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\h JEREMIAH 
\toc1 Jeremiah 
\toc2 Jeremiah 
\toc3 Jer 
\mt2 This book is the account of Jeremiah foretelling about God punishing the Israeli people because they rejected him and would not repent. We call this book  
\mt1 Jeremiah  
\c 1  
\s1 Introduction  
\p
\v 1  \add I\add*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \add am writing\add* these \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*. \add I am\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* area \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \add lives\add*.  
\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H4427"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* 13 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H5704"\w* messages \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6249"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* August \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*/\w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* prisoners► \add to Babylonia\add*.   
\s1 Yahweh chose Jeremiah to be his prophet  
\p
\v 4  \add One day\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:   
\q1
\v 5 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \add finished\add* \w forming|strong="H3335"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w mother|strong="H7358"\w*’s \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*.  
\q2 \w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\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*/chose \w you|strong="H5414"\w*►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \add my\add* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*  
\q2 \add whose messages would be\add* \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \add all\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \add not qualified to\add* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \add for you\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w*!”   
\p
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \add to whom you will speak\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add from being harmed by them\add*. \add This will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \add it was as though\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\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 Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*! \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w putting|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*/telling \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \w speak|strong="H1697"\w*►.  
\v 10 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H6485"\w* appointing \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* warn \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* completely \w destroy|strong="H5422"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3117"\w* [DOU] \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w establish|strong="H5193"\w* [MET] others \w and|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* strong.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\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*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H1697"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* branch \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w almond|strong="H8247"\w* \w tree|strong="H8247"\w*.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w correct|strong="H3190"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add because the word for ‘almond’ resembles the word for ‘watching’\add*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* means \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w watching|strong="H8245"\w* \add what will happen\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* certain \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add about destroying nations\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add now\add*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H1697"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w boiling|strong="H5301"\w* \add water\add* [MTY]. \w It|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* tipping \add toward me\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\add Yes! It means that\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w great|strong="H7451"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*/\w destruction|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add spread\add* [MET] \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* land, \add like boiling water\add* [MET] pouring \add from a pot\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say:  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w summoning|strong="H7121"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w will|strong="H3068"\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 gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah\add*.  
\q2 \add Their armies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* attack \add and break down\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add they will do the same thing to\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* punish [MTY] \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* gods/idols.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*!   
\p
\v 17 \w So|strong="H6435"\w*, \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w put|strong="H6680"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \add to get ready for action\add*! \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Judah \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 tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \add if you are afraid of them\add*, \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* truly \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*!  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w listen|strong="H2009"\w*! \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \add strong, like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w strong|strong="H4013"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \add as strong as\add* [MET] \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w None|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* oppose \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
\c 2  
\s1 The Israelis sinned in spite of God’s care for them  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*   
\q1
\v 2  \add to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this\add* [MET]:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* much wanted \w to|strong="H1980"\w* please \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \add long ago\add*.  
\q2 \add You tried to please me like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bride \add tries to please her husband\add*;  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* loved \w me|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 3  \add At that time you\add* Israelis ◄\w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H3478"\w* \w apart|strong="H6944"\w*/belonged \w only|strong="H3605"\w*► \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \add you belonged to me like\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w harvests|strong="H8393"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w* [MET].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* punish \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* harmed \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* people,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* truly \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* send \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\q2 \add That happened because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \add that it would happen\add*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 \w So|strong="H1697"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add descendants of\add* [MTY] \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY] \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,   
\q1
\v 5 listen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q2 “◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w sin|strong="H5766"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* commit [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*?/\w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* \w fault|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.►  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* worshiped \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w became|strong="H1891"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* say, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \add safely\add* \w out|strong="H3212"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*  
\q2 \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w pits|strong="H7745"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* water \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* very dangerous,  
\q2 \w through|strong="H5674"\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 lives|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w travels|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\q1 ◄\w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w*?/\w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* helping \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w*!► [RHQ]’   
\q1
\v 7 \w And|strong="H6529"\w* when \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* very \w fertile|strong="H3759"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5159"\w* order \w that|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* could enjoy \add all\add* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H6529"\w* \add other\add* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* would harvest,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H7760"\w* caused \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* promised \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w be|strong="H5159"\w* unfit \w for|strong="H2930"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6529"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w*/\w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add Your\add* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* say,  
\q2 ‘◄\w Where|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1980"\w*?/\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w helping|strong="H3276"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H1980"\w*!►’ [RHQ]  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w*/\w explain|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add want to\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add your\add* leaders \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \add Your\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* gave \w you|strong="H3045"\w* messages \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \add their god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w worthless|strong="H3808"\w* idols.”   
\s1 Yahweh accused the Israeli people  
\b  
\q1
\v 9 “\w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w accuse|strong="H7378"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* court.  
\q1 \add In future years\add*, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* wrong.  
\q1 \add That will happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \add that it will happen\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \add west\add* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* island \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="H3794"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \add east\add* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* \add land,\add*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* places,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \add from their countries\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H5674"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* wicked \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*!   
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* other \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] abandoned \w their|strong="H1992"\w* gods \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* thought \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* started \w to|strong="H5971"\w* worship gods \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w really|strong="H1992"\w* gods,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* worshiping gods \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \add It is as though everything in\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* surprised \w and|strong="H3068"\w* dismayed/\w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \add about what you have done\add*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* tremble \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w horrified|strong="H8074"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \add You\add*, \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w*:  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejected|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \add where you can obtain\add* \w fresh|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add are worshiping gods that are like\add* [MET] pits \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w cracked|strong="H7665"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w hold|strong="H3557"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w You|strong="H3478"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w*, \w you|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* certainly \w not|strong="H1961"\w* [RHQ] \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w born|strong="H3211"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* captured \add by your enemies\add*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add Your enemies\add* [MET] \w roared|strong="H7580"\w* \add like\add* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8047"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* land.  
\q1 \add Now\add* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* been \w burned|strong="H3341"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Tahpenes, \add cities in Egypt\add*, \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \add defeated you\add*  
\q2 \add and\add* \w shaved|strong="H7462"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* heads \add to show that you are their slaves\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w because|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* disasters \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* ◄\w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* trying \w to|strong="H4714"\w* make \w an|strong="H4714"\w* alliance \w with|strong="H4714"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H1870"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*?/\w it|strong="H4100"\w* \w certainly|strong="H8354"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* help \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* make \w an|strong="H4714"\w* alliance \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*► [RHQ].  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* trying \w to|strong="H4714"\w* make \w an|strong="H4714"\w* alliance \w with|strong="H4714"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H1870"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Assyria \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* near \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \add Euphrates\add* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*?   
\q1
\v 19  \add It is because\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \add very\add* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* condemn \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \add When I do that\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* painful \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* [DOU] \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* revere \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\q1 \add That will certainly happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w in|strong="H3068"\w* heaven, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w Long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* stopped obeying \add me\add* [MET], \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \add me\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* lead \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \add me\add*.  
\q1 \w Instead|strong="H8478"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* young women \w have|strong="H3605"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5921"\w* [EUP] \add men at those places\add*.   
\q1
\v 21  \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* grapevine \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*  
\q2 when \w it|strong="H2015"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cutting \w from|strong="H2233"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very good \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*.  
\q1 So now \w it|strong="H2015"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H2015"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rotten worthless \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* [MET] \w very|strong="H7235"\w* bad stains \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cloth,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* cannot get rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* stains \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H6440"\w* using \w very|strong="H7235"\w* strong \w soap|strong="H1287"\w*.  
\q1 \add This is true because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* say \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sinned.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* say ‘\w We|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worshiped \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.’  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \add the disgusting things that you do very eagerly\add* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \add Hinnom\add* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \add outside Jerusalem\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* desperate female \w camels|strong="H1072"\w*, \w running|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \add to find male camels to have sex with\add*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \add like\add* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* female \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* sniff \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w air|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* male \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w restrain|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* male \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H3286"\w* tired \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H2320"\w* mating time \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \add easily\add*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* constantly \w run|strong="H3212"\w* here \w and|strong="H3212"\w* there \add to find idols to worship\add*, \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* sandals \w are|strong="H7272"\w* worn \w out|strong="H3212"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* throats \w have|strong="H3588"\w* become dry.  
\q1 \add I told you to stop doing that\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* love \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* gods,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* worship \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
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\p
\v 26  \add Yahweh says this\add*:  
\q1 “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* robber \w is|strong="H3651"\w* disgraced \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w are|strong="H1992"\w* similarly disgraced.   
\q1
\v 27 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* say \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \add a piece of\add* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \add that is carved to become a sacred idol\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w*!’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \add that you have set up\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* mother!’  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* rejected [IDM] \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* experience \w troubles|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* cry \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] cry \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*?  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* gods \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add and towns\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* plead \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*?   
\b  
\q1
\v 29 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w complain|strong="H7378"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* wrong \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \add not to have rescued you\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4100"\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="H4100"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* punished some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* learn \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* doing \w that|strong="H5030"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \add sent to you\add*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] fierce lions \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \add other animals\add*.   
\b  
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\v 31 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, pay \w attention|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \add abandoned you\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \add left you\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w darkness|strong="H3991"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w say|strong="H1697"\w* ‘\w We|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* free \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s control;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* return \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add worship\add* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*’?   
\q1
\v 32 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* woman \w would|strong="H5971"\w* certainly never [RHQ] \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \add to wear\add* \w her|strong="H7911"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H5716"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* never [RHQ] \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* wear \w her|strong="H7911"\w* wedding dress,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|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 many|strong="H4557"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* know \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* easily \w find|strong="H1245"\w* \add gods from other countries\add* whom \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* love.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w find|strong="H1245"\w* \w them|strong="H3190"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* easily \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute \add can find men to sleep with\add*.   
\q1
\v 34 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* poor \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* murdered,  
\q2 \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w were|strong="H5315"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* wrong►,   
\q1
\v 35 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2398"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w is|strong="H2398"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.’  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* punish [MTY] \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add severely\add*  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* saying ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.’   
\b  
\q1
\v 36 \w Previously|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* requested \add the army of\add* Assyria \w to|strong="H4714"\w* help \w you|strong="H4100"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* able \w to|strong="H4714"\w* help \w you|strong="H4100"\w*.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* requested \add the army of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* help \w you|strong="H4100"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* able \w to|strong="H4714"\w* help \w you|strong="H4100"\w*, \w either|strong="H1571"\w*.   
\q1
\v 37 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add their prisoners\add* [MTY],  
\q2 \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Egypt, \add very ashamed\add* \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 heads|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\q1 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \add nations\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* relying \w on|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\c 3  
\q1
\v 1 “\add Moses wrote that\add* \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 then|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* marries \w another|strong="H7453"\w* man,  
\q2 \w her|strong="H7971"\w* first \w husband|strong="H7453"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \add to be his wife\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H2181"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ] \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* whole nation \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \add idols than\add* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* slept \w with|strong="H1980"\w*!  
\q2 \w So|strong="H1980"\w*, \add why should I accept you if\add* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*?” [RHQ] \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren hilltops.  
\q2 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3427"\w* hilltop \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] \add idols that you have worshiped\add*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* lovers \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* sex.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* roadsides \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H5375"\w* \w Arab|strong="H6163"\w*, waiting \add to attack and steal things from\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* pass \w by|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* worshiping \w idols|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add entire\add* land \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w That|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sent \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w rain|strong="H4456"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* times \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* year \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* needed \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* [MET]  
\q2 \w who|strong="H3637"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* all \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \add for what they have done\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* each \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* says \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H6258"\w* father!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* loved \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w since|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* young!   
\q1
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w angry|strong="H5201"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!’  
\q1 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* quit sinning!”   
\s1 Israel’s idolatry  
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\v 6  \add One day\add* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w Yahweh|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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w her|strong="H3605"\w* husband \w and|strong="H1980"\w* sleeps \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* hilltop \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* big \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* worshiped idols \w there|strong="H8033"\w* [MET].  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* thought \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*!’ \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \add to other countries, like a man\add* writes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w note|strong="H7200"\w* saying \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* divorcing \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* sends \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* adultery [MET].  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \add of what I will do to them\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \add have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like\add* women \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* husbands \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* [MET].  
\v 9 \w They|strong="H5003"\w* thought \w that|strong="H6086"\w* worshiping idols \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* matter \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5003"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \add entire\add* land unacceptable \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* worshiping idols \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* stone.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w pretended|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w really|strong="H7725"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \add This is true because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H4878"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* what \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* worse.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w merciful|strong="H2623"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w continue|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H5201"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w admit|strong="H8085"\w*/\w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w guilty|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\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 me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped idols \w under|strong="H8478"\w* big \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H3947"\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* \add each\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \add each\add* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Jerusalem  
\q2 \add from the countries to which you were exiled\add*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add If you do that\add*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* leaders \w with|strong="H3820"\w* whom \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am pleased,  
\q2 leaders \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* guide \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add well\add* because \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* know \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* \add what pleases me\add*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* [DOU] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* talk \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Sacred Chest \w that|strong="H3588"\w* contained \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Ten Commandments.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new \w one|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add the place where\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*.”  
\q1 \add People from\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* stubbornly \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* desire.   
\q1
\v 18 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* people [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* return \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add being ◄exiled/forced to live► in\add* lands \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* northeast.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* return \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* ancestors \w to|strong="H3478"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \add forever\add*.   
\p
\v 19 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* accept \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add this\add* delightful \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w desirable|strong="H2532"\w*/\w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H7121"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*!  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wanted \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* ‘\w father|strong="H1121"\w*’,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wanted \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* wives \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w their|strong="H3068"\w* husbands.’ ”  
\q2 \add That is what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add I told it\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 21 \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren hilltops.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w made|strong="H5753"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* pleading \add for God to be merciful to them\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w admitting|strong="H5753"\w*/\w saying|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1870"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* behaving \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*!  
\q2 \add If you do that\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* never \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”  
\b  
\q1 \add The people will reply\add*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 We \w did|strong="H3478"\w* not get any \w help|strong="H8668"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \add the idols that we worshiped on\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hilltops;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* not get any \w help|strong="H8668"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* making \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w noise|strong="H1995"\w* up \w there|strong="H2022"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* time \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w shameful|strong="H1322"\w* \add god Baal\add* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* taken away \add from us\add* everything \w that|strong="H1121"\w* our ancestors \w worked|strong="H3018"\w* hard \w to|strong="H1121"\w* acquire.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1241"\w* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* taken away their \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \add of cattle\add*, their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* feeling \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H1322"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 What Yahweh says about returning to him  
\q1
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \add people\add*, \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*!  
\q2 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* those \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add again\add*,   
\q1
\v 2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* declare, ‘\w Just|strong="H4941"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H1288"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* says \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*,’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \add start to\add* always say \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* act \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*,  
\q1 \w then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add people in the other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \add of the world\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* request \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H7650"\w* \add as I have blessed you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add all come and\add* honor/\w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 3 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other cities in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:  
\q1 “\add Prepare yourselves to receive my messages\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3541"\w* farmers plow \w up|strong="H5214"\w* hard \w ground|strong="H5215"\w* \add in order that they can plant seed in it\add*.  
\q1 Just \w as|strong="H3068"\w* farmers \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add waste good seed by\add* \w sowing|strong="H2232"\w* seeds among thorny plants,  
\q2 \add I do not want to waste my time telling you messages that you are not ready to receive\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 Purify \w your|strong="H3068"\w* inner beings \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w minds|strong="H3824"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY]  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* committed  
\q2 \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* impossible \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w extinguish|strong="H3518"\w*.”   
\s1 Disaster from the north  
\q1
\v 5 “\w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w* [DOU] \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \add all the people in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the rest of\add* Judea;  
\q2 \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \add to warn the people\add*.  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* should flee \w to|strong="H3389"\w*  
\q2 \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* high walls \w around|strong="H8628"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 Shout \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H6828"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q1 ‘Run \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \add now\add*! \w Do|strong="H6726"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w delay|strong="H5975"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w about|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5975"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5975"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* [DOU]  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* come \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \add An army\add* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \add many\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H7760"\w* den \add to attack other animals\add*.  
\q1 \add The soldiers of that army\add* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* tents  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H8047"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w march|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H8047"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w any|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\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*/rough clothes  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* weep \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w beat|strong="H5594"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* chests  
\q2 \add to show that you are very sorry for what you have done\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* very angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add he punishes you\add*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add all his\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very afraid.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \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* terrified.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* replied, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add my\add* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w the|strong="H3069"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* telling \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \add our enemies\add* [PRS] \w are|strong="H5971"\w* ready \w to|strong="H5704"\w* slaughter \w us|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w their|strong="H5060"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*!”   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* happens, \add Yahweh\add* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* say \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\q1 \add “A huge army will come to attack you\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be like a gentle breeze that\add* \w separates|strong="H2219"\w* wheat \w from|strong="H7307"\w* chaff.  
\q1 \add They will be like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* hot \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \add that blows in\add* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* [MET].   
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\v 12  \add They will be like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H4392"\w* \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* \w that|strong="H7307"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* send.  
\q2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am declaring \w that|strong="H7307"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* punish/destroy \w you|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 13  \add Our enemies\add* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w about|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* rush \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*; \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w like|strong="H4818"\w* [SIM] \w whirlwinds|strong="H5492"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3588"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* faster \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7703"\w* \w be|strong="H5483"\w* terrible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*!   
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\v 14  \add You people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [APO], \w purify|strong="H3526"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*/\w inner|strong="H7130"\w* beings,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\q1 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w continue|strong="H3885"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* about \add doing\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w From|strong="H8085"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \add city in the far north\add* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim \add a few miles/kilometers north of Jerusalem\add* \w messengers|strong="H5046"\w* \w are|strong="H2022"\w* proclaiming \w that|strong="H3588"\w* disasters \w are|strong="H2022"\w* coming.   
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\v 16 \w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add people in other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*  
\q2 \add but also\add* \w announce|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:  
\q1 \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w An|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \add a battle-cry\add* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* set \w up|strong="H5921"\w* tents \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H8104"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* people set \w up|strong="H5921"\w* temporary shelters [SIM] \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \add at harvest time\add*.  
\q2 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* punished \w very|strong="H5704"\w* severely;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \add be as though a sword\add* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* stabbed \w your|strong="H6213"\w* inner beings.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am extremely anguished/sad;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w very|strong="H7023"\w* severe.  
\q2 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w beats|strong="H2342"\w* wildly.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add our enemies\add* \w blowing|strong="H8643"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w announce|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \add against Judah will start immediately\add*.   
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\v 20 Disasters \w will|strong="H7703"\w* occur \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* another  
\q2 \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w Suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \add all\add* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* tents \w will|strong="H7703"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*;  
\q2 \add even\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* \add inside the tents\add* \w will|strong="H7703"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* ripped apart.   
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\v 21 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* battle continue?  
\q2 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* enemy battle flags  
\q2 \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 their|strong="H8085"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* being blown?   
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\v 22  \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w My|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add very\add* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w*!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* relationship \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w stupid|strong="H5530"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \add anything\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H3190"\w* cleverly \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7489"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s vision of the coming disaster  
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\v 23  \add God gave me a vision in which\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* barren \w and|strong="H8064"\w* without \w form|strong="H8414"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* light \w there|strong="H2009"\w*.   
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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 hills|strong="H1389"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w shook|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w moved|strong="H7493"\w* \w from|strong="H7200"\w* side \w to|strong="H7200"\w* side.   
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\v 25 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \add more\add* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w had|strong="H8064"\w* flown \w away|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 saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H3759"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w fertile|strong="H3759"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* ruined;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry.   
\s1 The coming destruction of Jerusalem/Judah  
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\v 27 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* saying:  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* land \add of Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruined|strong="H8077"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* do \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would do,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \add when that happens, it will be as though\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w mourn|strong="H6937"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w become|strong="H5162"\w* \w very|strong="H4605"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w*.”   
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\v 29  \add When the people hear\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add enemy\add* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w marching|strong="H5927"\w*,  
\q2 \add they will be terrified as\add* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\q1 \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* find \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* hide \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bushes,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* others \w will|strong="H5892"\w* run \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mountains/hills \add to escape being killed by their enemies\add*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w*;  
\q2 \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q2 \add why are you doing the things that you are doing now\add*?  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* wearing \w beautiful|strong="H3302"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H5716"\w*?  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w putting|strong="H3847"\w* \w paint|strong="H6320"\w* around \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*?  
\q1 \w Doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H5716"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \add in other countries that you think\add* love \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add actually\add* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* try \w to|strong="H6213"\w* kill \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 31  \add It is as though\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* already \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add the people in Jerusalem\add* \w crying|strong="H6963"\w* very \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1323"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w cries|strong="H6963"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w giving|strong="H1069"\w* \w birth|strong="H1069"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w her|strong="H6566"\w* \w first|strong="H1323"\w* \w child|strong="H1069"\w*;  
\q1 \w she|strong="H3588"\w* gasps \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* pleads \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w help|strong="H1323"\w* \w her|strong="H6566"\w*.  
\q2 \add It is as though Jerusalem\add* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w crying|strong="H6963"\w*, “Something terrible \w is|strong="H5315"\w* happening \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*! \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w murder|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!”   
\c 5  
\s1 No one in Judah is honest  
\q1
\v 1  \add Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem\add*, “\w Go|strong="H7751"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* down \w every|strong="H6213"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*.  
