub \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* parched \w places|strong="H2788"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w salt|strong="H4420"\w* \w land|strong="H4420"\w* \w where|strong="H7931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w trusts|strong="H4009"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1397"\w* \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H1288"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w stream|strong="H4325"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaves|strong="H5929"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* always \w green|strong="H7488"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worry|strong="H3372"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w drought|strong="H1226"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w cease|strong="H4185"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w deceitful|strong="H6121"\w* \w above|strong="H3820"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* beyond cure. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w search|strong="H2713"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w examine|strong="H2713"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w reward|strong="H6529"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w* according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6529"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w deserve|strong="H6529"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w partridge|strong="H7124"\w* hatching \w eggs|strong="H1716"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w lay|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H5036"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortune|strong="H6239"\w* \w unjustly|strong="H4941"\w*. \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w middle|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* desert \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* end \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fool|strong="H5036"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w exalted|strong="H4791"\w* \w from|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7223"\w*, \w is|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3678"\w* our \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* shame. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* turn \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dust, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*; \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* keep \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H1992"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*!”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* run \w away|strong="H7462"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* desired \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* despair. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w utterance|strong="H4161"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* spoken \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 17 Do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terror|strong="H4288"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*; \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 18 Let \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* put \w to|strong="H5921"\w* shame, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* let \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* put \w to|strong="H5921"\w* shame. Let \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* let \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H7665"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w shatter|strong="H7665"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w double|strong="H4932"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7670"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w*, ‘\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* enter \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Take|strong="H5375"\w* \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5375"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w* through \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* forefathers.   
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\v 23 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w stiffened|strong="H7185"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w If|strong="H1961"\w*, \w however|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*,   
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\v 25 \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enter \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, bringing \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, grain \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w keep|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* entering \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* \w an|strong="H5375"\w* unquenchable \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w its|strong="H5375"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* consume \w the|strong="H8085"\w* citadels \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w once|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w working|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wheel.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* shaping \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w became|strong="H7725"\w* flawed \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w another|strong="H3627"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w best|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 6 “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w treat|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w* treats \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*? \w Just|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*’s \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H1696"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w might|strong="H4467"\w* announce \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H1471"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w uprooted|strong="H5428"\w*, \w torn|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w warned|strong="H1696"\w* \w turns|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H1471"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H1471"\w* if \w at|strong="H5921"\w* another \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* announce \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w establish|strong="H5193"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H1471"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* if \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* intended \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w devising|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w correct|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.’   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* reply, ‘\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w hopeless|strong="H2976"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* own \w plans|strong="H4284"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* each \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Inquire|strong="H7592"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*: \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H7592"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Does|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* ever \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* its \w rocky|strong="H6697"\w* \w slopes|strong="H7704"\w*? \w Or|strong="H7704"\w* do its \w cool|strong="H7119"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowing|strong="H5140"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* distance ever \w run|strong="H4325"\w* dry?   
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\v 15 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w Me|strong="H7911"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w* \w idols|strong="H7723"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, leaving \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* rutted \w bypaths|strong="H5410"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w highway|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* scorn; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w shake|strong="H5110"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* enemy \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w back|strong="H6203"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* calamity.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H2803"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* lost \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* \w oracle|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* denounce \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Attend|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* accusers \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*!   
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\v 20 \w Should|strong="H3588"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w repaid|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w dug|strong="H3738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pit|strong="H7745"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; \w pour|strong="H5064"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* wives \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w childless|strong="H7909"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* widowed; \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* husbands \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* disease, \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 22 Let \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* bring \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w dug|strong="H3738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pit|strong="H7882"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w deadly|strong="H4194"\w* plots \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w or|strong="H4194"\w* \w blot|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Let|strong="H6256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w overthrown|strong="H3782"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w*; \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w clay|strong="H2789"\w* \w jar|strong="H1228"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*. \w Take|strong="H1980"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Potsherd|strong="H2777"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ears \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ring,   
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\v 4 \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5800"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreign \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* fathers \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w ever|strong="H2088"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1116"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*—something \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w mentioned|strong="H5927"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* ruin \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w plans|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w carcasses|strong="H5038"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* scorn. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* scoff \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* make \w them|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w the|strong="H1245"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*’s \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H1245"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w distress|strong="H6693"\w* inflicted on \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H4689"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* enemies \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*.’   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w shatter|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w jar|strong="H1228"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \w accompany|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w*,   
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\v 11 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* proclaim \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shatter|strong="H7665"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w shatters|strong="H7665"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*’s \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* dead \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w room|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2931"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooftops|strong="H1406"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* returned \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* proclaimed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,   
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\v 15 “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* villages \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w stiffened|strong="H7185"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Immer \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w chief|strong="H5057"\w* official \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w beaten|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w stocks|strong="H4115"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w* \w released|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w stocks|strong="H4115"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Magor-missabib|strong="H4036"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* friends. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* very \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H1540"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2633"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w products|strong="H3018"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* valuables, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*—\w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* plunder \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w carry|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*—\w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* friends \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.’”   
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\v 7 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w overcome|strong="H3201"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H3201"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*; \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w mocks|strong="H3932"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w derision|strong="H7047"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* \w Him|strong="H1696"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w His|strong="H2142"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*,” \w His|strong="H2142"\w* message \w becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \w up|strong="H6113"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w holding|strong="H3557"\w* \w it|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whispering|strong="H1681"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: “\w Terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H4032"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*! \w Report|strong="H1681"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*; \w let|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w report|strong="H1681"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*!” \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w trusted|strong="H7965"\w* friends \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w fall|strong="H6761"\w*: “\w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3201"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w upon|strong="H5360"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fearsome \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*. \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* succeeded, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w utterly|strong="H3966"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w shame|strong="H3639"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H3639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w examines|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w let|strong="H1540"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w upon|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H3820"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Sing|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w Praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescues|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* needy \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Cursed|strong="H1288"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*! \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* mother \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w* never \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.   
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\v 15 Cursed \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w man|strong="H2145"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3205"\w* \w my|strong="H8055"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*, saying, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w*,” \w bringing|strong="H1319"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* great \w joy|strong="H8055"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* man \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H2015"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w compassion|strong="H5162"\w*. \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w outcry|strong="H2201"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*,   
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\v 17 because \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w mother|strong="H7358"\w* might \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* enlarged.   
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\v 18 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* only \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*?   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w waging|strong="H3898"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* past \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w withdraw|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.”   
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\v 3 But \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* answered, “You are \w to|strong="H6667"\w* tell \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w that|strong="H3541"\w*   
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\v 4 \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* assemble \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w forces|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w center|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H7110"\w* Myself \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* an \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w*, \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w both|strong="H4191"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* beast. \w They|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*.’   
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\v 7 ‘\w After|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w survive|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w show|strong="H2347"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w*.’   
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\v 8 Furthermore, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Whoever|strong="H4191"\w* \w stays|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w whoever|strong="H4191"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* surrenders \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* retain \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* fire.’   
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\v 11 Moreover, \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Administer|strong="H1777"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* victim \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w robbery|strong="H1497"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H6231"\w*, \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* fire \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w extinguish|strong="H3518"\w* \w it|strong="H1242"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w atop|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w rocky|strong="H6697"\w* \w plateau|strong="H4334"\w*—\w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* say, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5181"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* enter \w our|strong="H3068"\w* dwellings?”   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w deserve|strong="H6529"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* consume \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* proclaim \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*—\w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* enter \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Administer|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*. \w Rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* victim \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w robbery|strong="H1497"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H3238"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrong|strong="H3238"\w* \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w violence|strong="H2554"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1616"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* widow. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w*, \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enter \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*—\w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* Myself, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w of|strong="H1004"\w* rubble.’”   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w summit|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7896"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w uninhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6942"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7843"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, each \w man|strong="H5307"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w choicest|strong="H4005"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* cedars \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w throw|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*?’   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reply, ‘\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* other gods.’”   
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\v 10 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4191"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* loss. \w Weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4191"\w* exiled, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w native|strong="H4138"\w* land.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w succeeded|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
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\v 13 “\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w builds|strong="H1129"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w unrighteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*, \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w makes|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* countrymen \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* fails \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w wages|strong="H6467"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w who|strong="H1129"\w* says, ‘\w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* myself \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w spacious|strong="H7304"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w*.’ So \w he|strong="H1004"\w* cuts \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H1129"\w*, panels \w it|strong="H1129"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* cedar, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* paints \w it|strong="H1129"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w vermilion|strong="H8350"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Does|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* excel \w in|strong="H6213"\w* cedar? \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* father \w have|strong="H3588"\w* food \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*? \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w administered|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* went \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* took \w up|strong="H1847"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w cause|strong="H1779"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* means \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* nothing \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w dishonest|strong="H1215"\w* \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w shedding|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w practicing|strong="H6213"\w* \w extortion|strong="H6233"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*: ‘\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* brother! \w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* sister!’ \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*: ‘\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master! \w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w splendor|strong="H1935"\w*!’   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w outside|strong="H1973"\w* \w the|strong="H7993"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w*; \w raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H7665"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Abarim|strong="H5682"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* lovers \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w warned|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1696"\w* secure. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*.’ \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* drive \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* lovers \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w humiliated|strong="H3637"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, nestled \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* cedars, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w groan|strong="H2603"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w pangs|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w anguish|strong="H2427"\w* \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w upon|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*, \w agony|strong="H2427"\w* \w like|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*.”   