\q2 \w Search|strong="H1245"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* marketplaces \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* fair/\w right|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H3045"\w* try \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.  
\q1 \add If you find even one person like that\add*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \add the people of Jerusalem and not destroy\add* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* city.   
\q1
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* people \w there|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* declare \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \add I will do what he says\add*,’  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ] searching \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \add people who tell the\add* \w truth|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w*/punished \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H5221"\w* \w attention|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* crushed \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* ignored what \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* telling \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* extremely stubborn [IDM]  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H3045"\w*, “\add We cannot expect\add* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \add people to act righteously, because they\add* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* sense.  
\q1 \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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* lives;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w requires|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* leaders,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add surely\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* lives.”  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stopped obeying \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* allow \w him|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w lead|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, lions \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forests|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w leopards|strong="H5246"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* lurk/wait \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* maul \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* walks \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\q1 \add Those things will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w have|strong="H3605"\w* sinned \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* God  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* turned \w away|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* frequently.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q2 \add even\add* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5800"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* declare something, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* ask \w their|strong="H5800"\w* gods \add to show that what they say is true\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* gave \w my|strong="H5800"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* everything \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* needed,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* often \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \add the shrines of their idols\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w there|strong="H2063"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add Just like\add* [MET] \w well-fed|strong="H2109"\w* male \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w neigh|strong="H6670"\w*, wanting sex \w with|strong="H1961"\w* female \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 each \w of|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* men desires \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sex \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*’s wife.   
\q1
\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 this|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ]?/\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* get \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*!►  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* get \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* [RHQ] \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* behave \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 10  \add I will say to your enemies\add*, ‘\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard\add*.  
\q1 \w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* rows \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* vineyards  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add most of\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\q1 \w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q1 \add so get rid of them\add*,  
\q2 \add like a gardener\add* [MET] lops/cuts \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w branches|strong="H5189"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vine.   
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* away \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w* completely.’   
\q1
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said,  
\q2 ‘\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* famines!   
\q1
\v 13 \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \add God’s\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* say \w is|strong="H7307"\w* nothing \w but|strong="H1961"\w* hot \w air|strong="H7307"\w*!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* messages \add from God\add*!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H7307"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \add the disasters that they predict\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*!’ ”   
\b  
\p
\v 14 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w in|strong="H3068"\w* heaven, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add these people will be like\add* [MET] \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* fire \w will|strong="H3068"\w* burn \w up|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3045"\w* \add the army of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* powerful \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* existed \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* very \w strong|strong="H1368"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1368"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* arrows \w from|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* quivers [MET] \w will|strong="H3605"\w* ◄send many Israeli \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w to|strong="H1368"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*/cause many Israeli people \w to|strong="H1368"\w* die►.   
\q1
\v 17 \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H4013"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* harvested \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* fields,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \add of cattle\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* grapes \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \add also\add* \w destroy|strong="H2719"\w* \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w high|strong="H1121"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H2007"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* survivors ask, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*?’  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejected|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* gods \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add own\add* land,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \add now\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\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* land.’ ”   
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\v 20  \add Yahweh said to me\add*, “\w Proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Israel \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:   
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\v 21 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w any|strong="H7200"\w* \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*:  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* ears, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*!  
\q1 \w I|strong="H7760"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w barrier|strong="H1366"\w* \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* shores  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w waters|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ocean \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \add and flood the land\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w roll|strong="H1993"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H1993"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w barrier|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add are not like the waves that obey me\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* constantly \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w We|strong="H4994"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sends|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* need \w it|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* grain \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3372"\w* ripe \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w*.’   
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\v 25 \w It|strong="H5186"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5771"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* done, \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w not|strong="H4513"\w* happened;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5186"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* committed \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* been \w prevented|strong="H4513"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* receiving \w those|strong="H4480"\w* blessings.   
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\v 26 \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 people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* hide \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* roads \w to|strong="H5971"\w* ambush/attack \w people|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H4672"\w* [SIM] \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* hunt birds ◄\w put|strong="H7563"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* nets/\w set|strong="H5324"\w* traps► \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w catch|strong="H3920"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Like|strong="H3651"\w* \add a hunter has\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cage|strong="H3619"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \add that he has captured\add*,  
\q2 \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w things|strong="H1431"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* gotten \w by|strong="H5921"\w* deceiving others.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \add very\add* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* powerful.   
\q1
\v 28 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* big \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w fat|strong="H8080"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w there|strong="H1779"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* limit \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w defend|strong="H8199"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* courtrooms,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* help poor \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* get \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* receive.   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] ◄get \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*/\w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* deserve►.   
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\v 30 Very \w appalling|strong="H8047"\w*/\w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w and|strong="H8047"\w* terrible [DOU] \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* happening \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1961"\w* country:   
\q1
\v 31 \w Prophets|strong="H5030"\w* speak \add only\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\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*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*!  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add start to\add* experience disasters, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ]?”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem  
\q1
\v 1 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*,  
\q2 \w flee|strong="H5756"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* city!  
\q1 \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w* \add city south of Jerusalem\add*!  
\q1 Send \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add smoke\add* \w signal|strong="H4864"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-Haccherem|strong="H1021"\w* \add town\add*  
\q2 \add to warn the people of the coming danger\add*!  
\q1 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* powerful \add army\add* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* come \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* cause \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 Jerusalem \w is|strong="H1323"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* beautiful pasture \add full of sheep\add*,  
\q2 but it \w will|strong="H1323"\w* soon \w be|strong="H6726"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add Enemy kings, not\add* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* [MET], \w will|strong="H3027"\w* come \add with their armies\add* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* set \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* tents \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H5439"\w* \add king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like\add* [MET] \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* divide \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w pastures|strong="H7462"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* sheep.   
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\q1
\v 4  \add The kings will tell their troops\add*,  
\q2 “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* ready \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* noontime.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add if we arrive there late in the afternoon\add*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w shadows|strong="H6752"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* becoming \w long|strong="H3117"\w*,   
\q1
\v 5 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* will \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* tear \w down|strong="H7843"\w* \w their|strong="H5927"\w* fortresses.”   
\b  
\s1 Yahweh predicts what will happen to Jerusalem  
\p
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w in|strong="H5921"\w* heaven, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I will command those soldiers to\add* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6097"\w* \add outside Jerusalem\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* build dirt \w ramps|strong="H5550"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* walls  
\q2 \add in order that they can enter the city\add*.  
\q1 \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* oppresses others.   
\q1
\v 7  \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q2 pour \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [SIM] \w water|strong="H4325"\w* flows \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\q1 \add The noise from people doing\add* \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* destructive actions \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* see \add people who are\add* suffering \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w wounded|strong="H4347"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 Listen \w to|strong="H3389"\w* what \w I|strong="H7760"\w* am \w warning|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w*, \add you people of\add* [APO] \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* listen, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* reject \w you|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* cause \w your|strong="H7760"\w* land \w to|strong="H3389"\w* become \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w in|strong="H5921"\w* heaven, \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q2 “\add I will tell your enemies\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* country \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* desolate [SIM] \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vineyard \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* grapes \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* completely stripped \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w*.  
\q1 \add Their soldiers will seize the possessions of\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H7611"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add after the others have been exiled\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [SIM] farmers \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pick|strong="H5953"\w* any grapes \add that were ◄left/not picked►\add*.”   
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\q1
\v 10  \add Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w warn|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 ◄\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 No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.► [RHQ]  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ears \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w closed|strong="H6189"\w*,  
\q2 \add and as a result\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add what I say\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w scorn|strong="H2781"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3201"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cannot restrain \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* longer.”  
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\q1 \add So\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \add to me\add*,  
\q2 “Tell everyone \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H4392"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 Tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w gather|strong="H4390"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\q1 Tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* wives;  
\q2 tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H4392"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* [DOU], \w also|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 12  \add Tell the men that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add their enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* property/\w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* wives \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w also|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* punish [IDM] \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* trying \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* money \w by|strong="H5704"\w* tricking others,  
\q2 \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most \add important people\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \add important people\add*;  
\q1 \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* trying \w to|strong="H5704"\w* deceive \add people to get money\add*.   
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\v 14  \add They act as though the sins of my people are like\add* [MET] \w small|strong="H7043"\w* wounds \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* do \w not|strong="H5971"\w* need \w to|strong="H5921"\w* put bandages \w on|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* continually \add greet people by\add* saying ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope things \w are|strong="H5971"\w* going \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,’  
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* things \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* going \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w blush|strong="H3637"\w*/\w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* faces \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*►.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \add to the Israeli people\add*:  
\q1 “\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* \add at the people who pass by\add*.  
\q2 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \add that their ancestors had\add* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q1 \add And when they tell you\add*, behave \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\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*.”  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* replied, ‘\w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*!’   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* sent \add my prophets who were like\add* [MET] \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\w Listen|strong="H7181"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H6963"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* blow \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \add to warn you that your enemies are approaching\add*,’  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\add No\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w listen|strong="H7181"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*:  
\q2 \w Pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* going \w to|strong="H8085"\w* happen \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add Israeli people\add*.   
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\v 19 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am going \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q2 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.   
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\v 20  \add You Israeli people\add*, when \w you|strong="H3808"\w* burn \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* came \w from|strong="H2896"\w* \add far away in\add* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \add when you offer to me\add* sweet-smelling anointing oil \w that|strong="H2088"\w* came \w from|strong="H2896"\w* \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H7522"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H2077"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H7522"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accept \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* altar;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H2077"\w* \add any of\add* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* obstacles \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* roads \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* travel.  
\q2 \w Men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*’s \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* obstacles \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* \w down|strong="H3782"\w*;  
\q1 everyone \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w You|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add huge\add* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* marching \add towards you\add* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\q2 \add An army of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w far|strong="H1471"\w* away \w is|strong="H3068"\w* preparing \add to attack you\add*.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \add and arrows\add* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* spears;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* \add very\add* cruel, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w do|strong="H6726"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \add to anyone\add*.  
\q1 \w As|strong="H1323"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*’ feet \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roaring|strong="H1993"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ocean \add waves\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w formation|strong="H6186"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Jerusalem.”   
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\v 24  \add The people of Jerusalem say\add*,  
\q1 “\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w reports|strong="H8089"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* enemy;  
\q2 \add so\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* very frightened, \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* feel \w weak|strong="H7503"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* very afraid, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* worried,  
\q2 like [SIM] women \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* babies.   
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\v 25  \add So one person says to another\add*,  
\q2 ‘\w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*! \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy \add soldiers\add* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \add and they are everywhere\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w directions|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* extremely afraid.’ ”   
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\v 26  \add So I say\add*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* dear \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*/rough clothes► \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w sit|strong="H6428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* ashes \add to show that you are sorry for your sins\add*.  
\q1 \w Mourn|strong="H4553"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* cry \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H6213"\w* [SIM] \add a woman would cry\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H3173"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* died,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* going \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \add everything\add*.”   
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\v 27  \add Then Yahweh said to me\add*,  
\q1 “\add Jeremiah\add*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \add like\add* [MET] \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* heats metal \w very|strong="H3045"\w* hot \add to completely burn the impurities\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* examine \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*’s \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* find \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w rebels|strong="H5637"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* slandering \w others|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\q1 \add Their inner beings\add* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w as|strong="H1270"\w* hard \w as|strong="H1270"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w or|strong="H1980"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add continually\add* deceive \w others|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 29  \add A metalworker causes\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w bellows|strong="H4647"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w blow|strong="H2787"\w* very hard \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \add make the fire very hot to\add* completely \w burn|strong="H2787"\w* \w up|strong="H5423"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* impurities [MET].  
\q1 \add But just as\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause all \w the|strong="H3808"\w* waste material \w to|strong="H3808"\w* run \w off|strong="H5423"\w*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* impossible \w to|strong="H3808"\w* separate \add the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 30  \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* [MET] worthless \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.”   
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\s1 Jeremiah spoke at the temple  
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*,   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*:  
\q1 \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 worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w*,  
\q1 \add 'If you\add* stop \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* evil \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w start|strong="H1870"\w* \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* allow \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H7931"\w* \w living|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*.'   
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\v 4  \add But some people\add* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* repeatedly \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* here,  
\q2 \add so we will be safe\add*;  
\q2 \add he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed\add*.’  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* not pay attention \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w deceiving|strong="H8267"\w* \w you|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add I will act mercifully to you only\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w change|strong="H3190"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* stop \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* things,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add start to\add* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w justly|strong="H4941"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* others,   
\q1
\v 6 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w oppressing|strong="H6231"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \add who live in your country\add*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* widows,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* murdering \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* worshiping ◄foreign gods/idols►.  
\q2 However, if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 7 If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* told \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stay|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* would belong \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add and their descendants\add* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 8  \add People are repeatedly\add* telling \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \add ‘The temple is here, so we are safe\add*’,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* trusting/believing \add that what they are saying is true\add*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\q2 \add Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is\add* \w worthless|strong="H3276"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* think \w that|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* court, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* worship \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w those|strong="H1980"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w*,   
\q2
\v 10 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* come \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* say ‘\w Nothing|strong="H3605"\w* bad \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!’,  
\q2 \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* causing \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w den|strong="H4631"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* bandits hide [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* know \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add all the evil things that you people do there\add*?   
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\v 12  \add Long ago\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* Sacred Tent \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \add city\add*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w Think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add destroyed it\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add many\add* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7223"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3605"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* times, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \add me\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* destroyed \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \add now\add* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* people \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY],  
\q1 \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors.   
\q1
\v 15 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* expel \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* send \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add to other countries\add* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* did \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* relatives, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Israel.”   
\s1 The warning from Yahweh  
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\v 16  \add Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah\add*, \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* \add any longer\add*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w plead|strong="H6293"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add me to help\add* \w them|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H5375"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add the wicked things\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\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 streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
\q1
\v 18 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w firewood|strong="H1197"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* fathers \w use|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w fires|strong="H1197"\w* \add on the altars to burn sacrifices\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* women \w knead|strong="H3888"\w*/\w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w dough|strong="H1217"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add their goddess Astarte who is called\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \add on their altars\add* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* wine \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add their\add* other idols.  
\q2 \w All|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* things \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w become|strong="H1197"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*!   
\q1
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* hurting;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w really|strong="H1992"\w* [RHQ] hurting \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \add by doing these things for which they should be\add* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H1322"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*:  
\q2 “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* am extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \add what happens at\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* severely [MTY];  
\q1 \w my|strong="H5921"\w* being \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H3518"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1197"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \add their\add* animals, \add their\add* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \add their\add* crops.”   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “Take \w away|strong="H5595"\w* [IRO] \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* bring \w to|strong="H3478"\w* burn completely \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* altars \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*;  
\q2 \add don’t give them to me\add*; eat \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add yourselves\add*!   
\q1
\v 22 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* altar \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, ‘\w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*;  
\q2 \add if you do that\add*, \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*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*,  
\q2 \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 24 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* ancestors \w would|strong="H7451"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* [DOU] \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \add the evil things\add* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q1 everything \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* stubborn inner beings \w they|strong="H3808"\w* desired \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\q2 \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* coming closer \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* further \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \add my people\add*, \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H7489"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* sinful \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 27  \add Then Yahweh said to me\add*, “\w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \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*.  
\q1 \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*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w Say|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accepted|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3068"\w* correct \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* truthful;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*; \add you speak only lies\add*.’   
\q1
\v 29  \add So, tell them to\add* \w cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hair|strong="H5145"\w* \add to show that they are mourning\add*;  
\q2 tell \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hills \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sing|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sad funeral song,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3988"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* [DOU] \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \add of people\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*.”   
\s1 The Valley of Slaughter  
\p
\v 30 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\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* many \w things|strong="H8251"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q1 \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* disgusting \w idols|strong="H8251"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* unacceptable \add place to worship me\add*.   
\q1
\v 31 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* altars \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \add outside Jerusalem\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* sacrifice \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* altars.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* anyone would \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w beware|strong="H2009"\w*!  
\q2 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\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 or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* called \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge number \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w space|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* bodies.   
\q1
\v 33 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add not buried and are\add* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* ground \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w eaten|strong="H3978"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* vultures \w and|strong="H8064"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q2 \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* shoo/chase \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H2729"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* singing \w and|strong="H3063"\w* laughing \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8342"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* bridegrooms \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* completely \w destroyed|strong="H2723"\w*.”   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \add that your corpses are scattered on the ground\add*,  
\q1 \add your enemies will\add* \w break|strong="H3068"\w* open \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* bones \add from their graves\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add dishonor them by\add* scattering \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H7849"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars—  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H6635"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* loved \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* gather \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* bones \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add again\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w scattered|strong="H7849"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H7849"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w nation|strong="H4940"\w* \add who are still alive and\add* whom \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* exiled \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say,  
\q2 ‘\w We|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* prefer \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* stay \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \add here in these countries\add*.’  
\q2 \add That will be true because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
\s1 The people will not admit their sins  
\p
\v 4  \add Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah\add*, tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* saying \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H5307"\w* \w along|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* road \w and|strong="H6965"\w* find \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* walking \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* wrong road, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add and find the correct road\add*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ]?   
\q1
\v 5  \add Yes, they do\add*, \w so|strong="H7725"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Judah\add* continue \add trusting in those idols that have deceived them\add*?  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* continue \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \add even though I have warned them\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* [DOU] \add to what they say\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\q1 \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* sinned.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.”  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \add sinning and\add* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H6213"\w* fast \w as|strong="H6213"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w running|strong="H4794"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w All|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* birds \add that fly south for the ◄winter/cold season►\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fly south,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* return \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* following \w year|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add are not like those birds\add*!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, require \w them|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* teach \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add the laws that Moses wrote\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* saying \w false|strong="H8267"\w* things \add about those laws\add*.  
\q2 \add So\add*, why [RHQ] \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \add continue\add* saying, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \add very\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add because\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*”?   
\q1
\v 9 \w Those|strong="H2450"\w* teachers, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* think \w that|strong="H3068"\w* [IRO] \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* ashamed/disgraced \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \add to other countries by their enemies\add*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* sinned \w by|strong="H3068"\w* rejecting \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q1 Truly, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3988"\w* [RHQ] very \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*!   
\q1
\v 10 \w So|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*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add the enemy soldiers\add* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*, deceive \add others\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w to|strong="H5704"\w* obtain \w their|strong="H3605"\w* possessions.  
\q2 \w Even|strong="H5704"\w* \add my\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \add They act as though the sins of my people\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* serious,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] wounds \w that|strong="H5971"\w* do \w not|strong="H5971"\w* need \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* cleaned \w and|strong="H5971"\w* bandaged.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* everything \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \add but that is not true\add*; things \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* [RHQ],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\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 show|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* faces \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \add about their sins\add*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \add they will be killed, and\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* corpses \add also\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H5307"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* corpses \w of|strong="H3068"\w* others \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* slaughtered \add by their enemies\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add allow their enemies to\add* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* harvested \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fields.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* fruit \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w wither|strong="H5034"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* blessings \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* prepared \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q2 \add This will certainly happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 14  \add Then the people will say\add*, “◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H1826"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \add in these small towns\add*?/\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w wait|strong="H1826"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \add in these small towns\add*.► [RHQ]!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* high walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \add but even if we do that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* killed \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1826"\w*;  
\q1 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H8248"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cup \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w We|strong="H2009"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w*/\w desired|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H6256"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* would \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* us,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w not|strong="H6256"\w* gone \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H2009"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w that|strong="H6256"\w* bad \w things|strong="H2896"\w* would \w not|strong="H6256"\w* happen \w to|strong="H6256"\w* us any more,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w only|strong="H7965"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H6256"\w* terrify us \add are happening to us\add*.   
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\v 16 \w People|strong="H3427"\w* \add far north in Israel\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add the city of\add* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* can already \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w snorting|strong="H5170"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \add who are preparing to attack us\add*.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* land \add of Judah\add* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* shaking \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* approaches;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* coming \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|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 people|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
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\v 17  \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \add those enemy soldiers to Judah\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* [MET] poisonous \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* among \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* stop \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* attacking \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \add and kill you\add*.”   
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\s1 Jeremiah mourned for the people  
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* grieve very \w much|strong="H5921"\w* \add for the people of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* grieving does not end.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am very sad [IDM].   
\q1
\v 19 \w Throughout|strong="H6963"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* land, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w ask|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Has|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned Jerusalem?  
\q2 \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \add he\add*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* city’s \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, no longer \w there|strong="H2009"\w*?”  
\q1 \add Yahweh replies\add*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add worshiping\add* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* gods?” [RHQ]   
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\v 20  \add The people say\add*, “\w The|strong="H5674"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \add season\add* \w is|strong="H7105"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w*, \w the|strong="H5674"\w* ◄\w summer|strong="H7019"\w*/hot season► \w has|strong="H5674"\w* \w ended|strong="H3615"\w*,  
\q2 \add and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5674"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* rescued \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \add from our enemies\add*.”   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* cry \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w mourn|strong="H6937"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am completely dismayed.   
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\v 22  \add I ask\add*, “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* [RHQ] medicinal \w balm|strong="H6875"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*!  
\q2 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* [RHQ] doctors \w there|strong="H8033"\w*!”  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* badly wounded \add in their spirits\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\c 9  
\q1
\v 1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* head \w was|strong="H5414"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* spring \w of|strong="H4057"\w* water,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* eyes \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fountain \w of|strong="H4057"\w* tears.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* cry night \w and|strong="H3212"\w* day \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* killed \add by our enemies\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* forget \w them|strong="H3318"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shack/shelter \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* desert,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* remained faithful [MET] \add to Yahweh\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mob \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* deceive others.   
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\s1 Yahweh replied to Jeremiah  
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\v 3  \add Yahweh replied to me\add*,  
\q1 “\w They|strong="H3588"\w* use \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tongues \add to tell\add* [MET] lies  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1980"\w* people shoot \add arrows\add* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* bows.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* lies \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* powerful \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* know \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Do|strong="H8267"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \add even\add* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* brothers!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* all \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceitful|strong="H8267"\w* \add as Jacob was\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* slander \add each other\add* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \add about each other\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* deceive \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w friends|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3045"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* truth.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* lie \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* become skilled liars;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* oppressive thing after \w another|strong="H8432"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* stop doing \w it|strong="H8432"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* habitually lie \w and|strong="H3068"\w* deceive \add each other\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* admit/say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\p
\v 7 Therefore \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H7760"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* armies \w of|strong="H6310"\w* angels, \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w*:  
\q1 Listen carefully \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*: \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \add cause my people to experience great afflictions,\add*  
\q2 \add like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire\add* [MET] \w to|strong="H1696"\w* completely burn \w out|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* impure bits.  
\q1 Because \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \add the evil things\add* \w that|strong="H3956"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w done|strong="H7760"\w*,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* absolutely nothing \w else|strong="H7453"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3956"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* can do.   
\q1
\v 8 \w What|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* say [MTY] \add injures people like\add* [MET] poisoned arrows \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* neighbors, ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* well \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,’  
\q2 \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w them|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* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H1980"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w get|strong="H1980"\w* revenge \w on|strong="H5921"\w*/\w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H5704"\w*► \add the people of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\q1
\v 10 \w So|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* weep \w and|strong="H3063"\w* wail \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \add the people who live in\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* mountains \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ◄pastures/places where \w the|strong="H5414"\w* livestock eat \w the|strong="H5414"\w* grass►,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* areas \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* cattle \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* call \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* other,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* birds \w and|strong="H3063"\w* wild animals \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* fled \add to other places\add*.   
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\q1
\v 11  \add Yahweh also says\add*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="H1696"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heap \w of|strong="H3068"\w* ruins,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add only\add* jackals/wolves \w will|strong="H3068"\w* live \w there|strong="H1097"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H5921"\w* towns \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely deserted;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* live \w there|strong="H1097"\w*.”   
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\p
\v 12  \add I said\add*, “Only \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* wise [RHQ] \w can|strong="H1980"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 Only \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* taught \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H1980"\w* [RHQ] explain \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* others.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* wise \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* only ones \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H1980"\w* explain \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* ruined  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* everyone [RHQ] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* afraid \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w travel|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\add These things will happen\add* because \w my|strong="H3925"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* have rejected \w my|strong="H3925"\w* laws which \w I|strong="H3212"\w* gave \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H3925"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3820"\w* have \w not|strong="H3212"\w* obeyed \w me|strong="H3925"\w* or \w my|strong="H3925"\w* instructions.   
\q1
\v 14 Instead, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stubbornly \w done|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped \w the|strong="H3541"\w* idols \w that|strong="H5971"\w* represent \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* Baal,  
\q2 \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w now|strong="H7971"\w* listen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* Israelis, say:  
\q1 \add What I will do will be like\add* [MET] giving \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* bitter \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* eat \w and|strong="H7971"\w* poison \w to|strong="H5704"\w* drink:   
\q1
\v 16 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* scatter \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* many nations \w which|strong="H3068"\w* neither \w they|strong="H3068"\w* nor \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* known \add anything about\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add enable their enemies to\add* strike \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* swords  
\q2 \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 17 \w This|strong="H5375"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w also|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* armies \w of|strong="H5869"\w* angels says:  
\q1 “\w Think|strong="H5869"\w* \add about what is happening\add*,  
\q2 \add then\add* summon \w those|strong="H5921"\w* women who \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \add when someone has died\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7993"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* come \w quickly|strong="H3966"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* start \w to|strong="H8085"\w* wail,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H6726"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* tears \w will|strong="H7703"\w* stream \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w*(pl) eyes.   
\q1
\v 19 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* Jerusalem crying/lamenting, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* ruined/destroyed!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* experienced \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible disaster!  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* very ashamed,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* houses \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \add by our enemies\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add are being forced to\add* leave \w our|strong="H3068"\w* land.’ ”   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* women, listen \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says [MTY].  
\q2 \w Pay|strong="H5927"\w* attention \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* words [DOU].  
\q1 Teach \w your|strong="H3588"\w* daughters \w to|strong="H5927"\w* wail.  
\q2 Teach each other \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* sing funeral songs,   
\q1
\v 21 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* dying [PRS] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* houses \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* palaces.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* children playing \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* streets,  
\q1 \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* young men \add gathering\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city squares/marketplaces.   
\q1
\v 22 \w There|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* corpses scattered across \w the|strong="H3541"\w* fields \w like|strong="H3541"\w* dung;  
\q1 \w their|strong="H3068"\w* dead bodies \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lie \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w like|strong="H3541"\w* [SIM] grain \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* cut \w by|strong="H3068"\w* reapers/farmers,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* no \w one|strong="H1368"\w* \add still alive\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bury \w them|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*,  
\q2 strong \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* strong;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* rich \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* rich.   
\q1
\v 24 \w Instead|strong="H5921"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* boast \w should|strong="H3068"\w* boast \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* knowing \w me|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* understanding \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* kind \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* righteous,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* faithfully love \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add people who act\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 25-26 There will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom \add people-group\add* and of the Ammon \add people-group\add*,  
\q2 all those people who live close to desert areas (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, who cut their hair short \add to please their gods\add*) far from Judah,  
\q2 all those people who have \add changed their bodies by\add* circumcising them [MET]  
\q2 but who have not \add changed\add* their inner beings.  
\q1 I will punish the people of Judah also,  
\q2 because they have not changed their inner beings, \add either\add*.”   
\c 10  
\s1 Worthless idols  
\p
\v 1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* act \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* act,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* strange/unusual \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* see \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of other nations\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*.  
\q2 \add For example\add*, \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 in|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add skilled\add* worker/\w craftsman|strong="H2796"\w* \add cuts a section of it and\add* uses \w his|strong="H3027"\w* chisel \w to|strong="H3027"\w* carve \w an|strong="H3772"\w* idol \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* section.   
\q1
\v 4  \add Then\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w decorate|strong="H3302"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* idol \w with|strong="H2091"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\q2 \add Then\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w fasten|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w securely|strong="H2388"\w* \w with|strong="H2091"\w* \w nails|strong="H4548"\w* \w in|strong="H3701"\w* order \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* topple/fall \w over|strong="H2388"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add Then\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* idol \add stands there\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scarecrow|strong="H8560"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* field \w of|strong="H3372"\w* cucumbers/melons!  
\q2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H6805"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* idols,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7489"\w* \add anyone\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \add anything\add* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \add to help anyone\add*.”   
\s1 Hymn of praise to Yahweh  
\q1
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* no \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H3644"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3644"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3644"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* powerful.   
\q1
\v 7 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!  
\q2 \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* deserve.  
\q1 \w Among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4438"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* live,  
\q2 ◄\w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*./\w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w compare|strong="H3644"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?►   
\q1
\v 8 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add think that they are\add* very wise [IRO] are \w stupid|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3688"\w* [DOU].  
\q2 \w The|strong="H1197"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* worship are only \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*!  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* certainly cannot teach \w them|strong="H1931"\w* anything.   
\q1
\v 9 People hammer \w into|strong="H3027"\w* thin sheets \w silver|strong="H3701"\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,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* give \w those|strong="H3605"\w* sheets \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2450"\w* \w workers|strong="H2796"\w*/\w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* cover \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* idols expensive \w purple|strong="H8504"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2450"\w* \w workers|strong="H2796"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add only\add* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add who rules\add* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w*, \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth \w shakes|strong="H7493"\w*/\w quakes|strong="H7493"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H3557"\w* \add what he does\add* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \add with them\add*.   
\b  
\p
\v 11  \add You Israeli people\add*, tell \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w to|strong="H4481"\w* \w those|strong="H1768"\w* people: “\w Those|strong="H1768"\w* idols \w did|strong="H5648"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w make|strong="H3809"\w* \w the|strong="H4481"\w* \w sky|strong="H8065"\w* \w and|strong="H8065"\w* \w the|strong="H4481"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H8065"\w* \w they|strong="H1768"\w* \w will|strong="H1768"\w* disappear \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H4481"\w* earth.”   
\q1
\v 12 But \add Yahweh\add* \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*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \add firmly\add* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w speaks|strong="H6963"\w* \add loudly\add*, \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* form \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H5414"\w* \w part|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w sends|strong="H5414"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* releases \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* storehouses.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* very little [HYP];  
\q1 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w make|strong="H1197"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* disappointed  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w images|strong="H6459"\w*/statues \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H1197"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* real \add gods\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* lifeless.   
\q1
\v 15 \w Idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* ridiculed;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add all\add* \w will|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 16 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* idols;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w created|strong="H3335"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that exists\add*;  
\q1 \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*/\w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels.   
\s1 The coming destruction  
\q1
\v 17  \add Yahweh says this to the people of Jerusalem\add*:  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H3427"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3427"\w* enemies surrounds \w your|strong="H3427"\w* city,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3427"\w* gather \w up|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3427"\w* possessions \add and prepare\add* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* leave \w the|strong="H3427"\w* city.   
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w throw|strong="H7049"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6887"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience great troubles,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* severe pain (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w none|strong="H4672"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w*).”   
\b  
\q1
\v 19  \add The people replied, “It is as though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5375"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \add badly\add* \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4347"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w grieved|strong="H2470"\w*;  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w serious|strong="H2470"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pain|strong="H2470"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \add It is as though\add* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \add great\add* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ropes|strong="H4340"\w* \add that held it up\add* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* cut;  
\q1 \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* us \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* return;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* rebuild \w our|strong="H3605"\w* great \w tent|strong="H3407"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* leaders [MET] \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* sense;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to ◄guide them/tell them what to do►\add*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* rule [MET] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w*! \add Our enemies’ armies\add* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* making \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add very\add* big \w noise|strong="H6963"\w*/\w commotion|strong="H7494"\w*  
\q2 \add as they march toward us\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H7760"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* destroyed,  
\q2 \add and they will become\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*/wolves \w live|strong="H4583"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s prayer  
\q1
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H1980"\w* controls \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w direct|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* events \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \add So\add* \w correct|strong="H3256"\w*/\w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w us|strong="H6435"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* gently.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w correct|strong="H3256"\w*/\w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w us|strong="H6435"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* angry,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* die \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 Punish [MTY] \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w*/say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 punish \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* destroying [DOU] \add us people of\add* Israel  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w causing|strong="H8074"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert.   
\c 11  
\s1 The people of Judah did not keep the agreement with Yahweh  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \add the ancestors of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other cities in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* remind \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \add that agreement\add*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \add people worship\add*, \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* curse everyone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 4 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same agreement \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \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 Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \add What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were\add* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hot \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* [MET]. \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 Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \add I also told them\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\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 would|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* God.  
\v 5  \add Now tell these people that if they obey me\add*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* living \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* fertile [IDM] land \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w*.”  
\p \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* hope \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6965"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \add that I made with their ancestors\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w still|strong="H5704"\w* pleading \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* stubborn \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* punished \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* promised \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other cities in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* rebelling \w against|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add now\add* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* committing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w committed|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* disobeyed \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add now\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1992"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* warning \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \add to help them\add*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* happens, \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add other\add* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \add offer sacrifices and\add* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* ask \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 13 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* erected \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \add to those gods\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 14 Jeremiah, \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 and|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* plead \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* rescue \w them|strong="H7121"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* plead \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*; \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w distress|strong="H7451"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said,  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* love \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* longer \w have|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w come|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* continually \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w*.  
\q1 \add They think that\add* continually \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6944"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* [RHQ] protect \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* previously \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w tree|strong="H2132"\w* full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* leaves  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* good \w olives|strong="H2132"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H7489"\w* \add now I will send their enemies to attack\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* furiously;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7489"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w branches|strong="H1808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add their city\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7489"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*.   
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\v 17  \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* beautiful olive tree \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels, \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \add now\add*, \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add their god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \add very\add* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s enemies planned to kill him  
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\v 18 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w revealed|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \add my enemies\add* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 19  \add Before he did that\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w being|strong="H8034"\w* \w led|strong="H2986"\w* \w away|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H8034"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* do. \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 were|strong="H8034"\w* saying, “\w Let|strong="H3808"\w*’s get rid \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w fruit|strong="H3899"\w*,” \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \add I did not know\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w intended|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3532"\w* \w would|strong="H8034"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 20  \add Then I prayed\add*, “Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* justly/\w fairly|strong="H6664"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* examine everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* thinking [DOU].  
\q1 Allow \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* getting \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \add who want to kill me\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H6664"\w*.”   
\b  
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\v 21 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add my own town\add*, \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* told \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* told \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* say.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* angels \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \add about them\add*, “\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 be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* no food.  
\v 23 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* set \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* alive.”   
\c 12  
\s1 Jeremiah complained to Yahweh  
\q1
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* unhappy \add about what is happening to me\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* act \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* allow \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* ask \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \add that I do not understand\add*:  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \add often\add* very \w prosperous|strong="H6743"\w*?  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* very \w well|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* dishonest/\w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* allow \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* prosper  
\q2 \w like|strong="H6213"\w* [MET] trees \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w grow|strong="H3212"\w* tall \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \add always\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] good things \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* hearts \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \add really\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* inner \w being|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add do\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* thinking.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w drag|strong="H5423"\w* \w away|strong="H5423"\w* those \add wicked\add* \w people|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5423"\w* \add people drag away\add* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* butcher.  
\q1 \w Set|strong="H6942"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* aside \w like|strong="H5423"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2878"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4 \w This|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] becoming \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* withering.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animals \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \add all\add* died  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H5775"\w* \add very\add* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q1 \add All that has happened\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* said,  
\q2 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5775"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*)!”   
\s1 Yahweh replied to Jeremiah  
\p
\v 5  \add Then to show me that I needed to be prepared to endure even greater difficulties, Yahweh said to me\add*,  
\q1 \add “It is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w become|strong="H3811"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H3811"\w* \w from|strong="H7965"\w* racing \w against|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5483"\w* able \w to|strong="H6213"\w* race \w against|strong="H6213"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*?  
\q1 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add stumble and\add* fall \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* open/bare/smooth ground,  
\q2 \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* thornbushes near \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*?   
\q1
\v 6  \add Already\add* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \add other members of\add* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w family|strong="H1004"\w* oppose \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* ◄plot \w against|strong="H1696"\w*/plan \w to|strong="H1696"\w* do evil \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w*► \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* bad \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w nice|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q1 do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* whom \w I|strong="H5414"\w* chose \w to|strong="H5414"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5414"\w* conquer \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5315"\w*, whom \w I|strong="H5414"\w* love.   
\q1
\v 8 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* roar \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* chosen \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] become \w like|strong="H2416"\w* \w speckled|strong="H6641"\w* hawks  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* are \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* vultures \add waiting to eat their flesh after they are dead\add*.  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* eat \add the flesh of their corpses\add*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w rulers|strong="H7462"\w* \add from other countries have come with their armies and\add* devastated/\w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* people  
\q2 \add whom I care for like a farmer takes care of his\add* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2532"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* barren \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* where \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H7227"\w* lives.   
\q1
\v 11 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* caused \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H8074"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* empty;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* hear \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land crying sadly/mournfully.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* ◄worries \w about|strong="H5921"\w*/pays \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w*► \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \add of our enemies\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* marched \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* barren hilltops.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* using \w those|strong="H3605"\w* armies [MTY] \w to|strong="H5704"\w* punish \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* escape.   
\q1
\v 13  \add It is as though\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* now \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* harvesting \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2470"\w* very tired \add because of much hard work\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* gained \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \add from all that work\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* very disappointed \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvests|strong="H7114"\w* \add will be very small\add*,  
\q2 \add and that will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H2470"\w* extremely angry \add with them\add*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 14 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*: “\add I will punish\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* nearby \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H5157"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w gave|strong="H5157"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w force|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* leave \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* throw \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w also|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H7725"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H5159"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* lands \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. Each \add clan\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel\add* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \add religious\add* customs \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \add am listening\add* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* something good, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* believe \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \add their god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \add was listening\add* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w promises|strong="H7650"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* prosperous, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* expel \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jeremiah’s linen waistcloth  
\p
\v 1  \add One day\add* \w Yahweh|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 a|strong="H3068"\w* \w linen|strong="H6593"\w* waistcloth. \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* wash \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add very nice\add* waistcloth, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add later\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* small Perath Stream \add near Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* waistcloth \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crevice|strong="H5357"\w*/\w hole|strong="H5357"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6680"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* stream \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* what \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* stream \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* waistcloth \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Perath Stream \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* waistcloth \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* crevice/hole \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w which|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 it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7843"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 9 “\add What happened to your waistcloth\add* shows \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3987"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* stubbornly \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* desire \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w gods|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H5971"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* waistcloth.  
\v 11 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* waistcloth \w clings|strong="H1692"\w* \w closely|strong="H1692"\w*/\w tightly|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*’s \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w closely|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w honor|strong="H8597"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \add to me\add*. “   
\s1 The warning regarding wine bags  
\p
\v 12 “\add So\add*, \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*: ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \add people worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* leather 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*.’ \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \add when you tell that to them\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reply|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘◄\w Of|strong="H3068"\w* course/\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w*► \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w wineskins|strong="H3196"\w* \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*!’  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="H3605"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* means. \w What|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said means \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7943"\w*. \add That will include all of you\add*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* previously \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* common \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.’  
\v 14  \add He is saying\add*, ‘\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bash \w each|strong="H3162"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w*. \add Even\add* parents \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bash \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w act|strong="H7843"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w*; pitying \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* prevent \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* getting rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 A warning that the people of Judah will be exiled  
\q1
\v 15  \add You people of Judah\add*, \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* very careful \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* [DOU].  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w proud|strong="H1361"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stumble|strong="H5062"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fall \add as you walk\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* becoming \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*.  
\q1 \add So\add* praise/\w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* happens.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H7760"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5062"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* see \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gloom|strong="H6205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add still\add* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* says,  
\q2 \add what will happen to you because of\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w proud|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* cry \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w alone|strong="H4565"\w*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* filled \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add you\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \add whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of\add* [MET] \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*,  
\q2 \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add captured by your enemies and\add* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* other countries.   
\q1
\v 18  \add You people of Judah\add*, 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 his|strong="H3588"\w* \w mother|strong="H1377"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add humbly\add* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dust,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* snatch \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* heads \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w crowns|strong="H5850"\w*.”   
\q1
\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* part \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* surrounded \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* enemies,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* able \w to|strong="H3063"\w* get \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* lines \add to rescue the people in those towns\add*.  
\q1 \add You people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* captured \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* ◄\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*/\w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \add to foreign countries►\add*.   
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\q1
\v 20  \add You leaders of Jerusalem\add*, \w open|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w*:  
\q1 \add The enemy armies are ready to\add* march \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\q1 \add When that happens\add*, \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5414"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add people of Judah who are like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*,  
\q2 \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* care \w of|strong="H5869"\w*?   
\q1
\v 21 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say [RHQ] \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appoints|strong="H6485"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* countries \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add mistakenly\add* thought \w were|strong="H3205"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* friends?  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w suffer|strong="H6485"\w* very \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w pain|strong="H2256"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baby.   
\q1
\v 22 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* ask yourselves, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* happening \w to|strong="H3824"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*?”  
\q2 \add I will reply that\add* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*.  
\q1 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \add soldiers of the invading armies\add* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w lift|strong="H1540"\w* up \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \add of your women\add* \w and|strong="H3824"\w* rape \w them|strong="H1540"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H1571"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w* \w certainly|strong="H1571"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* [RHQ] \w change|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* color \w of|strong="H5785"\w* \w his|strong="H2015"\w* \add black\add* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* \w certainly|strong="H1571"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* [RHQ] \w change|strong="H2015"\w* \w its|strong="H2015"\w* \w spots|strong="H2272"\w*.  
\q1 Similarly, \w you|strong="H7489"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* start \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*,  
\q2 because \w you|strong="H7489"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* always \w done|strong="H7489"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 24  \add Yahweh says\add*, “I \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H7307"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w chaff|strong="H7179"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* blown \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* certainly going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5002"\w* things \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* determined \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w*,  
\q2 \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*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \add gods\add*.   
\q1
\v 26  \add It is as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w myself|strong="H1571"\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 faces|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* ashamed \w because|strong="H5921"\w* everyone \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* sex organs.   
\q1
\v 27 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add act like men who are eager to commit adultery\add*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H2154"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* male horses \w that|strong="H7200"\w* whinny \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* desire \add to have sex with\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* female horse.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w worship|strong="H4684"\w* disgusting \w idols|strong="H8251"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.  
\q1 \add You people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, terrible \w things|strong="H8251"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q2 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* [RHQ] \w until|strong="H7704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H2154"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add again\add*?”   