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\v 24 “\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w signet|strong="H2368"\w* ring \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w pull|strong="H5423"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w In|strong="H4428"\w* fact, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w dread|strong="H3016"\w*, \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*—\w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w hurl|strong="H2904"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mother \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* land, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3205"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*—\w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H4191"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w long|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* despised \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w shattered|strong="H5310"\w* \w pot|strong="H3627"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w wants|strong="H2656"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w hurled|strong="H2904"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*?   
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\v 29 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* land, land, land, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*!   
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\v 30 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Enroll|strong="H3789"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w childless|strong="H6185"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifetime|strong="H3117"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.”   
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\v 1 “\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*!” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w tend|strong="H7462"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H5080"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w attended|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* Myself \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H7611"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w pasture|strong="H5116"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w fruitful|strong="H6509"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tend|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w administer|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land.   
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\v 6 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* securely. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*: \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w Righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w surely|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5080"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.’ \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w once|strong="H5927"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own land.”   
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\v 9 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*: \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7363"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drunkard|strong="H7910"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w overcome|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*—\w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* curse, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* mourns \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*—\w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w course|strong="H4794"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* misused.   
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\v 11 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ungodly; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* slick; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* driven \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* darkness \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 13 “\w Among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w offensive|strong="H8604"\w* \w thing|strong="H8604"\w*: \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w led|strong="H8582"\w* \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*: \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*. \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w turns|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*. \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w*; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*: “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* feed \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w poisoned|strong="H7219"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* ungodliness \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.”   
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\v 16 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* filling \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w* hopes. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w despise|strong="H5006"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,’ \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w walks|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w council|strong="H5475"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H7181"\w* \w heed|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* swirling \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* anger \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* fully \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w purposes|strong="H4209"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand \w this|strong="H6213"\w* clearly.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w yet|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* message; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w yet|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* if \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w council|strong="H5475"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.”   
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\v 23 “\w Am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w nearby|strong="H7138"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*?”   
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\v 24 “\w Can|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w secret|strong="H5641"\w* \w places|strong="H4565"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 25 “\w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sayings \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*! \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*!’   
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\v 26 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w this|strong="H3820"\w* continue \w in|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w these|strong="H5012"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*, \w these|strong="H5012"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* delusion \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* own \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*?   
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\v 27 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* suppose \w the|strong="H7911"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w make|strong="H2803"\w* \w My|strong="H5608"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w My|strong="H5608"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, just \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w their|strong="H7911"\w* fathers \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \w My|strong="H5608"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w through|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7911"\w* worship \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 28 Let \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* retell \w it|strong="H1696"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* let \w him|strong="H1697"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* truthfully. \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* compared \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 29 “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* fire,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* smashes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*?”   
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\v 30 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3651"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* attribute \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 31 “\w Yes|strong="H2005"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* wag \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* proclaim, ‘\w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.’”   
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\v 32 “\w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* retell \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w lead|strong="H8582"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w reckless|strong="H6350"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 33 “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w asks|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*?’ \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*? \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’   
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\v 34 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* claims, ‘\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* man \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w*: ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*?’ \w or|strong="H7453"\w* ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*?’   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* refer \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* each \w man|strong="H2416"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* pervert \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*: ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?’ \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*?’   
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\v 38 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* claim, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* specifically \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* make \w this|strong="H2088"\w* claim,   
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\v 39 \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w forget|strong="H5382"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fathers.   
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\v 40 \w And|strong="H5769"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w humiliation|strong="H3640"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* metalsmiths \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w baskets|strong="H1736"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* placed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* \w had|strong="H1731"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* those \w that|strong="H7451"\w* ripen early, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* other \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* contained \w very|strong="H3966"\w* poor \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* eaten.   
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\v 3 “\w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*,” \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?” “\w Figs|strong="H8384"\w*!” \w I|strong="H7200"\w* replied. “\w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* eaten.”   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 5 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Like|strong="H3651"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w regard|strong="H4480"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1546"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, whom \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* keep \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tear|strong="H2040"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* eaten,’ \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* deal \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H2113"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* offense \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w object|strong="H2113"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w scorn|strong="H2781"\w*, \w ridicule|strong="H4912"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w perished|strong="H8552"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* fathers.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* follows:   
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\v 3 “\w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*—\w twenty-three|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*—\w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* prophets told \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H7451"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* other gods \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7489"\w*.’   
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\v 7 ‘\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H3027"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 9 \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* summon \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, whom \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*, \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w devote|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2763"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* contempt, \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*.   
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\v 10 Moreover, \w I|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* banish \w from|strong="H6963"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w millstones|strong="H7347"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w* wasteland, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w complete|strong="H4390"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* bring \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w has|strong="H1697"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* enslave \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4639"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.’”   
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\v 15 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*: “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w stagger|strong="H1607"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* minds, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w that|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w among|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H8248"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*,   
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\v 18 \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruin|strong="H2723"\w*, \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* contempt \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*—\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*;   
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\v 19 \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;   
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\v 20 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mixed|strong="H6154"\w* tribes; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: Ashkelon, \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ashdod;   
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\v 21 Edom, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*;   
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\v 22 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coastlands \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;   
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\v 23 \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*, \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w*, Buz, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corners|strong="H6285"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* hair;   
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\v 24 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mixed|strong="H6154"\w* tribes \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*;   
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\v 25 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Media|strong="H4074"\w*;   
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\v 26 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H6440"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sheshach|strong="H8347"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 27 “\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* tell \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w vomit|strong="H7006"\w*. \w Fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H7971"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w among|strong="H2719"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.’   
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\v 28 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!   
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\v 29 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7489"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* bears \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* could \w you|strong="H3588"\w* possibly \w go|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.’   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w pasture|strong="H5116"\w*; \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grapes, \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* call \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w tumult|strong="H7588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* resound \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w brings|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w brings|strong="H5414"\w* \w judgment|strong="H8199"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w mankind|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w puts|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*,’” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* spreading \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w rising|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* ends \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* earth.”   
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\v 33 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* spread \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H7097"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w*, gathered, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* lying \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w*; \w roll|strong="H6428"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dust, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w come|strong="H5307"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* shattered \w like|strong="H5307"\w* fine \w pottery|strong="H3627"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w Flight|strong="H4498"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* evade \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* elude \w the|strong="H4480"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Hear|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wailing|strong="H3215"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7703"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* meadows \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w silenced|strong="H1826"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w burning|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w den|strong="H5520"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sword \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H3238"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w omit|strong="H1639"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Perhaps|strong="H5162"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w*—each \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* life—\w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,   
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\v 5 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* if \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, whom \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* object \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* among \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.’”   
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\v 7 \w Now|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, shouting, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w How|strong="H4069"\w* dare \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H2717"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* deserted!” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* \w against|strong="H6950"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w New|strong="H2319"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w worthy|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w against|strong="H5012"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* ears!”   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w against|strong="H5012"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5012"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w correct|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H6258"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w here|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w*, \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* hearing.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w worthy|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w Some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* said \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,   
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\v 18 “\w Micah|strong="H4320"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Moreshite \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* told \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heap|strong="H5856"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* rubble, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wooded \w ridge|strong="H1116"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*? \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w seek|strong="H2470"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*? \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H5315"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, Uriah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kiriath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2063"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* Uriah found \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: Elnathan \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w* along \w with|strong="H4714"\w* some other \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* Uriah \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w burial|strong="H6913"\w* \w place|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w common|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 24 Nevertheless, Ahikam \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* supported \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Zedekiah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*: “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourself|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* leather straps \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Edom, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w envoys|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Give|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* relay \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* masters:   
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\v 5 \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* beasts \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w please|strong="H3474"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H7704"\w* \w under|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w authority|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w subject|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own land \w comes|strong="H7227"\w*; \w then|strong="H1571"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* enslave \w him|strong="H5647"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8552"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H1992"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w*, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* interpreters \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* mediums, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w sorcerers|strong="H3786"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w declare|strong="H8085"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.’   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* serve \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w remove|strong="H7368"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* land; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* \w banish|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5012"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* perish.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H3240"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* own land, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cultivate|strong="H5647"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reside|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*: “Put \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* \w under|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon; \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*!   
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\v 13 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decreed|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon?   
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\v 14 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon,’ \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w banish|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* perish—\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon.’ \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruin|strong="H2723"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w plead|strong="H6293"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* taken \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 19 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,   
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\v 20 \w which|strong="H3063"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* Babylon, along \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:   
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\v 22 ‘\w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. ‘\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, near \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azzur|strong="H5809"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 3 \w Within|strong="H1004"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w removed|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1546"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.’”   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 “Amen!” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. “\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*! \w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 7 Nevertheless, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* am \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w preceded|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* lands \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesies|strong="H5012"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w only|strong="H7965"\w* if \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* comes \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w recognized|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w one|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* truly \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H5030"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* proclaimed, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w within|strong="H5921"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.’” \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* shortly \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 13 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w its|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w fashioned|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*.’   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.’”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*! \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* persuaded \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w remove|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w preached|strong="H1696"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H5627"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
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\v 17 \w And|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* very \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* text \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surviving \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 2 (\w This|strong="H3318"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w* \w mother|strong="H1377"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* metalsmiths \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been \w exiled|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.)   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* letter \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w entrusted|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Elasah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, whom \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w It|strong="H7971"\w* stated:   
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\v 4 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Babylon:   
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\v 5 “\w Build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* eat \w their|strong="H3427"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* wives \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* marriage, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* too \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; do \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w decrease|strong="H4591"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1540"\w*. \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w behalf|strong="H1157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* prospers, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w too|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prosper.”   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* elicit \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* Babylon’s \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w complete|strong="H4390"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prosper \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* future \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w upon|strong="H7121"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w Me|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H3824"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w Me|strong="H4672"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w search|strong="H1875"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Me|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon,”   
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\v 16 \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* brothers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w*—   
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\v 17 \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* rotten \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w bad|strong="H7455"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* eaten.   