\c 14  
\s1 The terrible drought  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* rain \add in Judah\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2  \add The people in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* very distressed;  
\q2 people \add are sitting\add* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* ground \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w mourning|strong="H6937"\w*;  
\q1 \add in all of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* people \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w crying|strong="H6682"\w* loudly.   
\q1
\v 3 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* rich \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H6810"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add wells\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wells \w are|strong="H4325"\w* dry.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H6810"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w empty|strong="H7387"\w* pitchers;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cover|strong="H2645"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*  
\q2 \add because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ground \w is|strong="H1961"\w* extremely dry \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w cracked|strong="H2865"\w* open  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* farmers \w are|strong="H1961"\w* very worried,  
\q2 \add so\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add also\add* \w cover|strong="H2645"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w does|strong="H3808"\w*/female deer► \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* newborn babies/fawns  
\q2 \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* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \add for them to eat\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* barren hills,  
\q2 panting \w like|strong="H7307"\w* [SIM] \add thirsty\add* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*/wolves.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* become blind  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \add to eat\add*.   
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\q1
\v 7  \add The people say\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H4878"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w many|strong="H7231"\w* times,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H8034"\w* punished \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* please \w help|strong="H6030"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* everyone \w can|strong="H6213"\w* see \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 8 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis confidently expect \add to do good things for us\add*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add many\add* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*/difficulties.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \add not help us\add*?  
\q2 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* though \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* land,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* someone \w who|strong="H1616"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* staying here \w for|strong="H3478"\w* only \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* surprised \add about the terrible things that are happening to us\add*?  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* anyone, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*?  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \add here\add* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add others know that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \add so\add* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H3240"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
\p
\v 10 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:  
\q1 “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* love \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w wander|strong="H5128"\w* \w away|strong="H2820"\w* \add from me\add*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* run [MTY] \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \add idol\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w*.  
\q1 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 11  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|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 these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add any more\add*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w fast|strong="H6684"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="H5927"\w* food \w in|strong="H8085"\w* order \w to|strong="H5927"\w* honor \w me|strong="H7521"\w*►, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H5927"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \add to me\add* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \add of animals\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* burned \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* grain, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\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 get|strong="H5927"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w by|strong="H5927"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w*, \w by|strong="H5927"\w* \w famines|strong="H3615"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w by|strong="H5927"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* replied \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add my\add* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \add their\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* telling \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY] \w or|strong="H3808"\w* famines. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* telling \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \add for many years\add*.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY], \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\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*, \add so\add* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* received \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* foolish \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* only \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* say \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* predicting \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*: \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* famines, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* famines.  
\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 are|strong="H1992"\w* predicting \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add also die\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* famines. \add Their corpses will\add* \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 and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* anyone \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* punish \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* punished.   
\p
\v 17  \add So, Jeremiah\add*, tell \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \add about yourself\add*:  
\q1 ‘\w Day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* full \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cannot stop crying.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add very precious to me, as if they were\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w severely|strong="H2470"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w severely|strong="H2470"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 18 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \add corpses of\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* slaughtered \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* enemies.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* walk \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* streets \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \add corpses of people who died\add* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* travel \w through|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, preaching \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add what they are doing\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add in a land\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w*).’”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s prayer  
\p
\v 19  \add Then I prayed this\add*:  
\q1 “\add Yahweh\add*, \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w completely|strong="H6960"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* really \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \add the people of\add* Jerusalem [MTY]?  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* [RHQ] \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5315"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* badly,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* result \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* never \w be|strong="H5315"\w* healed?  
\q1 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* healed,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w all|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* received \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* terrified \w us|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* admit/\w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add also\add* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* many \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* things.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 But \add Yahweh\add*, \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3519"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* [MTY] \w you|strong="H5034"\w*,  
\q2 \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w despise|strong="H5006"\w*/abandon \w us|strong="H4616"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* dishonor \add the city where\add* [MTY] \w your|strong="H2142"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\q1 \add Please\add* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* forget \add us\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* ◄\w break|strong="H6565"\w* \w your|strong="H2142"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H4616"\w*/stop doing \w what|strong="H2142"\w* \w you|strong="H5034"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w us|strong="H4616"\w*►.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add have been brought from\add* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1652"\w* \add to us\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1652"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fall.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="H6960"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to help us\add*.”   
\c 15  
\s1 Yahweh said what would happen to the people of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \add this\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*: “\w Even|strong="H5921"\w* if \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \add come back from their graves and\add* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add and plead with me for these Israeli people\add*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w act|strong="H5975"\w* mercifully [IDM] \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \add I would tell you\add*, ‘\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*!’  
\v 2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \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*?’, tell \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say must \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say must \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY], \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say must \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say must \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \add and taken to other countries\add*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \add and taken to other countries\add*.   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send four things \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*: \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send \add enemy soldiers using\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send wild \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drag|strong="H5498"\w* away \add their corpses\add*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send vultures \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \add their corpses\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send \add other\add* wild animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w what|strong="H5921"\w* remains \add of their corpses\add*.  
\v 4 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the wicked things that\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \add people in\add* \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 to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w horrified|strong="H2113"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add what will happen in Judah to\add* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of \add*\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] feel \w sorry|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] weep/cry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* ◄\w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w*/\w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*►.   
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\v 6 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* people \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5203"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \add from me\add* [DOU].  
\q1 \w So|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lift|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w fist|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* smash \w you|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w act|strong="H7843"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H7843"\w* longer.   
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\v 7 \w At|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w cities|strong="H8179"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \add scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by\add* ◄\w winnowing|strong="H2219"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*/throwing \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w up|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* allow \w the|strong="H7725"\w* wind \w to|strong="H7725"\w* blow \w the|strong="H7725"\w* chaff \w away|strong="H7725"\w*► [MET].  
\q2 \w You|strong="H7725"\w*, \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* evil \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\q1 \add So\add*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w children|strong="H7921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* killed.   
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\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* cause \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w more|strong="H6105"\w* widows \add in Judah\add*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \add there are grains of\add* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w* [HYP].  
\q1 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* noontime, \add when people will not be expecting it to happen\add*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* cause \add an enemy army\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H7703"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w an|strong="H5307"\w* army \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* young \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* cause \w their|strong="H1992"\w* mothers \w to|strong="H5921"\w* weep.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* experience \w great|strong="H6105"\w* suffering/pain \w and|strong="H5892"\w* become \w very|strong="H1992"\w* terrified.   
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\v 9 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* faint \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄gasp \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w*/\w be|strong="H5750"\w* hardly able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w breathe|strong="H5301"\w*►;  
\q2 \add it will be as though\add* \w daylight|strong="H8121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* darkness \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q1 \add because most of\add* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w dead|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\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* [DOU].  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s complaint and Yahweh’s reply  
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\v 10  \add I said to\add* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* mother, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am very sad;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*;  
\q2 \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land opposes \w me|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H7379"\w* \w quarrels|strong="H7379"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lends \add money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7379"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* borrows \add money from others and then refuses to pay it back\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w curses|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q1 “\add Jeremiah\add*, \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* take care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add come to you and\add* \w plead|strong="H6293"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \add to help them\add*.”   
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\v 12  \add Yahweh also told me to say to the people\add* \w of|strong="H6828"\w* Judah,  
\q1 “Your enemies, \w who|strong="H7489"\w* \w are|strong="H1270"\w* \add as strong as\add* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w or|strong="H7489"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \add will attack you\add* from \w the|strong="H7489"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*;  
\q2 no one \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w be|strong="H1270"\w* able \w to|strong="H5178"\w* stop \w them|strong="H1270"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable possessions \add of the people of Judah\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies,  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* paying \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* valuable possessions \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w payment|strong="H4242"\w*/reward \add that I will give them\add*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* country.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5921"\w* force \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w their|strong="H5921"\w* prisoners,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* other lands \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* force \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w their|strong="H5921"\w* slaves.  
\q1 \add That will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am extremely \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \add with you\add*;  
\q2 \w my|strong="H5921"\w* being \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \add like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* forever.”   
\s1 Another complaint by Jeremiah, and Yahweh’s reply  
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\v 15  \add Then I said\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add what is happening to me\add*.  
\q2 \add Please\add* \w come|strong="H2142"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w help|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*/\w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*►.  
\q2 \w Punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ◄persecuting \w me|strong="H5921"\w*/causing \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w suffer|strong="H5375"\w*►.  
\q1 \add Please\add* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* patient \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* allow \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* die \w now|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sake|strong="H5921"\w*/\w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* serve \w you|strong="H5921"\w*► \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* suffering.   
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\v 16 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*; \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8342"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* eagerly accepted [\w MET|strong="H4672"\w*] \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. [IDM, MTY]   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* carousing \w together|strong="H4390"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* joined \w them|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* alone, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* controls \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* very angry \add with those people because of their sins\add*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, ◄\w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \add allow\add* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w suffer|strong="H1961"\w*?/\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* understand \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w suffer|strong="H1961"\w*.► [RHQ]  
\q2 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* seems \w that|strong="H4325"\w* [RHQ] \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.  
\q1 \add Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me\add*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* seems \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* undependable \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* brook \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H7495"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* only \w during|strong="H1961"\w* certain seasons;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* dried \w up|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add replied\add*,  
\q1 “\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* begin \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add trust in\add* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* proclaim \w good|strong="H6440"\w*/\w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* messages \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worthless|strong="H3808"\w* \w ones|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* speaks \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* tell \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w attention|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \bd \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*\bd* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w attention|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \bd \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w*\bd* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w protected|strong="H3467"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* [DOU] \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \add Truly\add*, \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* keep \w you|strong="H3027"\w* safe \w from|strong="H3027"\w* those \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* seized \w by|strong="H3027"\w* cruel \w people|strong="H3709"\w*.  
\q1 \add That will happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3027"\w* said it.”   
\c 16  
\s1 Jeremiah was warned about the coming disaster  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \add He said to me\add*,  
\v 2 “\w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*,  
\v 3 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* city, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* mothers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fathers|strong="H3205"\w*:  
\v 4  \add Many of\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* terrible \w diseases|strong="H8463"\w*. \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w*; \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*, \add scattered\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* manure. \add Others\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add then\add* \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* vultures \w and|strong="H8064"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5110"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* funerals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H7356"\w* \add those whose relatives have died\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* feel \w sorry|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stopped protecting \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w that|strong="H3588"\w* things \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stopped \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loving \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* acting mercifully \w toward|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 6  \add Very many people\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land, \add including\add* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w*. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \add their corpses\add*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w shave|strong="H7139"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w head|strong="H7139"\w* \add to show that he is very sad\add*.  
\v 7 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H4191"\w* food \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* father \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* mother \add who has died\add*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \add of wine\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* cheer \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w And|strong="H1004"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* go into \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 9  \add I want you to do this\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w say|strong="H6963"\w*: ‘\w While|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H7673"\w* alive \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w seeing|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* happen, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* singing \w and|strong="H3478"\w* laughing \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*. \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8342"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* bridegrooms \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w brides|strong="H3618"\w*.’   
\p
\v 10 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ask, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \add for which we deserve to be punished like this\add*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*?’   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* tell \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add that I am replying to them\add*: ‘\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* other gods \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\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 obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* commands.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add who are living now\add* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H1115"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H6213"\w*! Each \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* stubbornly \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w desires|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* say.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w throw|strong="H2904"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w worship|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 And|strong="H3119"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
\p
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add who are solemnly promising to do something\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\add I will do this\add*, \add just as surely\add* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*—\w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.’  
\v 15 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* ‘\add I will do this, just as surely\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \add us\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* own land, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\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* ◄exiled \w us|strong="H5414"\w*/\w forced|strong="H5080"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w*►.’ \add They will be able to say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H7227"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* summoning \add your enemies who will seize the people of Judah like\add* [MET] \w fishermen|strong="H1728"\w* \add catch fish\add*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* summoning \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* search \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\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 and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* cave, \add like\add* [MET] \w hunters|strong="H6719"\w* \add search for animals to kill\add*.  
\v 17 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w watching|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \add that they commit\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY].  
\v 18 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wicked \w things|strong="H8251"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* done [DOU], \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w twice|strong="H4932"\w* \w as|strong="H4932"\w* \w much|strong="H4932"\w* \add as I would punish other people. I will do that\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* caused \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H4390"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \add worshiping\add* lifeless statues \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \add also because they\add* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* done many \w other|strong="H4932"\w* \w evil|strong="H5771"\w* \w things|strong="H8251"\w* \w throughout|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah prayed again, and Yahweh replied  
\q1
\v 19  \add Then I prayed, saying\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w strengthens|strong="H5797"\w* \w me|strong="H8267"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w protects|strong="H4581"\w* \w me|strong="H8267"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add troubles\add*.  
\q1 \add Some day people from\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* world \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say,  
\q2 ‘\w Our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors left/\w gave|strong="H5157"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* only something \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w*;  
\q1 \add they worshiped idols\add* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* completely \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 20 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* own gods;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add only idols\add*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* real gods.’ ”   
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\q1
\v 21  \add Then Yahweh said\add*, “\w Now|strong="H6471"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of Judah\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* powerful [DOU].  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H3651"\w*, finally, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add am the true God\add*.”   
\c 17  
\s1 Yahweh’s promise to punish Judah  
\q1
\v 1  \add Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \add committed by the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w engraved|strong="H2790"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3063"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chisel|strong="H5842"\w*, or \w engraved|strong="H2790"\w* using \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fine \w point|strong="H6856"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very hard \w stone|strong="H8068"\w*,  
\q2 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add where they worship idols\add*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w this|strong="H3789"\w* list \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w engraved|strong="H2790"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* inner beings!   
\q1
\v 2  \add Even\add* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* happy \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add to worship their gods\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* poles \add that represent the goddess\add* Asherah \add at which their parents worshiped\add*,  
\q2 shrines \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* underneath \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* big \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5414"\w* capture \add Zion\add*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* holy hill,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ◄treasures/valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w*►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \add even\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2042"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* people \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \add wonderful\add* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\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 about|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\q1 \add I will do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w extremely|strong="H5704"\w* angry \add with you\add*;  
\q2 \w my|strong="H5414"\w* being angry \w is|strong="H5159"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\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* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* curse/condemn \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* human beings \add to help them\add*,  
\q2 \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* rely \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w strength|strong="H2220"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \add dry\add* bushes \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w barren|strong="H4420"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* salty area, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* grows.   
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\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w trust|strong="H4009"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* confidently expect \add me to take care of them\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* riverbank,  
\q2 \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add wet ground beside\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* whose \w leaves|strong="H5929"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*,  
\q2 \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* months \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 9 Human \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* extremely corrupt/\w deceitful|strong="H6121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3045"\w* change \w that|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3820"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* impossible [RHQ] \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w search|strong="H2713"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* everyone’s inner \w being|strong="H3629"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w examine|strong="H2713"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* thinking.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* rewards,  
\q2 \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w deserve|strong="H6529"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* unjust  
\q2 \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* birds \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w hatch|strong="H3205"\w* \w eggs|strong="H1716"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w lay|strong="H1961"\w*/stole \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* nest►.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* only \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \add that they expect to live\add*, \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w wealth|strong="H6239"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* disappear.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add other people will realize that\add* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, your \w temple|strong="H4720"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* still \w on|strong="H4725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* hill.   
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add we\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H5800"\w* confidently expect \add to bless us\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* turn \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* disgraced.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* names \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \add only\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dust, \add and will soon disappear\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \add who are like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* where \w people|strong="H5800"\w* obtain \w fresh|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 14 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add please\add* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add if you heal me\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.  
\q2 \add If you\add* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w safe|strong="H3467"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 People often ridicule \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q1 “\w You|strong="H2009"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2009"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* ◄\w why|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H2009"\w* predicted not \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*?/\w those|strong="H1992"\w* predictions \w have|strong="H3068"\w* not \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*!►” [RHQ]   
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\v 16 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add appointed me to take care of your people like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \add takes care of his sheep\add* [MET]; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* abandoned \w that|strong="H3045"\w* work,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add previously\add* wanted \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7462"\w* \add to come to people who ridicule me\add*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* said [MTY] \add to your people\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 Do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* terrified!  
\q2 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w*/\w occur|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* whom \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* safe.   
\q1
\v 18  \add So now\add*, cause \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* ◄\w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*/cause \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer► \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* ashamed \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \add do things to me that will\add* cause \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* ashamed \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*.  
\q1 Cause \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*!  
\q2 Do \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* many \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* completely \w destroy|strong="H7665"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!   
\s1 Keeping the Sabbath day holy  
\p
\v 19 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \add First\add* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* where \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 of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add then\add* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add at each gate\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \add else\add* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add you other people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* enter \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* warning \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w*! \add Stop doing work\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*/\w our|strong="H3068"\w* rest► \w days|strong="H3117"\w*! Stop \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w loads|strong="H4853"\w* through \w these|strong="H8104"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \add on those days\add*!  
\v 22 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w loads|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* \add other\add* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*! \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w holy|strong="H6942"\w*/\w set|strong="H6942"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*►. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\v 23 \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 to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*. \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* correct \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w stubbornly|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM] \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w loads|strong="H4853"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \add on Sabbath days\add* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w dedicate|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\v 25 \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add their\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add continue to\add* \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add always\add* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* descendant \w of|strong="H4428"\w* [MTY] \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \add here\add* [MTY] \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\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 and|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 26 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* bringing \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H5439"\w* burned \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other\add* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* grain \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w incense|strong="H3828"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \add me\add*. People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* villages near \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \add where the tribe\add* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \add lives\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* desert \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* say, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w dedicate|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \add continue to\add* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w loads|strong="H4853"\w* through \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w into|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w spread|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* palaces, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w out|strong="H3518"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*.”’”   
\c 18  
\s1 The potter and the clay  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w*. \add He said\add*,  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* shop \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* man who makes clay pots. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* shop, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* pots. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w working|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wheel \add that he uses to form pots\add*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* finished \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w*, \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w good|strong="H3474"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* hoped/wanted \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w*. \add So\add*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w another|strong="H3627"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w*, shaping \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* desired.   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 6 “Perhaps \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add think that\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* pots \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ]. \add But what they think is wrong\add*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \add can control what happens to them like\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \add controls what he does with the clay\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 7 There \w may|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H7281"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* proclaim \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H1471"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \add like someone\add* pulls \w up|strong="H5428"\w* \add a plant with its roots\add*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* smashes \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* destroys \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \add the people of\add* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* send \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* send.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="H1471"\w* there \w may|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H7281"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* proclaim \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|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* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* cause \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* strong [MET].  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* if \add the people of\add* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* nation \add start to\add* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w bless|strong="H3190"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \add Jeremiah, go and warn all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add in other places\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* [DOU]. \add So\add*, \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w start|strong="H1870"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w*, \add in order that you will not experience that disaster\add*.” ’ ’”   
\p
\v 12  \add So I told that message to the people\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* useless \add for you to tell us that\add*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \add continue to\add* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* stubborn \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w behave|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* want \w to|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add people who live in other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w such|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*.  
\q2 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \add have been pure like\add* [MET] \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*!   
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5800"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* certainly never [RHQ] completely disappears/melts \w from|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w rocky|strong="H6697"\w* \w slopes|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* mountains \w in|strong="H5800"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5800"\w* \w cold|strong="H7119"\w* \w streams|strong="H5140"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w flow|strong="H5140"\w* \w down|strong="H5140"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* those distant mountains never [RHQ] cease \w flowing|strong="H5140"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add are not as reliable as those streams:\add*  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H7911"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \add honor/worship\add* \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w* \w idols|strong="H7723"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* very \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* good \w roads|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* dirt \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H8074"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* see \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* hiss \add to ridicule it\add*.  
\q1 \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w shake|strong="H5110"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \add to show that they are shocked\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* enemies \add attack them\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* dust \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* those difficulties/disasters,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* turn \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w back|strong="H6203"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \add and refuse\add* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* help \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah complained to Yahweh again when the people planned to attack him  
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \add many\add* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* teach \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w give|strong="H7181"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* good \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \add what will happen. We do not need Jeremiah!\add* \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w*’s slander \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19  \add Then I prayed\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add please\add* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*!  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H6963"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w paying|strong="H7999"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add things to me\add*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \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* \add to fall into\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* die.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H7999"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add one time\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* pleaded \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to help them\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w prevent|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \add punishing them\add* [MTY], \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \add now\add*, \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*!  
\q2 \w Or|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \add their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*!  
\q1 \w Cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* wives \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* widows, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*!  
\q2 \w Cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \add old\add* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H4194"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*!   
\q1
\v 22 Cause \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* scream \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* enemy soldiers \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* come \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*!  
\q1 \add Cause all those things to happen to them\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add want to kill me\add*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \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 for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \add to fall into\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w traps|strong="H6341"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* path.   
\q1
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* crimes  
\q2 \w or|strong="H4194"\w* \w blot|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \add the record of\add* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\q1 \w Cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H4229"\w*;  
\q2 \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* angry \add with them\add*!”   
\c 19  
\s1 Judah will be like a smashed jar  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* another \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* gave \add to me\add*: “\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 man|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w makes|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\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*.  
\v 2 \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of the city\add* past \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Broken Pots, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \add overlooking the dump for broken pottery in\add* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\add This message is for\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add Jerusalem\add*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* stunned/shocked [IDM].  
\v 4  \add That will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \add you Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5800"\w* worshiping \w me|strong="H5800"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* caused \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \add you worship\add* foreign gods. \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* ancestors \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w ever|strong="H2088"\w* heard \w about|strong="H3045"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\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 innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add whom you have killed\add*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* shrines \w to|strong="H1696"\w* honor \add your god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* shrines \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \add killed\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* own \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w that|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* anyone doing \w that|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w beware|strong="H2009"\w*, \add because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* garbage dump \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*; \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Slaughter|strong="H2028"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 \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* \add you people who live in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \add many of\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. \add Then\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* remain \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* vultures \w and|strong="H3063"\w* wild animals.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \add completely destroy\add* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H5892"\w* cause \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H8074"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heap \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* people \w will|strong="H5892"\w* despise. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \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 they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* see \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8074"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* enable \w your|strong="H1245"\w* enemies \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* kill \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* surround \w the|strong="H1245"\w* city \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5315"\w* time. \add Then the food will be all gone, and you people will be extremely hungry, with the result that\add* \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w the|strong="H1245"\w* city \w will|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w the|strong="H1245"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w*’ \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.’   
\p
\v 10  \add Jeremiah, after you tell that to them\add*, \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*, \w smash|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w jar|strong="H1228"\w* \add that you brought\add*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* say \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Just|strong="H3602"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w smash|strong="H7665"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Judah. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w some|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* corpses \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* dump, \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 space|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* corpses.  
\v 12 \w That|strong="H3068"\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 city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* desecrated, \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \add King Josiah caused Topheth to be\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* unfit \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* palaces \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* desecrated \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1004"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooftops|strong="H1406"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* honor \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars \add that you worshiped\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* wine \add to be an offering\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* ◄desecrated/unacceptable \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* people \w to|strong="H1961"\w* worship \w me|strong="H5921"\w*►.”’”   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* returned \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* garbage dump \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were there\add*:  
\v 15 “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* villages \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w stubbornly|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM] \w refused|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
\c 20  
\s1 Pashhur arrested Jeremiah  
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\v 1 \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Immer, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* guards. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.  
\v 2  \add So he arrested me\add*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \add commanded guards to\add* whip \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fasten|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* feet \w in|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w stocks|strong="H4115"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* wooden \w frame|strong="H5414"\w*► \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\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 me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ‘Surrounded \w by|strong="H3068"\w* Terror’,  
\v 4 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to you\add*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* friends \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w terrified|strong="H4032"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*’ \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add army of the\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5221"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w others|strong="H1540"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w their|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \add other things in\add* Jerusalem. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Babylon \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* very valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \add as for\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Babylon. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* friends \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’”   
\s1 Jeremiah complained to Yahweh again  
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\v 7  \add One day I said this to Yahweh\add*:  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add when you chose me to be a prophet,\add*\w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deceive|strong="H6601"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* insisted \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add become a prophet\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w ridicules|strong="H3932"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w make|strong="H2388"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \add people your messages\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* shout \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\add Yahweh is going to cause you to experience\add* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*!’  
\q1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w insult|strong="H2781"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* scoff \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w would|strong="H8034"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H8034"\w*, [MTY]’  
\q2 \add it would be as though\add* \w your|strong="H2142"\w* message \w would|strong="H8034"\w* \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* inner \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H8034"\w* \w would|strong="H8034"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.  
\q1 Sometimes \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w try|strong="H3811"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* silent \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* proclaim \w your|strong="H2142"\w* messages,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w whispering|strong="H1681"\w* \add about me\add*,  
\q2 saying ‘\add He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to\add* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w terrified|strong="H4032"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add the authorities what he is saying\add*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w denounce|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*!’  
\q1 \add Even\add* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* best friends \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w waiting|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* say \w something|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* wrong.  
\q1 \add They are saying\add*, ‘\w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* cause \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* say \w something|strong="H8104"\w* wrong,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* discredit \w him|strong="H5046"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add you\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* helping \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* defeat \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3966"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H3639"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* defeat \w me|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H7291"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H3639"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* examine \add all\add* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* know \add all that is in\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* inner \w beings|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\q1 Allow \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* getting \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \add who want to harm me\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 \w Sing|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q2 \w Praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescues|strong="H5337"\w* \add poor and\add* needy \w people|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7489"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w cursed|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* want \add anyone to\add* celebrate \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \add as for\add* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w my|strong="H8055"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* caused \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*, \w by|strong="H3205"\w* saying  
\q2 “\add You wife\add* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w*”,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \add also\add* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* cursed.   
\q1
\v 16 Allow \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* \add long ago\add*,  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* acting mercifully \add toward them\add*.  
\q1 \w Cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* man \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* wailing \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add to hear the enemy soldiers shout their\add* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w cries|strong="H8643"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \add I want that to happen to him\add* 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 before|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w mother|strong="H7358"\w*’s \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w mother|strong="H7358"\w*’s \w body|strong="H4191"\w* would \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* \w experienced|strong="H2088"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am disgraced \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* die;  
\q1 \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* necessary [RHQ] \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w born|strong="H3318"\w*?   
\c 21  
\s1 God rejected King Zedekiah’s request  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add a man who was also named\add* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* named \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \add to talk to me. They pleaded with me\add*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 2 “\add The army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w is|strong="H3068"\w* attacking Judah. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* speak \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \add Ask him if he will help us\add*. \w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s \add army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w performing|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* miracle \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w miracles|strong="H6381"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \add previously\add*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3541"\w* them, “\add Go back to King\add* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*. Tell \w him|strong="H3414"\w*,  
\v 4 ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* useless \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Jerusalem, attacking. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* enter \w into|strong="H8432"\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*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* myself \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \add army\add* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, [MTY, DOU] \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* am \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* send \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* ◄terrible \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*/big sickness► \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H5221"\w* domestic animals, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \add many of\add* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\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 want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \add you\add*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add all the other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H5221"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w*. \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*(pl) \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w*. [DOU]’   
\p
\v 8 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must decide whether \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w or|strong="H4194"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 9 Everyone \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w remains|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Jerusalem \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* battles \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* hungry \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* surrounding \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 10  \add That will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience something \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \add completely\add* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* fire.’ ”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Judah’s kings  
\p
\v 11  \add Yahweh also told me to\add* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w family|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 Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\v 12 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Every|strong="H1242"\w* \w day|strong="H1242"\w*, \w make|strong="H1197"\w* fair \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w judge|strong="H1777"\w*.  
\q2 Help \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w robbed|strong="H1497"\w*.  
\q2 \w Rescue|strong="H5337"\w*/\w Save|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*/\w treat|strong="H4941"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* cruelly►.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* punish [MTY] \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* impossible \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w extinguish|strong="H3518"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H1497"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rocky|strong="H6697"\w* hill \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.  
\q1 \add I will fight against\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* boast, saying,  
\q2 “\w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H6697"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H3068"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \add our defenses\add*.”   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wicked \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w deserve|strong="H6529"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w*;  
\q1 \add It will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* light \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w forests|strong="H3293"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*!’ ”   
\c 22  
\s1 A message about punishing the evil kings of Judah  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \add to me\add*: “\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* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*:  
\v 2 ‘\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H3427"\w* [MTY], \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\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* must \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*  
\v 3 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Act|strong="H6213"\w* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*. \w Help|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w robbed|strong="H1497"\w*. \w Rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w oppress|strong="H3238"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. Stop \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* things. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w mistreat|strong="H3238"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H4941"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* countries, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w mistreat|strong="H3238"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* widows. Stop murdering \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* [MTY] \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* things \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w wrong|strong="H3238"\w*►.  
\v 4 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w*, \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add always\add* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* descendant \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* [MTY] \add in Jerusalem\add*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w declare|strong="H8085"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* myself [MTY] \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H8085"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w palace|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.” ’ ”   
\p
\v 6 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I like\add* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* forests \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mountains \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* summon enemy troops who \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w this|strong="H7843"\w* palace;  
\q2 each \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H5307"\w* use \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own tools \add to wreck the building\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* pieces \w the|strong="H5921"\w* beautiful big cedar \add beams\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w throw|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.”   
\p
\v 8 \w People|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \add the ruins of\add* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add very\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*?”  
\v 9 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reply, “\add He did it\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5800"\w* obeying \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5647"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* [DOU] other gods.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 10  \add Yahweh also says,\add* “Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* King \add Josiah\add*;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cry \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\q1 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add King Jehoahaz, his son\add*,  
\q2 \add because\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* captured \w and|strong="H1980"\w* taken \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* country,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1980"\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* own country, \add Judah\add*, \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\m
\v 11 Jehoahaz \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \add died\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* Jehoahaz \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* captured \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H3318"\w* \add to Babylonia\add*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*: “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Judah\add*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* far-away \w country|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* own \w country|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
\s1 A message about King Jehoiakim  
\q1
\v 13  \add And Yahweh said to me\add*, “Terrible \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \add King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w unjustly|strong="H4941"\w* \add forced men to\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* level \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \add by men who were forced\add* \w unjustly|strong="H4941"\w* \add to do that work\add*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H1004"\w* forced \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* said, ‘\w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \add force my workers to\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge beautiful \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1004"\w* very \w large|strong="H1004"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \add many\add* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w*.  
\q1 They \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cover \w the|strong="H1129"\w* walls \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \add fragrant\add* cedar panels/timber  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* paint \w them|strong="H1129"\w* \w bright|strong="H8350"\w* \w red|strong="H8350"\w*.’”   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* cedar palace \w that|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w*!  
\q1 Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] plenty \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* eat \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Josiah always \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* blessed \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 Josiah acted justly/fairly \w and|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H5002"\w* way \w a|strong="H3068"\w* person \w should|strong="H3068"\w* behave \w who|strong="H1931"\w* knows \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add Jehoiakim\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H5869"\w* greedy \w and|strong="H5869"\w* desire \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* obtain things \w by|strong="H5921"\w* acting dishonestly.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* murder [MTY] \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* oppress poor \w people|strong="H1818"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w treat|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w cruelly|strong="H6233"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* violently.”   
\b  
\p
\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*:  
\q1 “\add When he dies\add*, \w people|strong="H1121"\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*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* sad; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* sorry!’  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\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*, saying,  
\q2 ‘We \w are|strong="H1121"\w* sad \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* dead; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* sorry \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \add that happened while he was king are ended\add*.’   
\q1
\v 19  \add When he dies, people will do to\add* \w his|strong="H7993"\w* corpse what \w they|strong="H3389"\w* do \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dead \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*;  
\q2 \w his|strong="H7993"\w* \add corpse\add* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* dumped \w outside|strong="H1973"\w* \w the|strong="H7993"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 20  \add You people of Judah\add*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add the mountains in\add* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* weep,  
\q2 \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add mountains of the\add* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*,  
\q1 \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H7665"\w* \add the mountains of\add* Moab,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* friends \add in those areas\add* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* prosperous, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w warned|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \add to what you say\add*.’  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* acting \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* young;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \add So, now I will punish\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* leaders;  
\q2 \add it will be as though\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* blown \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \add by your enemies\add* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w taken|strong="H7628"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w another|strong="H7451"\w* country.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \add truly\add* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H3637"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add that you have done\add*.   
\q1
\v 23  \add Now, your king\add* enjoys \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* cedar rooms \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3205"\w* palace,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4100"\w* \add soon\add* \w he|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H2603"\w* punished,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w then|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w groan|strong="H2603"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3427"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w giving|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baby.”   
\s1 God will punish King Jehoiachin  
\p
\v 24 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*: “Jehoiachin, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \add I will punish you\add*. \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ring \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* finger \w that|strong="H3588"\w* shows \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\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*.  
\v 25 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3016"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* huge army, \add because\add* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* wanting \w to|strong="H5414"\w* kill \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* capture \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* expel \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* mother \add from this land\add*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* taken \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* country. \w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w both|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\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 this|strong="H7725"\w* land \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w much|strong="H5921"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\q1
\v 28  \add Someone said,\add* “Jehoiachin \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H5310"\w* \w pot|strong="H3627"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* despised \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w wants|strong="H2656"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ◄exiled/forced \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go► \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreign land.   
\q1
\v 29  \add I want\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* land \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\q1
\v 30 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add In the record about the kings of Judah,\add* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add it will be as though\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \add Jehoiachin\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*/\w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add ever\add* become \w king|strong="H3678"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.”   
\c 23  
\s1 God will punish the evil leaders  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w declares|strong="H5002"\w*, “Terrible things \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the leaders\add* [MET] \add of my people—those who are like\add* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people who are like\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*—\w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* people \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \w away|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* not taken care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Israeli \add people worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* leaders: ‘\w Instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* taking \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* later \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* alive, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w forced|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own country, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* children, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w*/population \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 4  \add Then\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \add other\add* leaders \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, leaders \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* [DOU] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add like a\add* lost \add sheep\add*.’ ”   
\p
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Some|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w appoint|strong="H4427"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w man|strong="H6662"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H6780"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w rules|strong="H4427"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w throughout|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land.   
\q1
\v 6 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli people [DOU] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \add from their enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w safe|strong="H3467"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* vindicates/defends \w us|strong="H3117"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add who are solemnly promising to do something\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, “\add I will do it as surely\add* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, “\add I will do it\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \add us\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* own land, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* northeast \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* countries \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* exiled \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own land \add again\add*.   
\s1 The false prophets will be punished  
\p
\v 9 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* shocked \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add what will happen to\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*;  
\q1 \add it is as though\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w shake|strong="H7363"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* stagger \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w*  
\q2 \w after|strong="H1961"\w* drinking \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \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* \add people who commit\add* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* cursed \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3651"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4057"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add the false prophets\add* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H4057"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* just/fair.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\add Yes, even\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ungodly;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \add it will be as though\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w paths|strong="H2519"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w slippery|strong="H2519"\w*.  
\q2 \add It will be as though\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* chased \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* darkness,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 13  \add Previously\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* doing something \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* wrong;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \add gave them the messages that they were proclaiming\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w deceiving|strong="H8582"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* habitually \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w encourage|strong="H2388"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w stop|strong="H1115"\w* \w sinning|strong="H7489"\w*.  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* bitter \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* eat  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* land \w is|strong="H3068"\w* filled \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add people who do\add* wicked \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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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* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* deceiving \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w*/created \add only\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* habitually \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* hate \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\add Yahweh says that\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.’  
\q1 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* stubbornly \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add because of your doing those things\add*.’   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* none \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w council|strong="H5475"\w* \add meeting\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* heaven  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\q2 None \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H3318"\w*, \w listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*: \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H2342"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*, swirling \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* angry  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* planned.  
\q2 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* future, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand \add all of\add* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* clearly.”   
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\v 21  \add Yahweh also says,\add* “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \add around telling people their messages\add*.  
\q1 \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*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add continue to\add* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 If \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w council|strong="H5475"\w* \add meetings\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* committing \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\b  
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\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w Am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* only \w nearby|strong="H7138"\w*?  
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*, \w also|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* some \w secret|strong="H5641"\w* \w place|strong="H4565"\w*  
\q2 \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* result \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* everywhere, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*!  
\q1 \add That is what I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say!   
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\v 25 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* telling \w people|strong="H8085"\w* messages \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w*. \w They|strong="H8085"\w* say, ‘\add Listen to me tell you\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* God \w gave|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w* last night! \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \add really\add* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*!’  
\v 26 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w this|strong="H3820"\w*? \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* those \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* things \w that|strong="H5030"\w* come \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* own \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*?  
\v 27 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* because \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \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 to|strong="H2803"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w*, \w like|strong="H2803"\w* \w their|strong="H7911"\w* ancestors \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \w about|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w* \w when|strong="H2472"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* started \w to|strong="H2803"\w* worship \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 28 Allow \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add really\add* come \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H5608"\w* \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* faithfully. \w I|strong="H1697"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \add that like\add* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* certainly very different, \add my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different\add*.  
\v 29  \add It is as though\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \add burn\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \add strike people’s inner beings like\add* someone strikes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* smashes \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w into|strong="H1697"\w* \w pieces|strong="H6327"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, '\w I|strong="H2005"\w* oppose \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 31 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* oppose \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* speak \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own messages \w but|strong="H3947"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* messages \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 32 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* oppose \w those|strong="H5921"\w* prophets \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* say \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* something \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vision, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add only\add* \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H8267"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* sin. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* prophets. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add to be prophets\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* messages \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w*.' \add That is what I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w declare|strong="H5608"\w*.”   
\s1 Messages from false prophets  
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\v 33  \add Yahweh said to me\add*, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w asks|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* problem \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* told \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H4853"\w* \add now\add*?’, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must reply, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* problem! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5203"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!’  
\v 34 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w any|strong="H6485"\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* \add else falsely\add* says, ‘\add I have\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* person \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 35 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\add When you spoke to Yahweh,\add* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \add to us\add*?’  
\v 36 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* ‘\add I have\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H4853"\w*/\w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* doing \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* accept \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ideas, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* distort/\w change|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels.  
\v 37 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*: ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w* \add when you talked to him\add*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \add to us\add*?’  
\v 38 \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* replies, ‘\add What I told you\add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H4853"\w*/\w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, “\add I received\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H4853"\w*/\w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*” \w even|strong="H3651"\w* though \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* received \w prophecies|strong="H1697"\w*/\w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.’  
\v 39 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \add , Yahweh,\add* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add false prophets\add*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* expel \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\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 to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* fun \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* disgraced.”   
\c 24  
\s1 Good figs and bad figs  
\p
\v 1  \add The army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon captured \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3204"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2796"\w* \w workers|strong="H2796"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon. \w After|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* happened, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* gave \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H7200"\w*. \add In the vision\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w baskets|strong="H1736"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\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*.  
\v 2 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* full \w of|strong="H7451"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* ripen first. \w The|strong="H3808"\w* other \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* filled \w with|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w were|strong="H7451"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*/rotten, \w with|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* result \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* eaten.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H7200"\w* replied, “\add I see some\add* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*. Some \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w ones|strong="H8384"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* some \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* result \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 5 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Israeli people \add say that they worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* represent [SIM] \w the|strong="H3541"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* whom \w I|strong="H3541"\w* exiled \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H5869"\w* ◄\w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*/\w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w care|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w*► \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add some day\add* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \add to Judah\add*. \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w establish|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* strong. \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* prosperous [MET], \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* exile \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add again\add*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* desire \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* [IDM] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|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 because|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* sincerely.’   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add also\add* say, ‘\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* represent [SIM] \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\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 and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H7611"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* rotten \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \add get rid of them\add*, \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* people \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H4467"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w horrified|strong="H2113"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* hate \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* people. \w Wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w scatter|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, people \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* fun \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* disgraced, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w ridicule|strong="H4912"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* famines \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* disappeared \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w which|strong="H1992"\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 to|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors.’”   
\c 25  
\s1 A prediction about being exiled for 70 years  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|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 It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Babylon.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:  
\v 3 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* 23 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amon, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* 13 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* faithfully \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w Many|strong="H3808"\w* times \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w him|strong="H7971"\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 to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Each|strong="H5414"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w*: ‘\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* [MET], \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w continually|strong="H5769"\w* \w been|strong="H5769"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \add to belong to you\add* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w serving|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*, \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H7489"\w*/\w harm|strong="H7489"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.’   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, ‘\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* messages \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \add gave to those prophets\add*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* caused \w me|strong="H3707"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \add your worshiping idols\add* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w That|strong="H8085"\w* resulted \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* punishing \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \add now, I\add*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* gather \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* northeast. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3068"\w* lead \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add armies\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* nearby countries. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w places|strong="H2723"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* horrified \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄ridicule/act contemptuously \w toward|strong="H5921"\w*►, \w places|strong="H2723"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2723"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* cause \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* singing \w and|strong="H6963"\w* laughing \w to|strong="H1992"\w* cease \w in|strong="H6963"\w* your land. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* no longer \w be|strong="H6963"\w* \w brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* bridegrooms talking \add joyfully\add*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* not \w be|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* people grinding \add grain\add* \w with|strong="H6963"\w* \w millstones|strong="H7347"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* no \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w* lit \add in your houses\add*.  
\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H2723"\w* where \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H8141"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \add the people of\add* Israel \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby countries \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add will be exiled to Babylonia and\add* ◄\w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w*/\w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w*► \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|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 Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \add they have been in Babylonia for\add* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\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* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H6485"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wasteland|strong="H8077"\w*/desert \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w has|strong="H1471"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* punishments \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w predicted|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H7999"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*, \w like|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H7999"\w* \w caused|strong="H5647"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* punish \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w like|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* deserve \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add having caused my people to suffer\add*.’ ”   
\s1 The wine that symbolized God’s punishment  
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \add a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add wine that represents\add* \w punishment|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY]. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the leaders of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*.  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \add the wine\add*, \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w stagger|strong="H1607"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* act \w like|strong="H6440"\w* crazy people, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \add they will realize that\add* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* ◄massacre many \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* people/cause many \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* people \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w*► [MTY] \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H3947"\w*, \add in the vision,\add* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \add full of wine\add* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\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 he|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add the leaders of those\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \add some of that wine\add*.  
\v 18  \add I went to\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* drank \add some of the wine\add* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* cup. \w And|strong="H3063"\w*, starting \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \add eventually\add* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* removed \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w having|strong="H4428"\w* authority, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* became \add people whom others\add* ◄ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards►, \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* despised, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* cursed.  
\v 19  \add In the vision I went to\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add and gave some of the wine\add* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* many \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\v 20 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H6154"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H6430"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \add In the vision I also went to\add* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w* land \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* Ashkelon, \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ashdod \add cities and gave some of the wine\add* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add of those places\add*.  