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* curse, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w scorn|strong="H2781"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w among|strong="H2781"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w banish|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* through \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* exiles \w listened|strong="H8085"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 21 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kolaiah|strong="H6964"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* very \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*: ‘\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ahab, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w roasted|strong="H7033"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire!’   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* outrage \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w committing|strong="H6213"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* wives \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 24 You are to tell \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w* that   
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\v 25 \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w*:   
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\v 26 ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H6496"\w* \w officer|strong="H6496"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, responsible \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w madman|strong="H7696"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* acts \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w*—\w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w stocks|strong="H4115"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* neck irons.   
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\v 27 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rebuked|strong="H1605"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w of|strong="H3414"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6069"\w*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* poses \w as|strong="H6258"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*?   
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\v 28 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon, claiming: \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* exile \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* lengthy, \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*; \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* eat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w*.’”   
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\v 29 (\w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, however, \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.)   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 31 “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* telling \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*—though \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*—\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*,   
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\v 32 \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w preached|strong="H1696"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H5627"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’”   
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\v 4 \w These|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w panic|strong="H6343"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w terror|strong="H6343"\w*, \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*: \w Can|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w then|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* stomach \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w pale|strong="H3420"\w*?   
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\v 7 \w How|strong="H3588"\w* awful \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w*! \w None|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*! \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tear|strong="H5423"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* enslave \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 Instead, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* place, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*! \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w ease|strong="H7599"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3372"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H2729"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w means|strong="H5352"\w* \w leave|strong="H5352"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w injury|strong="H7667"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w incurable|strong="H2470"\w*; \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w There|strong="H1779"\w* \w is|strong="H1779"\w* no one \w to|strong="H8585"\w* \w plead|strong="H1777"\w* \w your|strong="H1777"\w* \w cause|strong="H1779"\w*, no remedy \w for|strong="H1779"\w* \w your|strong="H1777"\w* sores, no \w recovery|strong="H8585"\w* \w for|strong="H1779"\w* you.   
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\v 14 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* lovers \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* enemy \w would|strong="H3605"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* someone cruel, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6105"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* wound? \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* cure! \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6105"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7230"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Nevertheless|strong="H3651"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* devour \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* devoured, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*—\w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*—\w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w off|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* exile. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w plundered|strong="H4933"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plundered|strong="H4933"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* raided \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* raided.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* health \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w outcast|strong="H5080"\w*, \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w cares|strong="H1875"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fortunes|strong="H7622"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w tents|strong="H4908"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwellings|strong="H4908"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H7622"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* palace \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w rightful|strong="H4941"\w* \w place|strong="H4908"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* celebration. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* decreased; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w honor|strong="H3513"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* belittled.   
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\v 20 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* days \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w oppressors|strong="H3905"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* leader \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* arise \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w midst|strong="H7130"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w dare|strong="H6148"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*?” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* God.”   
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\v 23 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* swirling \w down|strong="H7218"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* fully \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w purposes|strong="H4209"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand \w this|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w survived|strong="H8300"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favor|strong="H2580"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w when|strong="H1980"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w rest|strong="H7280"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w past|strong="H5769"\w*, saying: “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* loved \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w drawn|strong="H4900"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Again|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Again|strong="H5750"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w tambourines|strong="H8596"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* joyful \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Again|strong="H5750"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2490"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; \w the|strong="H2490"\w* farmers \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H2490"\w* \w fruit|strong="H2490"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim, ‘\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, let \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!’”   
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\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; \w shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* foremost \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*! \w Make|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w praises|strong="H1984"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!’   
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\v 8 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* land \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* farthest \w parts|strong="H3411"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* earth, including \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*, expectant mothers \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*. \w They|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H5787"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w supplication|strong="H8469"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lead|strong="H2986"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* beside \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* level \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s Father, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* coastlands: “\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w One|strong="H1697"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2219"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w keeps|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w ransomed|strong="H6299"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w overpowered|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w joy|strong="H7442"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heights|strong="H4791"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w radiant|strong="H5102"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bounty|strong="H2898"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well-watered \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w languish|strong="H1669"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H5162"\w* \w the|strong="H2015"\w* \w maidens|strong="H1330"\w* \w will|strong="H2205"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w with|strong="H8055"\w* \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w*, young \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w as|strong="H3162"\w* well. I \w will|strong="H2205"\w* \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w their|strong="H2015"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w give|strong="H8055"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* \w for|strong="H5162"\w* \w their|strong="H2015"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fill|strong="H7301"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H7301"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fill|strong="H7301"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w refusing|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1058"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: “\w Keep|strong="H4513"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w reward|strong="H7939"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H6468"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* children \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* enemy.   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* future, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w land|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* Ephraim’s moaning: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w disciplined|strong="H3256"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w severely|strong="H3256"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w untrained|strong="H3808"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*. \w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1571"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3045"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w struck|strong="H5606"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* grief. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1571"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w humiliated|strong="H3637"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w bore|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.’   
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\v 20 \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* Ephraim \w a|strong="H3068"\w* precious \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w delightful|strong="H8191"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*? \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w often|strong="H1767"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H4578"\w* \w yearns|strong="H1993"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* great \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 “\w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* markers, \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* signposts. Keep \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* yours.   
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\v 22 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* wander, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithless|strong="H7728"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w thing|strong="H2319"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* shelter \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w land|strong="H5116"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: ‘\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H5116"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.’   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* farmers \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w move|strong="H5265"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*,   
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\v 25 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w refresh|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w replenish|strong="H4390"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w weak|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* awoke \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* had been most \w pleasant|strong="H6149"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 27 “\w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* man \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* beast.   
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\v 28 Just \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w watched|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tear|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w demolish|strong="H5422"\w*, \w destroy|strong="H5422"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7489"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w watch|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 29 “\w In|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* said: ‘\w The|strong="H3117"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H1121"\w* eaten \w sour|strong="H1155"\w* \w grapes|strong="H1155"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w set|strong="H6949"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w edge|strong="H6949"\w*.’   
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\v 30 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* eats \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sour|strong="H1155"\w* \w grapes|strong="H1155"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w set|strong="H6949"\w* \w on|strong="H4191"\w* \w edge|strong="H6949"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w lead|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w broke|strong="H6565"\w*, though \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w husband|strong="H1166"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 33 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w inscribe|strong="H3789"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w*, saying, ‘\w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H3925"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
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\v 35 \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w for|strong="H2708"\w* light \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* sets \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H2708"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w for|strong="H2708"\w* light \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirs|strong="H7280"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w roar|strong="H1993"\w*—\w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:   
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\v 36 “\w Only|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w fixed|strong="H2706"\w* \w order|strong="H2706"\w* \w departed|strong="H4185"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: “\w Only|strong="H4605"\w* if \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w below|strong="H4295"\w* \w searched|strong="H2713"\w* \w out|strong="H2713"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 38 “\w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H1129"\w*, \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hananel|strong="H2606"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w measuring|strong="H4060"\w* line \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w once|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* stretch \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w straight|strong="H5048"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Goah|strong="H1601"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dead|strong="H6297"\w* \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w uprooted|strong="H5428"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* demolished.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w besieging|strong="H6696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* imprisoned \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3027"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w imprisoned|strong="H3920"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, saying: “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*? \w You|strong="H5414"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stay \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H6485"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w succeed|strong="H6743"\w*.’”   
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\v 6 \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* replied, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*:   
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\v 7 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* say, ‘\w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* yourself \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w redemption|strong="H1353"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* cousin \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* urged \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H3425"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H3425"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w redemption|strong="H1353"\w*. \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H7069"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H7069"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H2601"\w* cousin \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w out|strong="H8254"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 10 I \w signed|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* \w deed|strong="H5612"\w*, \w called|strong="H5749"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w out|strong="H8254"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w on|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w deed|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*—\w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* copy \w with|strong="H4736"\w* \w its|strong="H3947"\w* \w terms|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w conditions|strong="H2706"\w*, \w as|strong="H3947"\w* well \w as|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w open|strong="H1540"\w* copy—   
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\v 12 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w deed|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahseiah|strong="H4271"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* cousin \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* signing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w* agreement \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w In|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H6680"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*,   
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\v 14 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w deeds|strong="H5612"\w*—both \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* copy \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w open|strong="H1540"\w* copy \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w deed|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*—\w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w clay|strong="H2789"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* preserve \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.”   
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\v 16 After \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w deed|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 17 “Oh, \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*. \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H3605"\w*!   
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\v 18 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* thousands \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w lay|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fathers \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* laps \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H8034"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w One|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w deed|strong="H5950"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reward|strong="H6529"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* signs \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, both \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w among|strong="H8034"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* mankind. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yourself|strong="H6213"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* case \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w Your|strong="H5186"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* land \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* signs \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w*, \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w an|strong="H3318"\w* \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w terror|strong="H4172"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* fathers, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w failed|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w upon|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w See|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w siege|strong="H5550"\w* \w ramps|strong="H5550"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* mounted \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w What|strong="H7200"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*!   
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\v 25 \w Yet|strong="H5414"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3027"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w call|strong="H5749"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, even though \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* been \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*!’”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 27 “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*. \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*?   
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\v 28 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*, \w set|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w rooftops|strong="H1406"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w pouring|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* gods.   
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\v 30 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* nothing \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*; \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* nothing \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* aroused \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*   
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\v 32 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*—\w they|strong="H1992"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H6437"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w backs|strong="H6203"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*. Though \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w respond|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* bears \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*—something \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w entered|strong="H5927"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*,’ \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:   
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\v 37 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2534"\w* \w surely|strong="H7725"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w furious|strong="H2534"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2534"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* safety.   