\v 21  \add Then in the vision I went to the\add* Edom, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \add people-groups\add*,  
\v 22 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add cities\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* areas \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add gave some of the wine\add* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add of those places\add*.  
\v 23  \add In the vision I then went\add* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*, \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w*, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* Buz \add cities in Arabia\add* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* distant \w places|strong="H3605"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w places|strong="H3605"\w* where people \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* hair \w short|strong="H7112"\w*), \add and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas\add*.  
\v 24  \add In the vision I also went to other places in\add* \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add kings of tribes\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*  
\v 25 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* \add people-groups\add*,  
\v 26 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* countries \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \add to Israel\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* countries \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \add from Israel\add*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*— \add I went to\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world [HYP]. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* finally, \add in my vision I went to\add* \w Babylon|strong="H8347"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* gave \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wine \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H8347"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* wine \add that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them\add* [MTY].   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \add in the vision Yahweh said to me\add*, “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* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* \add from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you\add*. \w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* \add a lot of it\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w become|strong="H7937"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w vomit|strong="H7006"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|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="H7971"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 28 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* wine [MTY] \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, tell \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* starting \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* own \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w disaster|strong="H7489"\w*. \add Do you think that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [RHQ]? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [LIT] \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* causing \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nations \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \add That will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.’   
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\v 30 \w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add shout to them\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \add in heaven\add* [MTY]  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add it will sound like\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* [SIM] \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w treading|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* grapes \add to make juice for wine\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
\q1
\v 31 \w Even|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w remote|strong="H7097"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* around \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* hear \w him|strong="H5414"\w* shouting,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* slaughtered \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* tell \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*!  
\q2 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w another|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q1 \add I am preparing to punish them like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* starts \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* distant places \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* earth.   
\q1
\v 33 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \add the corpses of\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add caused to be\add* slaughtered \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fill \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* west.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* gather \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w corpses|strong="H2491"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add scattered\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* manure.   
\q1
\v 34 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add evil\add* leaders, weep \w and|strong="H3117"\w* moan!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* take care \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w*, \add fall down and\add* \w roll|strong="H6428"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dust/dirt.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* shattered \w like|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fragile vase \add shatters when it falls to the ground\add*.   
\q1
\v 35 \w You|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* find \w any|strong="H4480"\w* place \w to|strong="H4480"\w* hide,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w be|strong="H4480"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* place \w to|strong="H4480"\w* which \w you|strong="H4480"\w* can \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*.   
\q1
\v 36  \add People will\add* \w listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* leaders \w crying|strong="H6818"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* ruining \w your|strong="H3068"\w* nation.   
\q1
\v 37 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* meadows \w will|strong="H3068"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wasteland/desert  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry.   
\q1
\v 38 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \add my dwelling like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w leaves|strong="H5800"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w den|strong="H5520"\w* \add to attack other animals\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* very angry \add with you\add*, \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \add your enemies to slaughter you with their\add* swords.’ ”   
\c 26  
\s1 Jeremiah escaped being killed  
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\v 1 Soon \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \add me\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*: \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \add in front\add* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people from\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* various \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w omit|strong="H1639"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 3  \add If you do tell them everything\add*, \w perhaps|strong="H5162"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* each \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5162"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4-5 Say to them, ‘This is what \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say,  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* destroyed \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \add the place where the Sacred Tent was put\add*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* name \add people in\add* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1471"\w* say when \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 7  \add When I did what Yahweh told me to do,\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* many \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* outside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8610"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*!  
\v 9 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* [RHQ] \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add destroyed\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \add was destroyed\add*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* saying \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \add any more\add*? (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*) [RHQ]” \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* surrounded \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add as I stood\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add front of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\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 about|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \add that was happening\add*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* rushed \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* named \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w New|strong="H2319"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \add to judge my case\add*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add false \add*\w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were there\add*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H5030"\w* executed, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add will be destroyed\add*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY] \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \add what will happen to\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* if \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stop sinning, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add start to\add* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* send.  
\v 14 \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* free myself \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* grasp. \add So you can\add* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* want \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 15  \add But you need to\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killing|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* wrong►. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* guilty, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* truth \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w deserve|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* executed, \w because|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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H6965"\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 gathered|strong="H6951"\w* \add there\add*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H2790"\w*, “◄\add Remember/Think about► what\add* \w Micah|strong="H4320"\w*, \add the prophet\add* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moresheth|strong="H4183"\w* \add town\add*, \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* told \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q2 \add Some day\add* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \add are plowed\add*;  
\q2 \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* \w ruins|strong="H5856"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* clump/group \w of|strong="H4428"\w* trees \w on|strong="H3117"\w* top \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* Micah \add for saying that\add*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* revered \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* pleaded \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w act|strong="H6213"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H6440"\w*/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w*► \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w changed|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w mind|strong="H5315"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* send. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \add if we kill Jeremiah\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*!”   
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\v 20  \add At that time,\add*Uriah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \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* \add city\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*/proclaiming \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* predicting \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w would|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2063"\w* disasters \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* predicting.  
\v 21 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* Uriah \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* sent \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* Uriah. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* Uriah \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w became|strong="H3372"\w* \add very\add* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w escaped|strong="H1272"\w*/\w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w*► \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Elnathan \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Acbor|strong="H5907"\w* along \w with|strong="H4714"\w* several other \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 23 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* captured Uriah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \add back to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \add had a soldier\add* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* Uriah \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* buried \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H6913"\w* where poor \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* buried.   
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\v 24 However, Ahikam \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* defended \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* persuaded \w the|strong="H5414"\w* officials \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H5414"\w* mob \w to|strong="H4191"\w* murder \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\c 27  
\s1 Jeremiah urged them to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar  
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\v 1 Soon \w after|strong="H1961"\w* Zedekiah \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 2 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*: “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w yoke|strong="H4133"\w*/\w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* wooden \w bars|strong="H4133"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fasten|strong="H5414"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* ox►, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w fasten|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* leather straps.  
\v 3  \add Then\add* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* messages \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 by|strong="H3027"\w* telling \w those|strong="H1121"\w* messages \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w ambassadors|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* countries \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \add talk to\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 4 Tell \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* kings: \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Commander|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Israeli \add people worship, \add*\w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\v 5 ‘\w With|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* [MTY, DOU] \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* animals \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* anyone \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* want \w to|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am going \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H1571"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* want \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* countries. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am going \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w rule|strong="H3027"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 7  \add The people of\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add later\add* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add later\add* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \add to rule\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* finished. \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* conquer Babylon.’   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \add do what the king of Babylon wants you to do\add* [\w MET|strong="H8552"\w*], \add like an ox that has\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \add must do what its master wants it to do\add*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience \w war|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \add the armies of\add* Babylon \w have|strong="H1961"\w* conquered \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w fortune-tellers|strong="H6049"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* predict \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* happen \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w working|strong="H5647"\w* magic \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* talking \w with|strong="H4428"\w* spirits \w of|strong="H4428"\w* dead \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* say \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* conquer \w your|strong="H8085"\w* country.  
\v 10 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* people \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add all\add* \w liars|strong="H8267"\w*. \add If you believe what they say,\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* result \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* being exiled \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* land. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* \w cause|strong="H8267"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* taken \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* land, \w and|strong="H5012"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4616"\w* die \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w away|strong="H5080"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* any country \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon wants \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own country \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* plant \w their|strong="H3068"\w* crops [MTY] \add as they always have done. That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 12  \add After I gave that message to those ambassadors,\add* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \add I said to him,\add* “If \w you|strong="H3605"\w* want \w to|strong="H1696"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* officials want \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* [MET].  
\v 13  \add It would be foolish for you not to do that, because the result would be that\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add your enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w that|strong="H5971"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H1696"\w* allow \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* conquer \w your|strong="H8085"\w* country.’ \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w liars|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\v 15  \add This is what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* appointed \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* messages, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w*. \w So|strong="H4616"\w*, \add if you believe them,\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* expel \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7971"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die \add in Babylon\add*!’ ”   
\p
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* believe \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gold \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \add that were taken\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add by soldiers from Babylon\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* say. Surrender \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. \add If you do not do that\add* [RHQ], \w this|strong="H2063"\w* entire \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2723"\w*.  
\v 18 \w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w really|strong="H1992"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w plead|strong="H6293"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the soldiers from Babylon\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* take away \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w the|strong="H3068"\w* valuable \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add still\add* \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add the other palaces in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 19  \add I say this\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add huge\add* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \add that are in front of the temple\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* large water tank \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add ten water\add* carts \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H3627"\w* \add for offering sacrifices are still in this city\add*.  
\v 20 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon left \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* here \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3204"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H3389"\w* Babylon, along \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H2715"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add the leaders of other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 21  \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \add people worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\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* \add other places in \add*\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:  
\v 22 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stay \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Jerusalem. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* bought \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. \add That is what I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H7725"\w*.’ ”   
\c 28  
\s1 Jeremiah condemned Hananiah  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H1961"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* three \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, late \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ◄summer/hot season►, \w Azzur|strong="H5809"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add city\add*, spoke \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add courtyard of the\add* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* listening. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said,  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3478"\w* stop ruling/controlling [MET] \add all of you\add*.  
\v 3 ◄\w Within|strong="H1004"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*/\w Before|strong="H4480"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* ended►, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s \add soldiers\add* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon.  
\v 4 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3204"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* captured \w and|strong="H1121"\w* taken \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \add forced you to do what he wants, like someone\add* puts \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \add on the neck of an ox to force it to do what he\add* wants [MET] \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* end. \add That will happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* outside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “◄Amen/\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*►! \w I|strong="H1697"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* predicted \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*! \w I|strong="H1697"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \add men from Babylon\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Babylon \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1473"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w taken|strong="H6213"\w* \add to Babylon\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* years \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*, \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add became prophets\add* spoke messages \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* predicted/\w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w*/\w diseases|strong="H1698"\w* \w would|strong="H7227"\w* \w occur|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w nations|strong="H4467"\w*.  
\v 9  \add So now you or\add* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* other \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* predicts \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \add for us must show that your message is correct. Only\add* if \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w predict|strong="H3045"\w* actually happens \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* truly \w appointed|strong="H3045"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\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 my|strong="H3947"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w and|strong="H5030"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|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 there|strong="H3117"\w*: “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, \w within|strong="H5921"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add stop forcing the people to do what he wants, which has been like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heavy \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* [MET].’ ” \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* said \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w left|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple area.   
\p
\v 12  \add Soon\add* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*:  
\v 13 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* say \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*: ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w replace|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w forced|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\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* \add become slaves of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*, \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* control.’ ”   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add went to\add* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add to this\add*: \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* appointed \w you|strong="H7971"\w*; \w instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \add you have told\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* believed \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add soon\add* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* end \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H5627"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 17 \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* two \w months|strong="H2320"\w* later.   
\c 29  
\s1 The letter Jeremiah sent to the people of Judah who had been exiled to Babylonia  
\p
\v 1-2 After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen [DOU] had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote \w a|strong="H3068"\w* letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by \add soldiers of\add* Nebuchadnezzar.  
\v 3  \add I gave\add* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* letter \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Elasah \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* ambassadors \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*. \w This|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* what \w I|strong="H1121"\w* wrote \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* letter:   
\b  
\pi1
\v 4 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1473"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* captured \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \add there\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Babylon:  
\v 5 “\w Build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \add there\add*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* plan \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \add because you will be there for many years\add*. \w Plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* eat \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* produced \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \add when they grow up\add*, \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* wives \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* husbands \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \add also\add* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \add In that way\add*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*, \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w decrease|strong="H4591"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Also|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \add for the other people there\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people in\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w*, \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \add also\add*.”   
\pi1
\v 8 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add we\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w There|strong="H3541"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* fortune-tellers \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* allow \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add them when they tell you\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*,  
\v 9 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* telling \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \add I have given them the messages that they are telling you\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* appointed \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.”   
\pi1
\v 10 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add and your children\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* future.  
\v 12 \w At|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* time, \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 13 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H3605"\w* \w desire|strong="H3824"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w* \add to bless you\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* experience \w me|strong="H4672"\w* \add blessing you\add*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* help available \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* [IDM]. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* longer \w be|strong="H3068"\w* slaves \add in Babylon\add*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|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 to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add here to your own land\add*, \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 you|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w*.”   
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\v 15  \add Some of\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* appointed \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add there\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|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 rules|strong="H4428"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add still\add* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w*—\w your|strong="H3068"\w* relatives \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Babylon \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* famines \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w bad|strong="H7455"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* very rotten, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* stop causing \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* experience \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* famines \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w And|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w scatter|strong="H5080"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* around \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world. \w In|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* country \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w force|strong="H1471"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w taken|strong="H5414"\w*/exile \w them|strong="H5414"\w*►, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* whom \add others\add* curse \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w horrified|strong="H2113"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3605"\w* [DOU].  
\v 19  \add That will happen\add* \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*, \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* whom \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \add who have been exiled to Babylon\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \add either\add*.” \add That is what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*.   
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\v 20  \add Therefore\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* ◄exiled/forced \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*► \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 21 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5221"\w* Ahab \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kolaiah|strong="H6964"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H5221"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\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* telling \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* messages [MTY] \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*: “\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* seized \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* [MTY] \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w while|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add what will happen to\add* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* someone: ‘\w I|strong="H7760"\w* hope/wish \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1992"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|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 caused \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add killed by being\add* burned \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.’  
\v 23 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add my\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w*’ wives, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* heard \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add say those things\add*.”   
\s1 A message for Shemaiah  
\p
\v 24  \add Yahweh told me to\add* send this message to \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H8098"\w* Nehelam \add town who was living in Babylon\add*:  
\v 25 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* wrote \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* told \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* write. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add you sent copies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \add This is what\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* wrote \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*:   
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\v 26  \add Zephaniah\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* acts \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crazy \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* claims \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* arms \w and|strong="H3068"\w* legs \w and|strong="H3068"\w* head \w into|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w stocks|strong="H4115"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* wooden \w frame|strong="H5414"\w* \add so that he cannot move►\add*.  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* done \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* man \w from|strong="H3808"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6069"\w* \add town\add*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \add pretends that he\add* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*?  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* letter \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \add who are here\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon, saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add we will be here for\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H7971"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add therefore\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* plan \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* produced \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*.”   
\p
\v 29  \add But when\add* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \add received\add* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w from|strong="H5030"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w*, \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \add brought it to me and\add* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 31 “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add from Judah\add* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \add in Babylon\add*. Say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Nehelam: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* deceived \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* believe \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.  
\v 32 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* incited \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* die. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add many\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add you\add*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*, \add because they will be dead\add*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!’”   
\c 30  
\s1 Yahweh promised to bring his people back  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 2 “\add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \add say they belong to\add*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 3  \add I want you to know that\add* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* free \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* slaves \add in Babylon\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\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="H5414"\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* ancestors, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w will|strong="H3068"\w* belong \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \add That will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \add to me\add* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 5 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* screaming \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* terrified [DOU];  
\q2 \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add in the land\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*:  
\q1 \w Men|strong="H1397"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* [RHQ] \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* babies.  
\q1 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* strong \w men|strong="H1397"\w* stand \w there|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* very white/\w pale|strong="H3420"\w*,  
\q1 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* pressed \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* stomachs,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H2015"\w* women \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* babies?   
\q1
\v 7  \add Terrible things will soon happen\add*;  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible \w day|strong="H3117"\w*!  
\q2 \w There|strong="H4480"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* never \w been|strong="H3644"\w* \w such|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \add my\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* experience \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add finally\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \add from their sufferings\add*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*:  
\q1 “\w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add it will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* sever/cut \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ropes \add that are around my people\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* free \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*/\w forced|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon wants \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*► [MET].  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* countries \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* bosses.   
\q1
\v 9 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w me|strong="H6965"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add they will serve a king who is a descendant of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*;  
\q2 \add they will serve the king\add* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* appoint \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w So|strong="H7725"\w*, \add you people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* serve \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*/worried \add now\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* places;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \add back home\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* exiled.  
\q1 \add Then you\add* Israeli people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add* live peacefully \w and|strong="H3478"\w* safely,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \add nation\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\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*.  
\q2 \w But|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*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add for your many sins\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add only\add* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w severely|strong="H3256"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deserve|strong="H4941"\w*:  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrong|strong="H4941"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add You have ◄suffered very much/endured many disasters►\add*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* cannot \w be|strong="H3068"\w* cured.   
\q1
\v 13 \w There|strong="H1779"\w* \w is|strong="H1779"\w* no one \w to|strong="H8585"\w* help you,  
\q2 no one \w to|strong="H8585"\w* put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bandage on \w your|strong="H1777"\w* \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H1779"\w* \w is|strong="H1779"\w* no \add medicine that will\add* heal you.   
\q1
\v 14 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* allies [MET] \w have|strong="H5771"\w* deserted \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add any more\add*.  
\q1 \add It is true that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* punished \w you|strong="H3588"\w* severely,  
\q2 \add like your\add* enemies \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2403"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w guilty|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add Because that is true\add*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* protest \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* punishing \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \add as though I had caused\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wound \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5771"\w* cured [RHQ]?  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H6213"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4100"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H2403"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w guilty|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 16 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \add some day\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add are trying to\add* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed;  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* exiled \add to other nations\add*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w stolen|strong="H4933"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \add valuable\add* possessions \w stolen|strong="H4933"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* attacked.   
\q1
\v 17  \add Everyone\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w*/\w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* longer associate \w with|strong="H3068"\w*►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add you live in\add* Jerusalem, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w cares|strong="H1875"\w* about.”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* injuries/\w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* healthy \w again|strong="H7495"\w*.”   
\p
\v 18 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* possess \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* houses \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \add When that happens\add*, Jerusalem \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add king’s\add* palace \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add again\add* sing joyfully \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \add me\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* fewer;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w honored|strong="H3513"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* despised.   
\q1
\v 20 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add prosper\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add who worship\add* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \add nation\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w oppresses|strong="H3905"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* king,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* invite \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \add to worship me\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ] \w would|strong="H4310"\w* ◄\w dare|strong="H6148"\w*/\w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w courage|strong="H3820"\w*► \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*  
\q2 \add if I did not invite him\add*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w You|strong="H5971"\w* \add Israeli people\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* God.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish [MTY] \add your enemies\add*;  
\q2 \add it will be like a great\add* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H7218"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*, swirling \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* angry  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w accomplishes|strong="H6213"\w* \add all\add* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* planned.  
\q1 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* future, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand \add all\add* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \add clearly\add*.   
\c 31  
\s1 Israel will be restored  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who is worshiped by\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\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 his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Those|strong="H1980"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w remained|strong="H8300"\w* \w alive|strong="H8300"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q2 \w were|strong="H3478"\w* blessed \add by me even\add* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* peace.   
\p
\v 3 \w Long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H7350"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add your ancestors,\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* loved \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H4900"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q2 \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loving \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* close \w to|strong="H3068"\w* myself.’   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \add now I tell you\add*, \w my|strong="H3318"\w* Israeli people whom \w I|strong="H3478"\w* love [MET], \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w cause|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H1129"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \add joyfully\add* \w dance|strong="H4234"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w play|strong="H7832"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w tambourines|strong="H8596"\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 your|strong="H2490"\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*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w eat|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H2490"\w* \w grapes|strong="H2490"\w* \add that grow there\add*.   
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\v 6 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|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="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Samaria [MTY],  
\q1 ‘\w Come|strong="H5927"\w*, let’s \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add worship\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!' ”   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H7442"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \add what I have done for\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!  
\q1 \w Shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \add your nation,\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* greatest \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*!  
\q2 \w Shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H7442"\w*, \w praising|strong="H1984"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* saying,  
\q2 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H8085"\w* ones \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* alive!’   
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\v 8 Do \w that|strong="H1419"\w* \add because\add* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* northeast,  
\q2 \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* most distant places \w on|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* earth.  
\q1 Among \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w*,  
\q2 \w women|strong="H2030"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H5787"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H5787"\w* ◄\w having|strong="H3205"\w* \w labor|strong="H3205"\w* pains/\w about|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* babies►.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge group \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w crying|strong="H1065"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* return,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* praying \add to me\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* guide \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q2 \w on|strong="H1870"\w* level \w paths|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*.  
\q1 \add I will do this\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*, “\add You people in the\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* world, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add people who live along\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* coasts \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H2219"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2219"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, \w but|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \add again\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* takes \w care|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6908"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H1350"\w* \add my\add* Israeli people \w back|strong="H1350"\w*  
\q2 \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add conquered them because\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w* \add than my people\add*.   
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\v 12 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* return \add to Jerusalem\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shout|strong="H7442"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H7442"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* slopes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* Hill.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7442"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* abundantly \w given|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*—  
\q2 \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w themselves|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*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sad.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H2015"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w will|strong="H2205"\w* \w dance|strong="H4234"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8342"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H2015"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, young ones \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* ones, \w will|strong="H2205"\w* join \w with|strong="H8055"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\q1 I \w will|strong="H2205"\w* cause \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w to|strong="H2015"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* instead \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w*;  
\q2 I \w will|strong="H2205"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H2205"\w* cause \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w to|strong="H2015"\w* \w be|strong="H1330"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* instead \w of|strong="H2205"\w* being sad.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H2898"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H7301"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* give \w them|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \add That will certainly happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “Women \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \add town on the border between Israel and Judah\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* very \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\q1 \add The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of\add* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \add the wife of Jacob\add*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1058"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* could \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \add all\add* dead.   
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\v 16  \add But now\add* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H7725"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \add any more\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reward|strong="H7939"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add for the good things you have done for your children\add*.  
\q1 \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 where \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \add have taken them\add*.   
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\v 17  \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* telling \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* things \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w can|strong="H3426"\w* confidently expect \add me to do for you\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* future.  
\q2 \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 heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add the people of\add* Israel \w grieving|strong="H5110"\w* very much \add and saying to me\add*,  
\q2 ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w punished|strong="H3256"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w severely|strong="H3256"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* beaten \add by their owners to train them for pulling a plow\add*.  
\q1 \add So\add* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add to obey/worship you again\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ready \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add alone\add* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \add from you\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w*;  
\q2 \add after you\add* caused \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \add that we were guilty\add*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* beat \w our|strong="H5921"\w* chests \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* [DOU] \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* young.’   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*:  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* [RHQ] \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w dear|strong="H3357"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* [DOU].  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w often|strong="H1767"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w threaten|strong="H1696"\w* \add to punish\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* forgotten \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 21  \add You Israeli people,\add* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* signs;  
\q2 \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* posts \add along the roads\add*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w mark|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \add when you were taken from Jerusalem\add*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H7760"\w* precious/beloved Israeli \w people|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w here|strong="H7760"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1254"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* [MET] \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w their|strong="H3068"\w* parents,  
\q2 \w how|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* wander \add away from me\add* [RHQ]?  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w something|strong="H2319"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* happen \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w that|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w*/\w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w before|strong="H5704"\w*►:  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w protecting|strong="H5437"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* husbands \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* travel \add back here\add*!”   
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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* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israeli people \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* countries \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* exiled, \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* people \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, \add ‘I hope that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \add people will live\add*!’  
\v 24  \add The people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add who live in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* farmers \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shepherds, \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \add peacefully\add*.  
\v 25 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* enable \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* rest, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* enable \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* very \w exhausted|strong="H5889"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w become|strong="H4390"\w* strong again.”   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \add Jeremiah\add*, woke \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \add after dreaming all those things\add*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \add around\add*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* had slept \add very\add* delightfully!   
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\v 27  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \add to me\add*, “\w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* greatly increase [MET] \w the|strong="H5002"\w* number \w of|strong="H1004"\w* people \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* number \w of|strong="H1004"\w* livestock \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 28  \add Previously\add*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \add their enemies to\add* remove \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5422"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience many disasters [DOU]. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* future, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* houses \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* crops \add here in Israel again\add*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Previously the people often said,\add* ‘\w The|strong="H3117"\w* parents \w have|strong="H1121"\w* eaten \w sour|strong="H1155"\w* \w grapes|strong="H1155"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* ache.’ \add They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins\add*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add when I bring them back to their land\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* say \w that|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* people \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* committed.  
\v 31  \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*: ‘\w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\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 agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 32  \add This new agreement will\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \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 their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w broke|strong="H6565"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add loved them like\add* [MET] husbands love \w their|strong="H3068"\w* wives.’  
\v 33 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* new \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\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 people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* beings. \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*.  
\v 34 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \add necessary\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\add You need to\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,” \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* unimportant \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add already\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3925"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* wicked, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* committed.’ ”   
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\v 35 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* light during \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* light during \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirs|strong="H7280"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w roar|strong="H1993"\w*.  
\q1 \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:   
\q1
\v 36 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* reject \w my|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w*  
\q2 \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H1571"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get \w rid|strong="H7673"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \add that control the universe\add*.   
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\v 37 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w No|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w measure|strong="H4058"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w find|strong="H2713"\w* \w out|strong="H2713"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* supporting \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q1 Similarly, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w cannot|strong="H8064"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jacob  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.’  
\q1 \add That is certain, because\add* \w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!   
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\v 38  \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w also|strong="H3068"\w* say \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \add everything in\add* Jerusalem \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3117"\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* \add at the northeast corner, west\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the gate named\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 39  \add Workers\add* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* stretch \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w measuring|strong="H4060"\w* line/string \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w* \w Hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \add southwest\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Goah|strong="H1601"\w*.  
\v 40 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* area, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w thrown|strong="H2040"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Kidron\add* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* become \w set|strong="H6944"\w* \w apart|strong="H6944"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* captured \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w*.”   
\c 32  
\s1 Jeremiah bought some land  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* almost ten \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \add Babylonia\add* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* surrounding \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* area \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* guards \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3607"\w*.  
\v 3 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \add about what would happen\add*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \add the army of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* [DOU].  
\v 4 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* capture \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* ◄\w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w*/\w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w*► \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* arrange \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* tries \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w succeed|strong="H6743"\w*.”   
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\v 6  \add At that time\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 7 “\add Your cousin\add* \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \add your uncle\add*, \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* say \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \add your hometown\add*. \add Because you are my closest relative\add*, \add it is written in our laws that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \add before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it\add*.’ ”   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* predicted, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* cousin \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H3045"\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* palace. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\add Please\add* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* area \add where the descendants of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* live. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \add before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it.\add*” \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* received \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add truly\add* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 9  \add So\add*, \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H7069"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w at|strong="H7704"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*. \w I|strong="H1121"\w* paid \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w* 17 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H7069"\w*.  
\v 10 I \w signed|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* paper/papyrus \w on|strong="H3789"\w* \w which|strong="H5612"\w* \w it|strong="H3789"\w* \w was|strong="H3701"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H5612"\w* I \w was|strong="H3701"\w* buying \w it|strong="H3789"\w*, while others \w were|strong="H5612"\w* watching/witnessing \w it|strong="H3789"\w*. Then I \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \add and gave it to him\add*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* copies \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* paper/papyrus. One was \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* other was \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w*. On both \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* was written \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w price|strong="H4736"\w* \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w conditions|strong="H2706"\w* \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*. I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* both copies  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Neraiah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahseiah|strong="H4271"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w while|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* cousin \w Hanamel|strong="H2601"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w signed|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* paper/papyrus, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 13  \add Then\add*, \w while|strong="H5869"\w* they \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \add all\add* listening, \w I|strong="H6680"\w* said \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*,  
\v 14 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* both copies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* paper/papyrus \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="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add you\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: “\add Some day people will again own property\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* sell \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s query about buying the land  
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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 papers|strong="H5612"\w*/papyri \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, saying \w this|strong="H5414"\w*:   
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\v 17 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add you are my\add* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w*! \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*. [MTY, DOU] \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* \add to do\add*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* thousands \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* parents \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*. \add You are the\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* angels.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* wise \w plans|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w how|strong="H1870"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* behave [DOU], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w deserve|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* [DOU] \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* continue \add to perform miracles here\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* everywhere else \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* world. \add Because of that\add*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* ◄\w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w*/\w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* people \w to|strong="H5704"\w* know \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w*/powerful►.  
\v 21 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3318"\w* Israeli ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* performing \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* [DOU], using \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [DOU], causing \add our enemies to be\add* terrified.  
\v 22 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli people \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2100"\w* very fertile [IDM].  
\v 23 \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H1980"\w* started \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w live|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\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 Because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*, \add the army\add* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* built \w ramps|strong="H5550"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add walls\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \add our enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* famines \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \add easily\add*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H5892"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add now\add* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 25  \add And it is evident that\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* army \w will|strong="H5892"\w* soon conquer \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w*, \add I do not understand\add* why \w you|strong="H5414"\w* told \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, while others \w were|strong="H3027"\w* watching. \add It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that\add*!”   
\s1 Yahweh’s reply about buying the land  
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\v 26  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 27 “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who rules\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \add in the world\add*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* absolutely \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \add to do\add*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* say: \add It is true that\add* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* army \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 29 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \add now outside the walls\add* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* enter \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* people caused \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add the tops of\add* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w roofs|strong="H1406"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add honor\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w pouring|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* wine \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* gods.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\v 31 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \add only\add* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* [DOU]. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add including\add* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add false\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* many sins \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 33 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w return|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w times|strong="H6440"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 34 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w* \add even\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* own [MTY] \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* ◄\w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*/caused \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* unacceptable \w for|strong="H5921"\w* people \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*►.  
\v 35 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* shrines \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add honor\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \add outside Jerusalem\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add their god\add* \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* anyone \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H8441"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \add all the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add be guilty of having\add* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.”   
\s1 The promise to restore Judah and Israel  
\p
\v 36 “\w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \add I will say something more\add* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \add people of Jerusalem\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* saying, ‘\add The army of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* conquer \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, either \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w because|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* famines \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli people \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\v 37 ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* force \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* [DOU] \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* city \w and|strong="H7725"\w* allow \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* safely.  
\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="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* God.  
\v 39 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* thinking [IDM] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* behaving, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3820"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \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 descendants|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w last|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*: \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* encourage \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* revere \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\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*.  
\v 41 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* happy \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H2895"\w* \w good|strong="H2895"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w surely|strong="H2063"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* return \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H3820"\w* remain \w here|strong="H2063"\w* [MET]; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H2895"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H5315"\w*.’   
\p
\v 42 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H1696"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*. \w Similarly|strong="H2088"\w*, \add some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 43  \add By buying land you, Jeremiah, have predicted that some day\add* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w about|strong="H7704"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add people of Jerusalem\add* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* say, “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* soldiers \w have|strong="H3027"\w* destroyed \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now\add* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*. \add It is a land where\add* \w there|strong="H2063"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* longer \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w or|strong="H7704"\w* animals.”  
\v 44  \add But some day\add* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \add and sell\add* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* here. People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sign|strong="H3789"\w* \w documents|strong="H5612"\w* \add about buying those fields\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other people\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \add That will happen\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* where \add the descendants of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* live \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* villages near \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* hilly areas \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \add to the west\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* desert \w area|strong="H5439"\w*, \add too. Some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
\c 33  
\s1 The promise that God will enable the Israeli people to prosper again  
\p
\v 1 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* guarded \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* palace, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* earth, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w*/shaped \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H3559"\w*, say \add to the people of Jerusalem\add*: ‘\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \add then\add* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \add before\add*.’  
\v 4 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add you\add* Israeli people \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\add The men in this city\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \add some of\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add even parts of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* get materials \w to|strong="H3478"\w* strengthen \w the|strong="H5921"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add the soldiers of Babylonia will not be able to break through the walls after they climb up\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ramps|strong="H5550"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* built \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* walls, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add kill the inhabitants with\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* expecting \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \add what will happen is that\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* houses \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\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 of|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \add allow to be killed\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* [DOU] \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* abandoned \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 However, \add there will be a time when\add* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H1992"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5927"\w* people \w in|strong="H7495"\w* \w this|strong="H5927"\w* city \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H7965"\w* healthy \w and|strong="H5927"\w* strong \w again|strong="H7495"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H1992"\w* enable \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H7965"\w* \w prosperous|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* people \w of|strong="H7622"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* lands \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* exiled. \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* enable \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* towns.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* them \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* rebelling \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 9  \add When that happens\add*, \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* world \w will|strong="H1961"\w* rejoice, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w honor|strong="H8597"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* city \w and|strong="H8085"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* revere \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \add the people in this city\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* prosper.’   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say: ‘\w You|strong="H4725"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* no \add longer\add* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* animals. \w But|strong="H8085"\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 now|strong="H2088"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* empty [DOU], \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\v 11  \add some day\add* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* laugh. \w Brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* bridegrooms \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add again \add* sing \add joyfully\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* many other people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* sing \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8426"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w thank|strong="H3034"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \add for what I have done for them\add*. \add They will sing this song\add*:  
\q1 “\add We\add* \w thank|strong="H3034"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to us\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \add us\add* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”  
\p \add They will sing that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \add the people of \add*\w this|strong="H3588"\w* land \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* prosperous \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w before|strong="H7223"\w*.’   
\p
\v 12 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add now\add* \w desolate|strong="H2720"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* people \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, say \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: ‘\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w pastures|strong="H5116"\w*/fields \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lead|strong="H7257"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 13 Shepherds \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w count|strong="H4487"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w*, \w outside|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H5439"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* desert \w area|strong="H5439"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \add where the descendants\add* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* live, \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w outside|strong="H5439"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.’ \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w*! \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add all the good things that\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \add for them\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w At|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* [DOU] \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* appoint \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* man \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H6780"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="H3117"\w* King \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\q2 \w Throughout|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \add from their enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w safe|strong="H3467"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* city \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add is the one who\add* vindicates/defends \w us|strong="H3117"\w*’.   
\m
\v 17 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H3678"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* [MTY] \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forever|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add stand\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 19  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 20 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say: ‘\add You\add* certainly cannot \w annul|strong="H6565"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w*/\w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* nighttime \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w follow|strong="H1961"\w* \w daytime|strong="H3119"\w* \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 21 Similarly, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* cannot \w annul|strong="H6565"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w*/\w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \add that I made\add* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \add well\add*, \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* always \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \add Judah\add*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* same \w is|strong="H1571"\w* true \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* work \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 22 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* stars \w in|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* grains \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*. Similarly, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* there \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w number|strong="H5608"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* work \w for|strong="H5650"\w* \w me|strong="H7235"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 24 “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w noticed|strong="H7200"\w*/\w heard|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* chose \w two|strong="H8147"\w* groups, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Israel\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add later\add* abandoned \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.’ \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w despising|strong="H3988"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* deserves \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* say: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3068"\w* control \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 the|strong="H3541"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 26 Similarly, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* never abandon \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add other\add* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* always allow \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rule|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 I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* land, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.’”   
\c 34  
\s1 Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah  
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\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \add in Judah\add*. \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* enable \w the|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H1980"\w* capture \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H8610"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \add then\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H8610"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Babylon.” ’   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* battle [MTY];  
\v 5 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*. \add When you die\add*, \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* incense \w to|strong="H1696"\w* honor/remember \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w crying|strong="H4191"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* sad \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*!” \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 6  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 7 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylonia \w had|strong="H4428"\w* surrounded \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \add three\add* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* high walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* captured.   
\s1 Jeremiah warned them they would be punished for not freeing their slaves  
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\v 8 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* decreed \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must free \w their|strong="H3605"\w* slaves.  
\v 9  \add He decreed that\add* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* people must \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \add both the\add* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w women|strong="H5680"\w* \add slaves\add*. \w No|strong="H1115"\w* one \w would|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H7971"\w* force \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fellow \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \add continue to\add* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \add what the king decreed\add*,  
\v 11 \w but|strong="H3651"\w* later \w they|strong="H3651"\w* changed \w their|strong="H7725"\w* minds. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w forced|strong="H3533"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w women|strong="H8198"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H5650"\w* \w freed|strong="H2670"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 12  \add So\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \add to tell to them\add*:  
\v 13 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3117"\w* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, ◄\w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w*/\w gave|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* command \w to|strong="H3318"\w*► \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add long ago\add*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* rescued \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H3772"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w all|strong="H4376"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w had|strong="H3808"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Recently|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* obeyed \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* wrong \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* solemn \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add that you would free your slaves\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add then\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w freed|strong="H3772"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* disregarded what \w you|strong="H7971"\w* solemnly promised, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* shown \w contempt|strong="H5315"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* what \w I|strong="H5315"\w* [MTY] said \w by|strong="H8034"\w* taking \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w women|strong="H8198"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* whom \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w freed|strong="H2670"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said \w they|strong="H5315"\w* could \w live|strong="H8034"\w* wherever \w they|strong="H5315"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w*. \add Now\add* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\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* \w again|strong="H7725"\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* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say: ‘\w Because|strong="H3651"\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 by|strong="H3068"\w* freeing \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* Israelis, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* free \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add be destroyed by\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \add of your enemies\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* famines \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w horrified|strong="H2113"\w* \w because|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add what happens to\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 18-19 Because you have disregarded what I said in my agreement with you, I will do to you just like you did to the calves that you cut in half to show that you would surely do what you solemnly promised that you would do. I will \add enable your enemies to\add* cut you into pieces, you officials of Judah and you officials of Jerusalem, and you officials in the palace, and you priests and all you common people. I will do that because you have disregarded what you solemnly promised \add about freeing your slaves\add*.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* enable \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* capture \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* kill \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w bodies|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* vultures \w and|strong="H8064"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \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 to|strong="H5927"\w* capture \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. \w Although|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* Jerusalem \add for a short time\add*,  
\v 22 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* summon \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \add This time\add*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\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 I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \add sure\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed, \add with the result that\add* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \add any more\add*.’ ”   
\c 35  
\s1 The lesson from the Rechabites  
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\v 1  \add Several years earlier,\add* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Rechab clan \w live|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Invite|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \add When they arrive,\add* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w rooms|strong="H3957"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* offer \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \add some\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* see \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* represented \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Rechab clan. \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add another man named\add* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Habazziniah|strong="H2262"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* took \w them|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \add and we went\add* into \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Igdaliah|strong="H3012"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet, stayed. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* next \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* used \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* entrances \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* gatekeeper \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* jugs \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* urged \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* some,  
\v 6 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\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 because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* ancestor Jehonadab, \w the|strong="H5921"\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*, saying ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* crops. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* tents. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* obey \w those|strong="H3605"\w* commands, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.’  
\v 8  \add So\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* matters. \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* never \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*. \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \add have also never drunk wine\add*.  
\v 9 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* planted \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* crops \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add worked in\add* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 10 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* tents. \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Jehonadab, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor, \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* country, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘We must \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* escape \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Syria.’ \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \add we came\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \add here\add*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*: “\w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* armies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \add people say that they belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 13 '\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w learn|strong="H8085"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w how|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*?  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* clan \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* ancestor \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \add In contrast\add*, \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 many|strong="H5704"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Many|strong="H3808"\w* times \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, '\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w should|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*. \w Stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \add peacefully\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors.' \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* ancestor, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\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* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H1696"\w*: '\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* happen.' ” ' ”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Rechab clan \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Commander|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add say we belong to\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: “\w There|strong="H5975"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehonadab \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* work \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.” ’ ”   
\c 36  
\s1 They read Jeremiah’s scroll  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Get|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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* given \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w regarding|strong="H2088"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*, starting \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*, \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 3 \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* \add again\add* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience, perhaps \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*. If \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*/\w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 4  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Neraiah. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6680"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* said \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \add leave here and\add* \w go|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H7121"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \add to the temple\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add next\add* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*/abstaining \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w*►, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Read|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \add aloud\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who are there, including\add* \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 come|strong="H5971"\w* \add there\add* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to act mercifully toward them\add*. \add They must do that,\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w threatened|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* punish \w them|strong="H7725"\w* severely.”   
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\v 8 \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \add went to the temple and\add* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \add to the people\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* December \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\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* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add please/honor\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \add It was when\add* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* almost five \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \add that he had written\add* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*. \add He read them while he was\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* stayed. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \add who had previously been the king’s\add* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*. \w That|strong="H5971"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* close \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \add of the temple\add*, near \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add called\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w New|strong="H2319"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\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 secretary|strong="H5608"\w*’s \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* meeting. Elishama \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add king’s\add* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* \add was there\add*. \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, Elnathan \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Acbor|strong="H5907"\w*, \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w*, \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\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* \add other\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \add of the king were also there\add*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\v 14 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-grandson \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3570"\w*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \add and read the messages to them, also\add*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\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*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \add to us\add*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* did what \w they|strong="H7121"\w* requested.   
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\v 16 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w*. \w They|strong="H1697"\w* looked \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add then\add* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w We|strong="H8085"\w* must \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3605"\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* get \w this|strong="H1697"\w* scroll? \w Did|strong="H1697"\w* Jeremiah dictate \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w on|strong="H3789"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* scroll?”   
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\v 18 \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* replied, “\add Yes\add*, Jeremiah \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\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 with|strong="H5921"\w* \w ink|strong="H1773"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\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* told \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* must \w both|strong="H3045"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* anyone where \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H8269"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="H1697"\w* \w put|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w room|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Elishama, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that Baruch had read to them\add*.   
\s1 The king burned Jeremiah’s scroll  
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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 Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Elishama’s \w room|strong="H3957"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add king’s\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 22 \w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cold|strong="H2779"\w* season, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* part \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w cold|strong="H2779"\w*. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \add to keep/be warm\add*.  
\v 23 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* \w columns|strong="H1817"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H7167"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* section \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w knife|strong="H8593"\w* \w and|strong="H7969"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, section \w by|strong="H5921"\w* section, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* burned \w up|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* showed \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \add that God would punish them\add*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \add to show that they were sorry for what they had done\add*.  
\v 25 Elnathan, \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* \w pleaded|strong="H6293"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \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 but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerahmeel|strong="H3396"\w*, \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\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 the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abdeel|strong="H5655"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* arrest \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \add they were unable to do that because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w us|strong="H5608"\w*.   
\s1 Jeremiah had another scroll written  
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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* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*:  
\v 28 “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* another \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add tell Baruch to\add* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Then go to\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*: “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \add because you did not like\add* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\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* [RHQ] \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \add with his army\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H3063"\w* get \w rid|strong="H7673"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* animals.  
\v 30 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add you\add*, \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*: '\w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w* [MTY]. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \add on the ground and not be buried\add*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hot \add sun\add* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add struck by\add* \w frost|strong="H7140"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 31 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* towns \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \add to what I said\add*!' ” ' ”   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire. \add But this time, I\add* \w added|strong="H3254"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 37  
\s1 King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah  
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\v 1 After \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* died, \add his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*, \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon, \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* King Zedekiah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* palace \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w paid|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 3 However, \add one day\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehucal|strong="H3081"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\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 who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\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 me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* requested \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \add nation\add*.   