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\v 38 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* God.   
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\v 39 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*: \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 41 Yes, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2895"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* faithfully \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w about|strong="H3027"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* saying, ‘\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, \w without|strong="H8077"\w* man \w or|strong="H7704"\w* beast; \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* been \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.’   
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\v 44 \w Fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w purchased|strong="H7069"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w deeds|strong="H5612"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w signed|strong="H3789"\w*, \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w witnessed|strong="H5749"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* areas \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*—\w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*—\w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w confined|strong="H6113"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* earth, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:   
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\v 3 \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w Me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w unsearchable|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* palaces \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* defense \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w siege|strong="H5550"\w* \w ramps|strong="H5550"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*:   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* coming \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 6 Nevertheless, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H1992"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w health|strong="H4832"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w healing|strong="H4832"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H1992"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* people \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w abundance|strong="H6283"\w* \w of|strong="H7965"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* truth.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* times.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w cleanse|strong="H2891"\w* them \w from|strong="H6586"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Me|strong="H2398"\w*, \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Me|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* city \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w renown|strong="H8034"\w*, \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w awe|strong="H6342"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w provide|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H4725"\w* say \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wasteland \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* beast, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w deserted|strong="H8074"\w*—\w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* neither \w man|strong="H2088"\w* nor beast—\w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*   
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\v 11 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w bringing|strong="H7725"\w* \w thank|strong="H3034"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8426"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*: ‘\w Give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w loving|strong="H2896"\w* \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.’ \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w times|strong="H5769"\w*, says \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w desolate|strong="H2720"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w without|strong="H5704"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* beast, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w once|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w pastures|strong="H5116"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w rest|strong="H7257"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w counts|strong="H4487"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, says \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2896"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sprout|strong="H6779"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w administer|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* securely, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*: \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w Righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w lack|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,   
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\v 18 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 20 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* can \w break|strong="H6565"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w cease|strong="H6565"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* occupy \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6256"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*,   
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\v 21 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w too|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w Me|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Moreover|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 24 “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w noticed|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* chosen’? \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w regard|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w established|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w fixed|strong="H2708"\w* \w order|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3446"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earthly \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, told \w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* speak \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w grasp|strong="H8610"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 4 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*: \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*;   
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\v 5 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. \w As|strong="H1697"\w* spices \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w preceded|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* spices \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lament|strong="H5594"\w*, ‘\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* master!’ \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* Myself \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* relayed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*   
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\v 7 \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3498"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*—\w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2007"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*   
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\v 9 \w that|strong="H3064"\w* each \w man|strong="H5680"\w* \w should|strong="H5650"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, both \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* one \w should|strong="H5650"\w* hold \w his|strong="H7971"\w* fellow \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* entered into \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* hold \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w released|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*,   
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\v 11 \w but|strong="H3651"\w* later \w they|strong="H3651"\w* changed \w their|strong="H7725"\w* minds \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H8198"\w* \w freed|strong="H2670"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w forced|strong="H3533"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 13 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* forefathers \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w slavery|strong="H5650"\w*, saying:   
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\v 14 \w Every|strong="H8141"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, each \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* brother \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H7093"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H8085"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* fathers \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Recently|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w repented|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*; \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* freedom \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* bears \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* changed \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w minds|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w profaned|strong="H2490"\w* \w My|strong="H7971"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w* whom \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w liberty|strong="H2670"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* wherever \w they|strong="H5315"\w* wanted, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w forced|strong="H3533"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* freedom, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* freedom \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—freedom \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*! \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H2113"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w terms|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* treat \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w between|strong="H5674"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* pieces.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w between|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*,   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5414"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w withdrawn|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8248"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w bring|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* offer \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Habazziniah|strong="H2262"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*—   
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\v 4 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* into \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* occupied \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Igdaliah|strong="H3012"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* near \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w doorkeeper|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w pitchers|strong="H1375"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* some \w cups|strong="H1375"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* some \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.”   
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\v 6 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,” \w they|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* forefather \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* tents \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wander|strong="H1481"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* forefather \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*. \w So|strong="H1115"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* lives—\w neither|strong="H1115"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w nor|strong="H1115"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w nor|strong="H1115"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* owned \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* crops.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* tents \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w exactly|strong="H6680"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* forefather \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* said: ‘\w Come|strong="H5927"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* escape \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Arameans.’ \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 13 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: ‘\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*?’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w carried|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* forefather. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H1696"\w*!   
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\v 15 \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, proclaiming: ‘\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w correct|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w actions|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H7971"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fathers.’ \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w carried|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* forefather \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Me|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*.’”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*: “\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* forefather \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 3 Perhaps \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w upon|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4616"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6680"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w restricted|strong="H6113"\w*; \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*;   
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\v 6 \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Read|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* coming \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w petition|strong="H8467"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w opening|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w New|strong="H2319"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*’s \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*: Elishama \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, Elnathan \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3570"\w*, saying, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* here.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 15 “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*,” \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* our hearing.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H7121"\w* hearing.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w turned|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w fear|strong="H6342"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* must \w report|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”   
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\v 17 “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*,” \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, “\w how|strong="H4994"\w* \w did|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3789"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Was|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3789"\w* \w at|strong="H3605"\w* Jeremiah’s \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w*?”   
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\v 18 “\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w*,” \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* replied. “\w He|strong="H3605"\w* recited \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w ink|strong="H1773"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* must \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* yourselves \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* one where \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officials \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w having|strong="H4428"\w* stored \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Elishama \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Elishama \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*. \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 22 Since \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w winter|strong="H2779"\w* \w quarters|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w And|strong="H7969"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* soon \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* \w columns|strong="H1817"\w*, Jehoiakim \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H7167"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*’s \w knife|strong="H8593"\w* \w and|strong="H7969"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firepot, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire.   
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\v 24 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become frightened \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* garments.   
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\v 25 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w though|strong="H1571"\w* Elnathan, \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* urged \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8313"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Instead|strong="H3947"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Jerahmeel|strong="H3396"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azriel|strong="H5837"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abdeel|strong="H5655"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* containing \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*’s \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 28 “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* another \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* rewrite \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* very \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* original \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w*, \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* proclaim \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said, ‘\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H2063"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H3063"\w* deprive \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* man \w and|strong="H3063"\w* beast?’   
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\v 30 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* exposed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w heat|strong="H2721"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w frost|strong="H7140"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w warned|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*’s \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* similar \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w added|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3063"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehucal|strong="H3081"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*!”   
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\v 4 \w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w free|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*’s \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w had|strong="H6547"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w besieging|strong="H6696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w report|strong="H8088"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*:   
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\v 7 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H7971"\w*: \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*’s \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* own land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* saying, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* good,’ \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*!   
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\v 10 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5892"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Chaldean \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*’s \w army|strong="H2428"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* land \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* claim \w his|strong="H8432"\w* \w portion|strong="H2505"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w reached|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w captain|strong="H1167"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w guard|strong="H6488"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w deserting|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*!”   
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\v 14 “\w That|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*,” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* replied. “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deserting|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*!” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w arrested|strong="H8610"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w jail|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* been \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w went|strong="H7227"\w* into \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cell|strong="H2588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dungeon|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 17 Later, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w privately|strong="H5643"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*?” “\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*,” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* replied. “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w Where|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, claiming, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* come \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land’?   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* lord \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w May|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w petition|strong="H8467"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H4994"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* send \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loaf|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bakers, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w gone|strong="H8552"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H8085"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w*, \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w Jucal|strong="H3116"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Whoever|strong="H4191"\w* \w stays|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w whoever|strong="H4191"\w* surrenders \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* retain \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w ought|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w discouraging|strong="H7503"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w well-being|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7451"\w*.”   
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\v 5 “\w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*,” replied \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*. “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* stop \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w dropped|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* cistern \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* lowered \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* cistern, \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w sank|strong="H2883"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Cushite|strong="H3569"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w official|strong="H5631"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* cistern. \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,   
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\v 9 “\w My|strong="H3605"\w* lord \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w dropped|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cistern, \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* starve \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Cushite|strong="H3569"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* pull \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* cistern \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* storehouse. \w From|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w old|strong="H1094"\w* \w rags|strong="H4418"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1094"\w* \w clothes|strong="H5499"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* lowered \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* cistern.   
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\v 12 \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Cushite|strong="H3569"\w* cried \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1094"\w* \w rags|strong="H4418"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w clothes|strong="H5499"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* pad \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w*.” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H2691"\w* \w pulled|strong="H4900"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* cistern. \w And|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w*,” \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*. “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 15 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* replied, “\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H3289"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, nor \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3808"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w survive|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* grasp.’”   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w afraid|strong="H1672"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w deserted|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w abuse|strong="H5953"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 20 “\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*,” \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*. “\w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3986"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*:   
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\v 22 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* women \w will|strong="H4428"\w* say: ‘\w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w misled|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* overcame \w you|strong="H3605"\w*—\w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w trusted|strong="H7965"\w* friends \w of|strong="H4428"\w* yours. \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w sank|strong="H2883"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mire|strong="H1206"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H2007"\w* deserted \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.’   
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\v 23 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* yourself \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w grasp|strong="H8610"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* warned \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w conversation|strong="H1697"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* demand \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,’   
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\v 26 \w then|strong="H5307"\w* tell \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w presenting|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w petition|strong="H8467"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w questioned|strong="H7592"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w relayed|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* exact \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w overheard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w conversation|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon marched \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w laid|strong="H6696"\w* \w siege|strong="H6696"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6667"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6667"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H6667"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w breached|strong="H1234"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon entered \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*: \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w*, \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Rabmag, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* along \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w route|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w seized|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, where \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 7 Then he \w put|strong="H5786"\w* \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* bound \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* take \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H8313"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* set fire \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H2876"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w deserters|strong="H5307"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H2876"\w* \w defected|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w behind|strong="H4480"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* property, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w fields|strong="H3010"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="H7227"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, saying,   
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\v 12 “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H7760"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* come \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* whatever \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, Nebushazban \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w*, \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Rabmag, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* captains \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon   
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\v 14 \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w turned|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w confined|strong="H6113"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3414"\w*:   
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\v 16 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Cushite|strong="H3569"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* fulfill \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* eyes.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* men \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescue|strong="H4422"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w released|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w having|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* bound \w in|strong="H3068"\w* chains \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captives|strong="H1546"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w decreed|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*; \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w freeing|strong="H6605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chains \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrists|strong="H3027"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w pleases|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon, \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7489"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* farther. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* Jeremiah \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, Nebuzaradan \w added|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w anywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ration \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w released|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H7604"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* land.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w charge|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w women|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H6485"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* Babylon,   
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\v 8 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* came \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H1436"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*—\w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tanhumeth|strong="H8576"\w*, \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephai|strong="H5778"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezaniah|strong="H3153"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w Maacathite|strong="H4602"\w*—\w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H3190"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, assuring \w them|strong="H3190"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w Live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* land \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H3190"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w represent|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*. \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, gather \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* grapes, \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* storage \w jars|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H5892"\w* \w taken|strong="H8610"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, Edom, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3064"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w gathered|strong="H7235"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* grapes \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*.   
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\v 13 Meanwhile, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* came \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H1436"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*   
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\v 14 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w aware|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Baalis|strong="H1185"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*?” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* spoke \w privately|strong="H5643"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H6908"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*. “\w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3605"\w* said. “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w take|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* perish?”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*! \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elishama, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w chief|strong="H7227"\w* \w officers|strong="H7227"\w*, \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w at|strong="H2320"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* ate \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H3899"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w killing|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* govern \w the|strong="H5221"\w* land.   
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\v 3 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w also|strong="H3458"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* well \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Chaldean \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* murder \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*,   
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\v 5 \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* men \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w shaved|strong="H1548"\w* \w off|strong="H1548"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w beards|strong="H2206"\w*, \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* garments, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, carrying grain \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* encountered \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam.”   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* threw \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cistern.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w* \w treasure|strong="H4301"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*—\w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w refrained|strong="H2308"\w* \w from|strong="H8432"\w* \w killing|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* others.   
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\v 9 \w Now|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cistern \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w along|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*—\w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam. \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H6485"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w crimes|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w had|strong="H5418"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w pool|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*.   
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\v 15 But \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam: \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, women, \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w And|strong="H3212"\w* they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Geruth|strong="H1628"\w* \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w*, near \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* order \w to|strong="H3212"\w* proceed \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*   
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\v 18 \w to|strong="H6440"\w* escape \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H5066"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w Jezaniah|strong="H3153"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, \w approached|strong="H5066"\w*   
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\v 2 \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w May|strong="H4994"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w petition|strong="H8467"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w behalf|strong="H1157"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 3 Pray \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 4 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*,” \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w request|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answers|strong="H6030"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w withhold|strong="H4513"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w against|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w upon|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 6 Whether \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w unpleasant|strong="H7451"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 7 \w After|strong="H7093"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\w* told \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w present|strong="H5307"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w petition|strong="H8467"\w*:   
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\v 10 ‘\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tear|strong="H2040"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w upon|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* own land.’   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land,’ \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w thus|strong="H2063"\w* \w disobey|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* go \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7456"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*,’   
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\v 15 \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*! \w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,   
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\v 16 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w dread|strong="H1672"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w follow|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* heels \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* resolve \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*. \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w survive|strong="H8300"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H7760"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Just|strong="H2088"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w*, \w of|strong="H3068"\w* vilification \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.’ \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*!   
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\v 20 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceived|strong="H8582"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, ‘\w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* behalf, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* says, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.’   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*—\w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*—   
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\v 2 \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H2086"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’   
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\v 3 \w Rather|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w inciting|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Babylon!”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* command \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Instead|strong="H3947"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5080"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w whom|strong="H1397"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H1121"\w* remain \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w as|strong="H5315"\w* well \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w entered|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*:   
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\v 9 “\w In|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, \w pick|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stones \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w bury|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w clay|strong="H4423"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w brick|strong="H4404"\w* pavement \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* tell \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* stones \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* embedded, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w pavilion|strong="H8237"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* come \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* land \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, bringing \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* those destined \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* those destined \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* those destined \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w temples|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w temples|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* gods \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w wrap|strong="H5844"\w* \w himself|strong="H5844"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w wraps|strong="H5844"\w* \w himself|strong="H5844"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* garment, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w depart|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* unscathed.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* demolish \w the|strong="H7665"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* sun \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w temples|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*—\w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*, \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w*—\w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* lie \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*   
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\v 3 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* continuing \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* other gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* fathers \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Yet|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7925"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*.’   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* ears; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w other|strong="H1115"\w* gods.   
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\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w ruin|strong="H2723"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H3541"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* cutting \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* woman, \w child|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w infant|strong="H3243"\w*, \w leaving|strong="H3498"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w without|strong="H1115"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*?   
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\v 8 Why \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H3707"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w*? \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* object \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w among|strong="H2781"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
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\v 9 \w Have|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* wives, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* well \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* wives \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w humbled|strong="H1792"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* shown \w reverence|strong="H3372"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fathers.   
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\v 11 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7760"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* resolved \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H8552"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*. \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w*, \w of|strong="H6440"\w* vilification \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, just \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w reside|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w survive|strong="H8300"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w long|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w fugitives|strong="H6412"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5975"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*—\w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w*, \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*,   
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\v 16 “\w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*!   
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\v 17 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* vowed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* time \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w pouring|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H6999"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w lacked|strong="H2637"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H8552"\w* perishing \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.”   
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\v 19 “\w Moreover|strong="H3588"\w*,” said \w the|strong="H3588"\w* women, “\w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w*, \w was|strong="H8064"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* husbands’ knowledge \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* sacrificial \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* \w image|strong="H5262"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1397"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* women, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w answering|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*,   
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\v 21 “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land—\w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*?   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w acts|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w*, \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w befallen|strong="H7122"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* see \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wives, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w*: ‘\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w*.’ \w Go|strong="H6965"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6965"\w*, \w then|strong="H6965"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*! \w Keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*!   
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\v 26 \w Nevertheless|strong="H3651"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* never \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w invoke|strong="H7121"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*.’   
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\v 27 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w watching|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w meet|strong="H8552"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*, \w Mine|strong="H3045"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w theirs|strong="H1992"\w*!   
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\v 29 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sign \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w threats|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6548"\w* \w Hophra|strong="H6548"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, just \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* enemy \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dictation|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*:   
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\v 3 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘Woe \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w added|strong="H3254"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w worn|strong="H3021"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* groaning \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*.’”   
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\v 4 \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Baruch: “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* demolish \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w uproot|strong="H5428"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*? Stop \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H1320"\w* \w creature|strong="H5315"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* war.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*—\w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*   
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\v 2 \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w which|strong="H2428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Carchemish|strong="H3751"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:   
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\v 3 “Deploy \w your|strong="H5066"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, small \w and|strong="H4043"\w* \w large|strong="H6793"\w*; advance \w for|strong="H6186"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*!   
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\v 4 Harness \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; \w mount|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w steeds|strong="H6571"\w*; \w take|strong="H3320"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* positions \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w helmets|strong="H3553"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w*! \w Polish|strong="H4838"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*; \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w armor|strong="H3847"\w*!   
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\v 5 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*? \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2844"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* retreating; \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w defeated|strong="H3807"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* haste \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w*; \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*!” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3027"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3027"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*! \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w*, \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* churn?   
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\v 8 \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w rises|strong="H5927"\w* \w like|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* churn \w like|strong="H5892"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*, boasting, ‘\w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*; \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3680"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*.’   
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\v 9 Advance, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*! \w Race|strong="H1984"\w* furiously, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*! Let \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*—\w Cush|strong="H3568"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w Put|strong="H6316"\w* carrying \w their|strong="H3318"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1368"\w* Lydia drawing \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w foes|strong="H6862"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* devour \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* quenched \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* hold \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*! \w In|strong="H5927"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* try \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w remedies|strong="H7499"\w*, \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w healing|strong="H8585"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w outcry|strong="H6682"\w* \w fills|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w* \w stumbles|strong="H3782"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w This|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w coming|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*:   
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\v 14 “\w Announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*; \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*: ‘\w Take|strong="H3320"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* positions \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3559"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* devours \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* warriors \w been|strong="H3068"\w* laid low? \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w thrust|strong="H1920"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w down|strong="H1920"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*; \w indeed|strong="H1571"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w one|strong="H7453"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! \w Let|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* \w birth|strong="H4138"\w*, \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H3238"\w*.’   
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\v 17 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5674"\w*: ‘\w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H5674"\w* \w noise|strong="H7588"\w*; \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* let \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w* \w among|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Pack|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w bags|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* laid \w waste|strong="H8047"\w*, \w destroyed|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w uninhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* beautiful \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w*, but \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gadfly \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H6828"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* coming \w against|strong="H4714"\w* her.   
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\v 21 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mercenaries \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w fattened|strong="H4770"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w*; \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* ground, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* calamity \w is|strong="H3117"\w* coming \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*—\w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w*.   
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\v 22 Egypt \w will|strong="H2428"\w* hiss \w like|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fleeing \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy \w will|strong="H2428"\w* advance \w in|strong="H3212"\w* force; \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w axes|strong="H7134"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2428"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H6086"\w* \w woodsmen|strong="H2404"\w* cutting \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* chop \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w her|strong="H3772"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, dense \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w more|strong="H7231"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7231"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* locusts; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w counted|strong="H4557"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* shame; she \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, says: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* Amon \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Thebes|strong="H4996"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* gods \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*—\w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, Egypt \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w inhabited|strong="H7931"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w old|strong="H6924"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w My|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* place, \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*! \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w ease|strong="H7599"\w*, \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H2729"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w means|strong="H5352"\w* \w leave|strong="H5352"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w becoming|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w torrent|strong="H5158"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w fullness|strong="H4393"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*   
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\v 3 \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w galloping|strong="H8161"\w* \w hooves|strong="H6541"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w stallions|strong="H7393"\w*, \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w rumbling|strong="H7494"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* clatter \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w*. \w The|strong="H3027"\w* fathers \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* hang limp.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* come \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w* \w ally|strong="H5826"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coasts \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Caphtor|strong="H3731"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* people \w of|strong="H6010"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w shave|strong="H1413"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* heads \w in|strong="H7611"\w* mourning; Ashkelon \w will|strong="H5704"\w* be \w silenced|strong="H1820"\w*. \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H6010"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w how|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w gash|strong="H1413"\w* yourself?   
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\v 6 ‘\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*? Return \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheath|strong="H8593"\w*; \w cease|strong="H1826"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H1826"\w*!’   
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\v 7 How can \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*? \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w against|strong="H6680"\w* Ashkelon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w shore|strong="H2348"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3220"\w* coastland.”   
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\v 1 \w Concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w devastated|strong="H7703"\w*. \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* disgraced; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fortress \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* dismantled.   
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\v 2 There \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H3772"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3772"\w*: ‘\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w her|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* nationhood.’ \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Madmen|strong="H4086"\w*, \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w silenced|strong="H1826"\w*; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w pursue|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w cries|strong="H6963"\w* \w out|strong="H1419"\w* \w from|strong="H6963"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w*: ‘\w Devastation|strong="H7701"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*!’   
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\v 4 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w be|strong="H2201"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w*; \w her|strong="H8085"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* \w ones|strong="H6810"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* out.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Luhith|strong="H3872"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w weep|strong="H1065"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1065"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w descent|strong="H4174"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* cries \w of|strong="H4608"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* resound \w over|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*:   
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\v 6 ‘\w Flee|strong="H5127"\w*! \w Run|strong="H5127"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*! \w Become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w juniper|strong="H6176"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.’   
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\v 7 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3162"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* treasures, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* move \w against|strong="H5892"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* said.   
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\v 9 \w Put|strong="H5414"\w* salt \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w*; \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 10 Cursed \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* remiss \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cursed \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w withholds|strong="H4513"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w bloodshed|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w ease|strong="H7599"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, \w settled|strong="H5975"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w wine|strong="H8105"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w dregs|strong="H8105"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* poured \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w flavor|strong="H2940"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w aroma|strong="H7381"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* unchanged.   
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\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w wanderers|strong="H6808"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pour \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w empty|strong="H7324"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w jars|strong="H5035"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, just \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed \w when|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.   
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\v 14 How can you say, ‘We \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*, \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* ready \w for|strong="H2428"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*’?   
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\v 15 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w*; \w the|strong="H5002"\w* best \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w young|strong="H4005"\w* \w men|strong="H6635"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*’s \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* his \w affliction|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* rushing \w swiftly|strong="H3966"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H5797"\w* \w scepter|strong="H4294"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w staff|strong="H4294"\w*!   
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\v 18 \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*; \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w parched|strong="H6772"\w* \w ground|strong="H6772"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w watch|strong="H6822"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w dweller|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*! \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* man \w fleeing|strong="H5127"\w* \w or|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* woman escaping, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*?’   
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\v 20 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* put \w to|strong="H5046"\w* shame, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w been|strong="H2865"\w* \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w*. \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w* \w and|strong="H2865"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w*! \w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w by|strong="H4124"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Arnon \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w has|strong="H4941"\w* \w come|strong="H4941"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* high \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*—\w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w*, \w Jahzah|strong="H3096"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w Mephaath|strong="H4158"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, \w and|strong="H5015"\w* \w Beth-diblathaim|strong="H1015"\w*,   
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\v 23 \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w*, \w Beth-gamul|strong="H1014"\w*, \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-meon|strong="H1010"\w*,   
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\v 24 \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w*, \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w off|strong="H1438"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 26 “\w Make|strong="H1431"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wallow|strong="H5606"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* object \w of|strong="H1697"\w* ridicule? \w Was|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shake|strong="H5110"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* head.   
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\v 28 \w Abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwellers|strong="H7931"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*! \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w nests|strong="H7077"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cave.   
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\v 29 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H1343"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*’s pomposity, \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* conceit, \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w arrogance|strong="H1346"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w haughtiness|strong="H7312"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* insolence,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w futile|strong="H3808"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* boasting \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* empty \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* deeds.   
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\v 31 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w moan|strong="H1897"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kir-heres|strong="H7025"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w*, \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*. \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w tendrils|strong="H5189"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* extended \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w reach|strong="H5060"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w has|strong="H7703"\w* descended \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w grape|strong="H1210"\w* \w harvest|strong="H1210"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H8057"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* \w are|strong="H1524"\w* \w removed|strong="H7673"\w* \w from|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* orchard \w and|strong="H8057"\w* \w from|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w fields|strong="H3759"\w* \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* flow \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w from|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w presses|strong="H3342"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w treads|strong="H1869"\w* \w them|strong="H1869"\w* \w with|strong="H1869"\w* \w shouts|strong="H1959"\w* \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*; \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w shouts|strong="H1959"\w* \w are|strong="H1524"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Elealeh; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* Eglath-shelishiyah; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Nimrim|strong="H5249"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w dried|strong="H4923"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w an|strong="H7673"\w* \w end|strong="H7673"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7673"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* gods.   
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\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w laments|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flute|strong="H2485"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w laments|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flute|strong="H2485"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kir-heres|strong="H7025"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wealth \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w acquired|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* perished.   
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\v 37 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* shaved \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w clipped|strong="H1639"\w*; \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gash, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooftops|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* public \w squares|strong="H7339"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w like|strong="H4124"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* unwanted \w jar|strong="H3627"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 39 “How \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w* \w it|strong="H5439"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w*! How \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*! How \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* shame! \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w object|strong="H4288"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* ridicule \w and|strong="H6437"\w* horror \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w swoops|strong="H1675"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spreads|strong="H6566"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.   
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\v 41 Kirioth \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w strongholds|strong="H4679"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w*. \w In|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*’s \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w labor|strong="H6887"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* vaunted \w himself|strong="H1431"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w Terror|strong="H6343"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* await \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w dweller|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 44 “Whoever flees \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w panic|strong="H6343"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* whoever \w climbs|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 45 “\w Those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w helpless|strong="H3581"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*’s \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* fire \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* within \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* devours \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreheads|strong="H6936"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* skulls \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w tumult|strong="H7588"\w*.   
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\v 46 Woe \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*! \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* perished; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* exile \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* gone \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* latter \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Here|strong="H2008"\w* \w ends|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Has|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w heir|strong="H3423"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* Milcom \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*?   
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\v 2 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sound|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w cry|strong="H8643"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*. \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heap|strong="H8510"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* ruins, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drive|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* dispossessors, \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* been \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*; \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6817"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*! \w Put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w*; \w run|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7751"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w forth|strong="H7751"\w* within \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w walls|strong="H1448"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* Milcom \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H1984"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*—\w your|strong="H1984"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w* so fruitful, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithless|strong="H7728"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? \w You|strong="H4100"\w* trust \w in|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H1984"\w* riches \w and|strong="H1323"\w* say, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* come against \w me|strong="H4100"\w*?’   
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\v 5 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w terror|strong="H6343"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w headlong|strong="H6440"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w regather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fugitives|strong="H5074"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* afterward \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Concerning|strong="H3068"\w* Edom, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* no \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*? \w Has|strong="H3068"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* perished \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* prudent? \w Has|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w decayed|strong="H5628"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w*! Lie low, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* dwellers \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3427"\w* \w bring|strong="H6485"\w* disaster \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 If grape \w gatherers|strong="H1219"\w* \w came|strong="H7843"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, would \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w some|strong="H5955"\w* \w gleanings|strong="H5955"\w*? \w Were|strong="H7604"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* come \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, would \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* steal only \w what|strong="H1767"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* wanted?   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w strip|strong="H1540"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w bare|strong="H2834"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w hiding|strong="H4565"\w* \w places|strong="H4565"\w*, \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w conceal|strong="H2247"\w* \w himself|strong="H1540"\w*. \w His|strong="H1540"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w* \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H1540"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*, \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w preserve|strong="H2421"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w lives|strong="H2421"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* widows trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deserve|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* possibly \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w too|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* Myself \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruin|strong="H2723"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H8052"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w envoy|strong="H6735"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*: “\w Assemble|strong="H6908"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* march \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*! \w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*!”   
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\v 15 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* among \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, despised among men.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w terror|strong="H8606"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* cause \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwellers|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w clefts|strong="H2288"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* occupiers \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* mountain summit. \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* elevate \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 “Edom \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* scoff \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w overthrown|strong="H4114"\w* along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*,” says \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w thickets|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* watered \w pasture|strong="H7462"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w instant|strong="H7280"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* chase Edom \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chosen \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* challenge \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*? \w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w drawn|strong="H5498"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Edom \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* strategies \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*: \w Surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* \w ones|strong="H6810"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w away|strong="H3289"\w*; \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H5116"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H8074"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w At|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w quake|strong="H7493"\w*; \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* resound \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w An|strong="H1961"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* soar \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w swoop|strong="H1675"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w*, \w spreading|strong="H6566"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Edom’s \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w labor|strong="H6887"\w*.   
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\v 23 Concerning \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: “\w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* Arpad \w are|strong="H3808"\w* put \w to|strong="H3201"\w* shame, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* agitated \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w anxiety|strong="H1674"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w calmed|strong="H8252"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w has|strong="H6869"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*; she \w has|strong="H6869"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*. \w Panic|strong="H7374"\w* \w has|strong="H6869"\w* \w gripped|strong="H2388"\w* \w her|strong="H3205"\w*; \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w pain|strong="H2256"\w* \w have|strong="H6437"\w* \w seized|strong="H2388"\w* \w her|strong="H3205"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H2388"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*.   
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\v 25 How \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*, \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w town|strong="H7151"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* brings \w Me|strong="H5800"\w* \w joy|strong="H4885"\w*?   
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\v 26 \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w silenced|strong="H1826"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 27 “I \w will|strong="H2346"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w to|strong="H1834"\w* \w the|strong="H3341"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; \w it|strong="H1130"\w* \w will|strong="H2346"\w* consume \w the|strong="H3341"\w* fortresses \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, advance \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*!   
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\v 29 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w goods|strong="H3627"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* shout \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*: ‘\w Terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*!’   
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\v 30 \w Run|strong="H5127"\w*! \w Escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w quickly|strong="H3966"\w*! Lie low, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H3068"\w* drawn \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strategy|strong="H6098"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, advance \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w ease|strong="H7961"\w*, \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwells|strong="H3427"\w* securely,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* alone.   
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\v 32 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* large \w herds|strong="H4735"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* direction \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* shave \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w temples|strong="H6285"\w*; \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* calamity \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H6285"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w sides|strong="H5676"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 33 “\w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w haunt|strong="H4583"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 34 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shatter|strong="H7665"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*’s \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* mainstay \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* four \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* \w against|strong="H7307"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* four \w corners|strong="H7098"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*’s exiles \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shatter|strong="H2865"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* foes, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w finish|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w its|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 39 “\w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* last \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w banner|strong="H5251"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*; \w hold|strong="H3582"\w* nothing back \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* say, ‘Babylon \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*; \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* shame; \w Marduk|strong="H4781"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w*, \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w images|strong="H6091"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* disgraced, \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w broken|strong="H2865"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*.’   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*; \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H7896"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* land \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*; \w both|strong="H5921"\w* man \w and|strong="H1980"\w* beast \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flee|strong="H5110"\w*.”   
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\v 4 “\w In|strong="H1980"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w join|strong="H3867"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* lost \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*; \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w led|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*, \w causing|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* roam \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w wandered|strong="H8582"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*; \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w resting|strong="H7258"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* devoured \w them|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* guilty, \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H5116"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fathers.’   
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\v 8 \w Flee|strong="H5110"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Babylon; \w depart|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*; \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* he-goats \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w lead|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stir|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w line|strong="H6186"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*; \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*. \w Their|strong="H7725"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* skilled \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w who|strong="H1368"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w empty-handed|strong="H7387"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plundered|strong="H7997"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fill|strong="H7646"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* sing \w in|strong="H8055"\w* \w triumph|strong="H5937"\w*—\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w plunder|strong="H8154"\w* \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*—\w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* frolic \w like|strong="H5159"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* treading grain \w and|strong="H8055"\w* \w neigh|strong="H6670"\w* \w like|strong="H5159"\w* stallions,   
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\v 12 \w your|strong="H2009"\w* mother \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H2659"\w*; she \w who|strong="H1471"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H2659"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, she \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* least \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*; \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w horrified|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Line|strong="H6186"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w formation|strong="H6186"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* Babylon, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w draw|strong="H6186"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*! \w Shoot|strong="H3034"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*! \w Spare|strong="H2550"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* war \w cry|strong="H7321"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*! \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w thrown|strong="H2040"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* surrender; \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w towers|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*; \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w torn|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*. \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w take|strong="H5358"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*; \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sower|strong="H2232"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* one \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w wields|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sickle|strong="H4038"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*. \w In|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H3238"\w*’s \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* \w flock|strong="H7716"\w*, \w chased|strong="H5080"\w* \w away|strong="H5080"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* lions. \w The|strong="H5019"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* devour \w him|strong="H5080"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria; \w the|strong="H5019"\w* last \w to|strong="H3478"\w* crush \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w bones|strong="H6105"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* land \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w pasture|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w graze|strong="H7462"\w* \w on|strong="H7462"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* \w on|strong="H7462"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* preserve.   
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\v 21 \w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Merathaim|strong="H4850"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Pekod|strong="H6489"\w*. \w Kill|strong="H2717"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w devote|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2763"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w The|strong="H6963"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* land—\w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
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\v 23 How \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w lies|strong="H1961"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w*! What \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* among \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!   
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\v 24 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w laid|strong="H3369"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H3369"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* challenged \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w armory|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2195"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Come|strong="H1961"\w* against \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w farthest|strong="H7093"\w* \w border|strong="H7093"\w*. \w Break|strong="H6605"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* granaries; \w pile|strong="H5549"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \w up|strong="H5549"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* mounds \w of|strong="H7611"\w* \w grain|strong="H6194"\w*. \w Devote|strong="H2763"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2763"\w*; leave \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w survivors|strong="H7611"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Kill|strong="H2717"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H6499"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w*; \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*. \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fugitives|strong="H6412"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refugees|strong="H6412"\w* \w from|strong="H5127"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon, \w declaring|strong="H5046"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Summon|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w archers|strong="H7198"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* string \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*. \w Encamp|strong="H2583"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*; \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6918"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*. \w Repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H6467"\w*; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* defied \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w silenced|strong="H1826"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 31 “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H6485"\w* \w against|strong="H2005"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H2087"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H6635"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H2087"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* pick \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* consume \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w captors|strong="H7617"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w fast|strong="H2388"\w*, \w refusing|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w release|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*; \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fervently \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H7379"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7280"\w* \w rest|strong="H7280"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w turmoil|strong="H7264"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 35 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H2719"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* her false prophets, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w become|strong="H2973"\w* \w fools|strong="H2973"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H2719"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* her \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* filled \w with|strong="H1368"\w* terror.   
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\v 37 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H6154"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w midst|strong="H8432"\w*, \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* women. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* treasuries, \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* plundered.   
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\v 38 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w drought|strong="H2721"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w upon|strong="H1984"\w* \w her|strong="H3001"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w graven|strong="H6456"\w* \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w go|strong="H1984"\w* \w mad|strong="H1984"\w* \w over|strong="H1984"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w desert|strong="H6728"\w* creatures \w and|strong="H3427"\w* hyenas \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w ostriches|strong="H3284"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H4114"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H4428"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* ends \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* earth.   
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\v 42 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w grasp|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* cruel \w and|strong="H6963"\w* merciless. \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w roars|strong="H1993"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w lined|strong="H3591"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w formation|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 43 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w report|strong="H8088"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w hang|strong="H7503"\w* \w limp|strong="H7503"\w*. \w Anguish|strong="H6869"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w gripped|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, \w pain|strong="H2427"\w* like \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w thickets|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* watered \w pasture|strong="H7462"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w instant|strong="H7280"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* chase Babylon \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chosen \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* challenge \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*? \w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*?”   
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\v 45 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w drawn|strong="H5498"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* strategies \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5116"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: \w Surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* \w ones|strong="H6810"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w away|strong="H3289"\w*; \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H5116"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H8074"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w At|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* Babylon’s \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w quake|strong="H7493"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* among \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stir|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Leb-kamai \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7843"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w winnow|strong="H2219"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w empty|strong="H1238"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* land; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* let \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w archer|strong="H1869"\w* \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w or|strong="H2550"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* armor. \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* young \w men|strong="H3605"\w*; \w devote|strong="H2763"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2763"\w*!   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H2351"\w* \w will|strong="H2491"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* land \w of|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w pierced|strong="H1856"\w* \w through|strong="H1856"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* her \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* guilt \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* Babylon! \w Escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*! \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1826"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w deserves|strong="H1576"\w*.   
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\v 7 Babylon \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w making|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3068"\w* \w mad|strong="H1984"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H3947"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* been \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w*. \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*; \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*; perhaps \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* Babylon, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H4941"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*. \w Abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w*! \w Let|strong="H5800"\w* each \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* own \w land|strong="H8064"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w extends|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w reaches|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w*.”   
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\v 10 “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w vindication|strong="H6666"\w*; \w come|strong="H3318"\w*, let \w us|strong="H5608"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* accomplished.”   
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\v 11 \w Sharpen|strong="H1305"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*! \w Fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w quivers|strong="H7982"\w*! \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w aroused|strong="H5782"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* plan \w is|strong="H3068"\w* aimed \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w banner|strong="H5251"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon; \w post|strong="H4929"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w*; \w station|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H8104"\w*; \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ambush. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w devised|strong="H2161"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 13 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, rich \w in|strong="H5921"\w* treasures, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w has|strong="H7093"\w* come; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* thread \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* life \w is|strong="H7093"\w* cut.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Himself|strong="H5315"\w*: “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w men|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H1959"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* triumph \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w His|strong="H5186"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w thunders|strong="H6963"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w roar|strong="H1995"\w*; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* generates \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w brings|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* storehouses.   
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\v 17 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* devoid \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*; \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H1197"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* shame \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w molten|strong="H5262"\w* \w images|strong="H6459"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fraud, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* mocked. \w In|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6486"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6486"\w* perish.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Maker|strong="H3335"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 20 “\w You|strong="H7843"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w My|strong="H7843"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* club, \w My|strong="H7843"\w* \w weapon|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w With|strong="H3627"\w* \w you|strong="H7843"\w* \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w you|strong="H7843"\w* \w I|strong="H5310"\w* bring \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7843"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w With|strong="H5483"\w* you \w I|strong="H7393"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H7392"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w rider|strong="H7392"\w*; \w with|strong="H5483"\w* you \w I|strong="H7393"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H7392"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* driver.   
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\v 22 \w With|strong="H2205"\w* \w you|strong="H2205"\w* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* woman; \w with|strong="H2205"\w* \w you|strong="H2205"\w* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H5310"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H5310"\w* \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*; \w with|strong="H2205"\w* \w you|strong="H2205"\w* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H5310"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H5310"\w* \w maiden|strong="H1330"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w With|strong="H7462"\w* you \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H7462"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \w his|strong="H7462"\w* \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*; \w with|strong="H7462"\w* you \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H7462"\w* farmer \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \w his|strong="H7462"\w* \w oxen|strong="H6776"\w*; \w with|strong="H7462"\w* you \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w shatter|strong="H5310"\w* \w the|strong="H7462"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Before|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dwellers \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 25 “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w devastate|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*; \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cliffs|strong="H5553"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* charred \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* retrieve \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="H6438"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foundation stone, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 27 “\w Raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w banner|strong="H5251"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land! \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*! \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Summon|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w*—Ararat, \w Minni|strong="H4508"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* Ashkenaz. \w Appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w captain|strong="H2951"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w*; \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w like|strong="H5927"\w* swarming \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* battle \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H4475"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w quakes|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w writhes|strong="H2342"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w intentions|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*: \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H7665"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w*; \w they|strong="H4908"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H7665"\w* \w strongholds|strong="H4679"\w*. \w Their|strong="H7665"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H1961"\w*; \w they|strong="H4908"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* women. Babylon’s \w homes|strong="H4908"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* ablaze, \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* gates \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w One|strong="H3588"\w* \w courier|strong="H7323"\w* races \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w another|strong="H5046"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* follows \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w*, \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5046"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H8313"\w* \w fords|strong="H4569"\w* have been \w seized|strong="H8610"\w*, \w the|strong="H8313"\w* marshes set \w on|strong="H4421"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w are|strong="H4421"\w* terrified.”   
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\v 33 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w trampled|strong="H1869"\w*. \w In|strong="H3478"\w* just \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w*.”   
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\v 34 “\w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w devoured|strong="H1104"\w* \w me|strong="H1740"\w*; \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w crushed|strong="H2000"\w* \w me|strong="H1740"\w*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H3322"\w* \w me|strong="H1740"\w* aside \w like|strong="H4390"\w* \w an|strong="H4428"\w* \w empty|strong="H7385"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*; \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w me|strong="H1740"\w* \w like|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w monster|strong="H8577"\w*; \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H4390"\w* \w belly|strong="H3770"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w my|strong="H4390"\w* \w delicacies|strong="H5730"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* vomited \w me|strong="H1740"\w* \w out|strong="H7385"\w*.   
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\v 35 May \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* done \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w flesh|strong="H7607"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon,” says \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dweller|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. “May \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* dwellers \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w*,” says \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H7379"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5358"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* behalf; \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w her|strong="H3001"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3001"\w* \w her|strong="H3001"\w* \w springs|strong="H4726"\w* \w run|strong="H3001"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*.   
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\v 37 Babylon \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* rubble, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w haunt|strong="H4583"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*, \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w object|strong="H8047"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* scorn, \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w They|strong="H3162"\w* \w will|strong="H3162"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w like|strong="H3162"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*; \w they|strong="H3162"\w* \w will|strong="H3162"\w* \w growl|strong="H5286"\w* \w like|strong="H3162"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w cubs|strong="H1484"\w*.   
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\v 39 While \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* flushed \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w heat|strong="H2527"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H7896"\w* \w them|strong="H7896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7896"\w* \w them|strong="H7896"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* revel; \w then|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w asleep|strong="H8142"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H7896"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 40 I \w will|strong="H3381"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w*, \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w rams|strong="H3733"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w male|strong="H6260"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w*.   
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\v 41 How \w Sheshach|strong="H8347"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w*. What \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horror|strong="H8047"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H8347"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* among \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!   
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\v 42 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w has|strong="H3220"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon; \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1995"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* turbulent \w waves|strong="H1530"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* arid \w land|strong="H6723"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w make|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* spew \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1105"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w stream|strong="H5102"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w Come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w*, \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*! \w Save|strong="H4422"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H8432"\w*, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* let \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w grow|strong="H7401"\w* \w faint|strong="H7401"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rumor|strong="H8052"\w* \w is|strong="H3824"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land; \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rumor|strong="H8052"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* come \w one|strong="H8085"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*—\w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w another|strong="H8052"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*—\w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Babylon. \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w suffer|strong="H6485"\w* shame, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w lie|strong="H5307"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 48 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w joy|strong="H7442"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7703"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 49 “Babylon \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* account \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 50 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w depart|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1980"\w* linger! \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w let|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w mind|strong="H3824"\w*.”   
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\v 51 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ashamed \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*; \w disgrace|strong="H3639"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 52 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* land \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* groan.   
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\v 53 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* Babylon \w ascends|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fortifies \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w lofty|strong="H4791"\w* \w stronghold|strong="H5797"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7703"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 54 “\w The|strong="H6963"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* comes \w from|strong="H6963"\w* Babylon, \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w from|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* land \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*!   
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\v 55 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* Babylon; \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* silence \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H1993"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tumult|strong="H7588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* resound.   
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\v 56 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* coming \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*—\w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon. \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H2865"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* retribution; \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w full|strong="H7999"\w*.   
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\v 57 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7937"\w* \w her|strong="H7937"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7937"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w*, \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w asleep|strong="H8142"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w*,” \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.   
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\v 58 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “Babylon’s \w thick|strong="H7342"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* leveled, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3341"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* consumed \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w labor|strong="H3021"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H7385"\w*; \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* exhaust themselves \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fuel \w the|strong="H3541"\w* flames.”   
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\v 59 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w quartermaster|strong="H8269"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahseiah|strong="H4271"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.   
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\v 60 \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H3414"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* single \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* come \w upon|strong="H7451"\w* Babylon—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3789"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3414"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 61 \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* get \w to|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* aloud,   
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\v 62 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w*—\w neither|strong="H1115"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w nor|strong="H1115"\w* beast. \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.’   
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\v 63 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w finish|strong="H3615"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*, \w tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.   
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\v 64 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w sink|strong="H8257"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w grow|strong="H3286"\w* \w weary|strong="H3286"\w*.’” \w Here|strong="H2008"\w* end \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-one|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H6667"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Zedekiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* banished \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Zedekiah’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon marched \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w outside|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w siege|strong="H1785"\w* \w wall|strong="H1785"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* kept under \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w By|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* land \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w breached|strong="H1234"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* though \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H2346"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* headed \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w deserted|strong="H6327"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* Chaldeans \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, where \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* Zedekiah.   
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\v 10 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, bound \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* shackles, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon, \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w custody|strong="H6486"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* dying \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w On|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nineteenth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s reign \w over|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* servant \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w entered|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w every|strong="H3605"\w* significant building.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w under|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w along|strong="H5307"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w deserters|strong="H5307"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w defected|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* craftsmen.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H7227"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5018"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w behind|strong="H7604"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5018"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5018"\w* land \w to|strong="H7227"\w* tend \w the|strong="H5018"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H7227"\w* fields.   
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\v 17 Moreover, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stands|strong="H4350"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, wick trimmers, sprinkling \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, dishes, \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w used|strong="H8334"\w* \w in|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w service|strong="H8334"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w*, \w censers|strong="H4289"\w*, sprinkling \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w lampstands|strong="H4501"\w*, \w pans|strong="H3709"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w drink|strong="H4518"\w* \w offering|strong="H4518"\w* \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*—anything \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* pure \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w fine|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* movable \w stands|strong="H4350"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w beyond|strong="H3808"\w* measure.   
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\v 21 \w Each|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* cubits \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* cubits \w in|strong="H5437"\w* \w circumference|strong="H5437"\w*; \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w hollow|strong="H5014"\w*, four fingers \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w* \w atop|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H2568"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*, \w was|strong="H6967"\w* similar.   
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\v 23 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* capital \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w ninety-six|strong="H8337"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w rank|strong="H4932"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w doorkeepers|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w official|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6635"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* well \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* trusted \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w advisers|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* enlisted \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.   
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\v 27 There \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*, \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* own land.   
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\v 28 \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w*: \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, 3,023 \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*;   
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\v 29 \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, 832 \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;   
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\v 30 \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* 745 \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*. So \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, 4,600 \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H5315"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w On|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twenty-fifth|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w thirty-seventh|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w exile|strong="H1546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w first|strong="H7218"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Evil-merodach \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w pardoned|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w released|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Jehoiachin \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 33 \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8138"\w* \w changed|strong="H8138"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* clothes, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* dined \w regularly|strong="H8548"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*’s \w table|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* Jehoiachin \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w portion|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.