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\v 4 \w At|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* wherever \w and|strong="H1004"\w* whenever \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3318"\w*, \add without being hindered\add*.   
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\v 5  \add At that time\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \add Hophra\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \add to the southern border of Judah\add*. \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* stopped surrounding \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \add to fight against the army from Egypt\add*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*:  
\v 7 “\add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add you\add* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add messengers\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \add what is going to happen\add*. Tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H4714"\w* though \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* everything \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.’   
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\v 9  \add So\add*, \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \add to you Israelis\add*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w*, thinking \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H1980"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w could|strong="H2428"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5221"\w* almost \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w attacking|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* allow \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \add of their tents\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w*!” ’ ”   
\s1 Jeremiah was put into a prison  
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Egypt \w was|strong="H1961"\w* approaching,  
\v 12 \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* city. \w I|strong="H8033"\w* intended \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* area \add where the descendants of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* live, \w in|strong="H8432"\w* order \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w possession|strong="H2505"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w share|strong="H2505"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w property|strong="H2505"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* family.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* walking \w out|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w guard|strong="H6488"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w deserting|strong="H5307"\w* \add us and going\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add the soldiers from\add* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*!” \w The|strong="H3414"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add protested and\add* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w That|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* true! \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* intending \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*!” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add king’s\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \add commanded the guards to\add* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \add then to\add* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* stayed. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* changed \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w become|strong="H7107"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* put \w me|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dungeon|strong="H1004"\w*/\w cell|strong="H2588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* several \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* servant \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3426"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*?” \w I|strong="H5414"\w* replied, “Yes, \add the message is that\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\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 I|strong="H3588"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w crime|strong="H2398"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* [RHQ] \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \add commanded that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*?  
\v 19 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* predicted \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land. \w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* [RHQ] \add their messages\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* fulfilled?  
\v 20 \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* majesty, \w I|strong="H6258"\w* plead \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|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 dungeon|strong="H1004"\w*/cell \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \add if you do that,\add* \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 commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead,\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* watched \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* guards \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \add of the palace\add*. \add The king\add* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \add commanded that they should\add* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loaf|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* fresh \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \add they put me\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\c 38  
\s1 Jeremiah was put in a dry well  
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\v 1  \add Four officials,\add* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w*, \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w Jehucal|strong="H3116"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\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*.  
\v 2  \add I had been telling them\add* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* saying, “Everyone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w stays|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Jerusalem \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* famines \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w spared|strong="H2421"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\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 will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H5414"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* [DOU].”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \add went\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \add Jeremiah\add* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*! \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w discouraging|strong="H7503"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w discouraging|strong="H7503"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* defeat \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w All|strong="H3201"\w* \w right|strong="H2009"\w*, \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H3201"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* stop \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w officials|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* cell \w and|strong="H1121"\w* lowered \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w by|strong="H7971"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* well belonged \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king. There \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* well, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* there \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sank|strong="H2883"\w* \add down deep\add* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w official|strong="H5631"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add someone say\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* well. \add At that time\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* deciding/judging \w people|strong="H3427"\w*’s cases \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \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*,  
\v 9 “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* majesty, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7489"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well. \add Almost\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* gone, \add so they will not be able to bring him any food\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w*/\w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* pull \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* well, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thirty \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* stored very valuable things. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* found \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w old|strong="H1094"\w* \w rags|strong="H4418"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* discarded clothing. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* those things \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* well. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* fastened \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rope|strong="H2256"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* lowered \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w rope|strong="H2256"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w called|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w rags|strong="H4418"\w* \w underneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* armpits, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* protect \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \add being injured by\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w pulled|strong="H4900"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* well. \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \add returned\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* palace guards \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\s1 Zedekiah questioned Jeremiah  
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\v 14  \add One day\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w summoned|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add who was waiting for me\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* want \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \add to answer me truthfully, and\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w conceal|strong="H3582"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add the truth\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add command that I\add* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*. \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H3289"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add good\add* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, “\add Tell me the truth\add*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \add cause\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w those|strong="H2063"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* wanting \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 17  \add So\add* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\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 Commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘If \w you|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 you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w spared|strong="H2421"\w*/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* killed►, \w and|strong="H3478"\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*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* army \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* capture \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w completely|strong="H8313"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* replied, “\w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w afraid|strong="H1672"\w* \add to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon\add*, \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* officers \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* already \w joined|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* those people \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* mistreat \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H3190"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*, \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 to|strong="H1696"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\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 what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*:  
\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 your|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* given \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|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 Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* women \w will|strong="H4428"\w* say \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* friends whom \add you thought\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* trust,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H2007"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* deceived \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* caused \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w make|strong="H3201"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wrong decision.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* stuck \w in|strong="H1004"\w* mud,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* friends \w have|strong="H3063"\w* abandoned \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.’   
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\v 23 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add in the city\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*. \add The soldiers of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w seize|strong="H8610"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* anyone \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*; if \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* anyone, \w my|strong="H3045"\w* officials \w may|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 25 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* find \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’  
\v 26 If \w that|strong="H4428"\w* happens, \add just\add* tell \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* send \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add dungeon/cell in\add* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add because you were afraid that\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add if you were put there again\add*.”   
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\v 27 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \add that is what happened\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \add why the king had summoned me. But\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \add questions\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* guarded \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \add of the palace\add*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add the army of Babylonia\add* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\c 39  
\s1 Jerusalem was captured  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost nine \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* January \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 2 \w One|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half \w years|strong="H8141"\w* later, \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H6667"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H5892"\w* almost \w eleven|strong="H6249"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w on|strong="H5892"\w* July 18, \add soldiers from Babylonia\add* \w broke|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H6667"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add wall. Then they rushed in and captured the city\add*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|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 came|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \add to decide what they would do to the city. They included\add* \w Nergal-Sharezer|strong="H5371"\w* \w from|strong="H8432"\w* Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*, \w another|strong="H8432"\w* \w Nergal-Sharezer|strong="H5371"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s advisor, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* many \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add the army of Babylonia had broken into the city\add*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*. \add They waited until\add* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* dark. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\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 that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \add running\add* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River Valley.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w caught|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* near \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w They|strong="H5927"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add region\add*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \add his soldiers what\add* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* do \w to|strong="H1696"\w* punish \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* forced \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officials \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 7  \add Then\add* \w they|strong="H5178"\w* gouged \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w They|strong="H5178"\w* fastened \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* took \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 8  \add Meanwhile,\add* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* all \w the|strong="H8313"\w* other \w buildings|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* city \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add king’s\add* bodyguards, forced \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \add most of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Jews \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H2876"\w* \w joined|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Babylonia.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\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* \add to take care of\add*.   
\s1 Jeremiah stayed in Judah  
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\v 11 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \add previously\add* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* find \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H3027"\w* said,  
\v 12 “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* harms \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* whatever \w he|strong="H3588"\w* requests \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* Nebushazban, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H7227"\w* \w officers|strong="H7227"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nergal-Sharezer|strong="H5371"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s advisor, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon  
\v 14 \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add some men\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \add my own\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who had been allowed to remain there\add*.   
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\v 15 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add still\add* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* guarded \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* palace \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\v 16 “\w Say|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* official \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*: ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enable \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* prosper; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H2005"\w* Jerusalem \w being|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed,  
\v 17 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3016"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* trusted \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H4422"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add your enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*. \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
\c 40  
\s1 Jeremiah decided to stay with Gedaliah  
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\v 1  \add The soldiers from Babylonia\add* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \add planned to\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* fastened chains around \w our|strong="H3068"\w* wrists \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \add town north of Jerusalem\add*. \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w released|strong="H7971"\w*. \add This is how it happened\add*:  
\v 2  \add Nebuzaradan,\add* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \add king’s\add* bodyguards, \add found that I was there\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w summoned|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \add that he would do\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chains \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrists|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w release|strong="H6605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want \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, \add that will be fine\add*. \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 you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w* want \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*. \add Stay here\add*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* country \w is|strong="H3117"\w* available; \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* choose \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w part|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w wish|strong="H2896"\w*.” \add Then he took the chains off my wrists\add*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* said, “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add decide to\add* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* here, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \add You will be allowed to\add* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* here \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that he is governing\add*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H5750"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Nebuzaradan \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* food \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* money, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* returned \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Judah \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* land.   
\s1 Many people returned to Judah  
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \add who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia\add* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* roaming around \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* someone say \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 to|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add who were still in Judah\add*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* Babylon.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \add to talk\add* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H1436"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*. \add Those who went included\add* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w the|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 the|strong="H3458"\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 from|strong="H1121"\w* Netophath, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezaniah|strong="H3153"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Maacah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* harm \w them|strong="H5647"\w*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* said, “\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 do|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*. \w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5647"\w* land \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon. \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w*, \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\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* \add here\add* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* representative \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add officials from\add* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w come|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \add talk with\add* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*. But \w you|strong="H6440"\w* should \add return to your towns, and eat the things that are produced on your land\add*. \w Harvest|strong="H7019"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* grapes \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w* \add that ripen in\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w summer|strong="H7019"\w*/hot season► \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* olives, \add make wine and olive oil,\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* store \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* fled \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, Edom, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \add nearby\add* countries \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* say \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 allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add to remain\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \add began to\add* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add talk with\add* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \add they went to various places in Judea, and\add* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* harvested \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* grapes \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*.   
\s1 The plot to kill Gedaliah  
\p
\v 13  \add Some time later,\add* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \add who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia\add* came \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H1436"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Baalis|strong="H1185"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \add people-group\add*, \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* assassinate \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said.   
\p
\v 15 Later \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* talked \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w privately|strong="H5643"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* said, “\w Allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* murder \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w*. \w It|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* murder \w you|strong="H3605"\w*! \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w this|strong="H3045"\w* area? \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H7611"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*!”   
\p
\v 16 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w*, “\add No\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* allow \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \add I think that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*.”   
\c 41  
\s1 Gedaliah was murdered  
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\v 1 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w family|strong="H2233"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Zedekiah’s important officials. \w In|strong="H4428"\w* October \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w year|strong="H7637"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add talk with\add* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*. \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* eating \w together|strong="H3162"\w*,  
\v 2 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* other \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* jumped \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*—\w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w man|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* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w*!  
\v 3 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \add and the other men\add* \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 and|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\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*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w next|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w before|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* murdered,  
\v 5 \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* men \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* \add cities\add* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add in Mizpah\add*. \w They|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 and|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves \add to show that they were mourning\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3027"\w* grain \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w incense|strong="H3828"\w* \add to burn on the altar\add*.  
\v 6 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* city \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w reached|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* \add and see what has happened to\add* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*!”   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* all entered \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \add most of\add* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* threw \w their|strong="H8432"\w* corpses \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well.  
\v 8 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* \add only\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ◄spared/\w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w*►. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* promised \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add if he allowed them to remain alive, they would bring him\add* lots \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* well \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*’s \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* murdered \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* deep well \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa’s \add men\add* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* dug \add in order that they would have water in the city\add* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* surround \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*’s \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* well \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \add and his men\add* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* order \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w*. \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* started \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w toward|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* area.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* surrendered \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylonia \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \add and his men\add* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \add immediately\add* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* stop \w them|strong="H3947"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w pool|strong="H4325"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H1961"\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 and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* captured \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \add shouted\add* \w joyfully|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5437"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* started \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w*.  
\v 15 But \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\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 and|strong="H1121"\w* fled \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* area.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \add gathered together\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* rescued \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* women \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s palace \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \add and his men\add* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*.  
\v 17 They took \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Geruth-Kimham \add village\add* near \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. \w And|strong="H3212"\w* they \w all|strong="H3212"\w* prepared \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* worried \w about|strong="H5221"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \add would do to them when they found out\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H6485"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w by|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w*.   
\c 42  
\s1 Jeremiah warned them to not go to Egypt  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H5066"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Azariah \w the|strong="H3605"\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* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \add who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* [HYP] \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*, \w came|strong="H5066"\w*  
\v 2 \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \add who have survived\add*.  
\v 3  \add Pray\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* where \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “Okay, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w requested|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 what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\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 not|strong="H3808"\w* hide \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*►.”   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* hope/\w wish|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|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 refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* tells \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 6 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* requesting \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*. \add When he replies\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, whether \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H2896"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* says \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add we know that\add* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 7  \add So I prayed\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w reply|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6440"\w* told \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* tell \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* requesting. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* replied:  
\v 10 ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add should\add* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \add nation\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* strong \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* exiled \add again\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add was forced to\add* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\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 the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \add any more\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w*/\w help|strong="H3467"\w*► \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [DOU] \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY].  
\v 12 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7355"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* causing \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* act kindly \w toward|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* stay here \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* land.’   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\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 here|strong="H2063"\w*;  
\v 14 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* go \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \add any\add* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \add signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles\add*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*,’  
\v 15 \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \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 you|strong="H6440"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,  
\v 16 \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* experience \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w wars|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* famines \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add all\add* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 17 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \add Some of you\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \add of your enemies, and others of you will die\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* famines \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: ‘\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* severely punished [MTY] \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \add The result will be that\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* horrified \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add what has happened to\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\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 land|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* little group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* alive, \add listen to me\add*: \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\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*.’ \add So\add* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* forget \w what|strong="H3045"\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*.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5315"\w* lying \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* requested \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 21 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w exactly|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add I know that\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 22 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w*: \add All of\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \add Some of you will be killed\add* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \add of your enemies and others will die\add* \w from|strong="H4191"\w* famines \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H4191"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*.”   
\c 43  
\s1 Jeremiah was taken to Egypt  
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\v 1  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* insolent/\w arrogant|strong="H2086"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w*! \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \add us\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!  
\v 3  \add We think that\add* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* urged/\w persuaded|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* say \w this|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add if we stay here\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* seize \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add many of\add* [HYP] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were there\add* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s command \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w gathered|strong="H1471"\w* \w together|strong="H1481"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \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*.  
\v 6  \add They included\add* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w women|strong="H1323"\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 all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w whom|strong="H1397"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H2876"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* took \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \add to Egypt\add*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Tahpenes \add city\add*.   
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\v 8  \add While we were\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Tahpenes, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 9 “\w While|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* rocks \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w bury|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H3027"\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 the|strong="H3947"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* there \w at|strong="H1004"\w* Tahpenes.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add you\add* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* summon \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Egypt. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\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 told|strong="H7760"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bury|strong="H2934"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* tent \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \add to show that he has become\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Egypt\add*.  
\v 11 When \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \add army\add* comes, \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5221"\w* those \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w who|strong="H5221"\w* \add I have determined\add* must \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, those \w who|strong="H5221"\w* \add I have determined\add* must \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* those \w who|strong="H5221"\w* \add I have determined\add* must \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H4714"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H4714"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 12-13 Nebuchadnezzar’s \add soldiers\add* will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt. \add But before they burn the temples\add*, they will take away their idols \add as souvenirs\add*. His \add troops\add* will clean Egypt like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shepherd cleans lice from his cloak. They will tear down the sacred pillars that are in the temple of their sun god. And then Nebuchadnezzar’s \add troops\add* will leave there, without having been harmed.” ’ ”   
\c 44  
\s1 Jeremiah predicted disaster would come because of their idolatry  
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\v 1  \add This is\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1697"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add northern\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*—\w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*, Tahpenes, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \add cities\add*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w* \add region in southern Egypt\add*:  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add you\add* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* caused \add the people in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2723"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* deserted.  
\v 3  \add That happened\add* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w account|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* being \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* other gods \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add previously\add* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* ancestors \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \add did not know about them\add*.  
\v 4 Many times \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*!”  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H7451"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* [DOU] \add to what I said to them\add*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H7451"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* behavior, \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* \add worship/honor\add* \w other|strong="H1115"\w* gods.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* [MTY] \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* punished people \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2723"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* deserted, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* still \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*.’   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add you\add* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, ask \w you|strong="H6213"\w*: ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* experience \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*? \add Do you not realize that because of what you are doing\add*, \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w or|strong="H1419"\w* \w women|strong="H7451"\w* \w or|strong="H1419"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w or|strong="H1419"\w* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add who have come here to Egypt\add* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 8 Why \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w me|strong="H3707"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* causing \w me|strong="H3707"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*? \add If you continue doing this,\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* whom \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* despise.  
\v 9 \w Have|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \add how I punished\add* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add how I punished\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* queens \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* wives \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* sins \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\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* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other towns\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 10 \w Up|strong="H5414"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w humbled|strong="H1792"\w* yourselves \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w revered|strong="H3372"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* obeyed \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* decrees [DOU] \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors.’   
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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* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \add you\add* Israelis \add say you belong to\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H7760"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 12  \add You\add* people \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* survived \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*. \add Some of\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \add your enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, \add some will die\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* famines. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \add people whom others\add* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* horrified \w about|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* fun \w of|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \add others in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \add some of whom were killed\add* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \add some of whom\add* died \w from|strong="H5921"\w* famines \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* fled \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, hoping \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* few [HYP] \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w survive|strong="H8300"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w longing|strong="H5375"\w*/wanting \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* few \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* group \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* started \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* northern \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* southern \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\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 had|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|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 who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*:  
\v 16 “\w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*!  
\v 17 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\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* \add worship our goddess Astarte,\add* \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 we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \add of wine\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add their\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add always\add* \w done|strong="H6213"\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 and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* prosperous \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w ever|strong="H4480"\w* \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \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* giving \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* \add of wine\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H8064"\w* many troubles, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add some of our people\add* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H8552"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \add our enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add some have died\add* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \add the women said\add*, “\add Furthermore\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \add wine\add* \w offerings|strong="H5262"\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 we|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* small \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* resembled \w her|strong="H6213"\w* idol, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* husbands \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* knew \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \add and approved of\add* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1397"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* women \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\v 21 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add worship/honor\add* idols \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 and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*!  
\v 22 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w*/\w tolerate|strong="H3201"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H6213"\w* \w actions|strong="H4611"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add a place whose name people say when they\add* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* someone, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2723"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 23 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \add worship/honor\add* idols \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \add other\add* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w experienced|strong="H2088"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* decrees \w and|strong="H1980"\w* commandments.”   
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\v 24  \add Then\add* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women, “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 25 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \add to you Israeli men\add*: ‘\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wives \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* wine \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \add goddess whom you call\add* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4446"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \add And you have proved by your actions that you intend to continue to do that\add*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add for her\add*.’   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \add now\add* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w declared|strong="H8085"\w*, using \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add soon\add* \w none|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w here|strong="H2005"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \add There will be none of you who, when you solemnly promise to do something,\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, “\add I will do it as surely\add* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w watching|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cause \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cause \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* happen \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \add Almost\add* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \add now here\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* experience being \add killed by their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* dying \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.  
\v 28  \add Only a very\add* \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \add of you\add* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \add When that happens\add*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w came|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w were|strong="H1992"\w* true/\w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H6965"\w*►, \w theirs|strong="H1992"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w mine|strong="H7725"\w*.’   
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\v 29 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w prove|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\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* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 30 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hophra|strong="H6548"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, just \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \add the soldiers of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.’ ” \add And that is what happened several years later\add*.   
\c 45  
\s1 A message for Baruch  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \add I,\add* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w dictated|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘Terrible \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \add are happening\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* endured \w much|strong="H5921"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* already. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* causing \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* very sad, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w addition|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H3021"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* ◄groaning/\w being|strong="H3068"\w* sad►, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*!’   
\p
\v 4 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \add Baruch\add*, \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2040"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* nation \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* established. \add This nation is like a tree\add* [MET] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w pull|strong="H2040"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w roots|strong="H5428"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H5414"\w*, \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* special \w way|strong="H3212"\w*? \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \add It is true that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* killed.’ ”   
\c 46  
\s1 Messages about other nations  
\p
\v 1 These \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\s1 Messages about Egypt  
\p
\v 2 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w this|strong="H4714"\w* message \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5221"\w* \add by Yahweh\add*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.  
\p \add This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops\add*,   
\q1
\v 3 ‘\w Prepare|strong="H6186"\w* \w your|strong="H5066"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4043"\w* march out \w to|strong="H5066"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H5066"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4 \w Put|strong="H3847"\w* harnesses \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w their|strong="H3320"\w* backs.  
\q1 ◄\w Get|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* positions/Line \w up|strong="H5927"\w*► \add for the battle\add*;  
\q2 \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* \w helmets|strong="H3553"\w*.  
\q1 \w Sharpen|strong="H4838"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w your|strong="H3320"\w* \w armor|strong="H3847"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* [RHQ] \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?  
\q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w terrified|strong="H4032"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H5127"\w*.  
\q1 \add Even\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* bravest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* running \w away|strong="H5127"\w*,  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* backward!  
\q1 \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add their soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w terrified|strong="H4032"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \add Even\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fastest \add runners\add* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* try \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5127"\w* \add even the greatest of\add* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H5307"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\q1 \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 Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \add River\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w What|strong="H4310"\w* group \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* covering \w the|strong="H5927"\w* land  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add* covers \w the|strong="H5927"\w* land \w when|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w floods|strong="H5104"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \add It is the army of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w covering|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* land \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* surging/huge \w flood|strong="H5104"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* boast \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add who live in them\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="H5927"\w* \add riders of\add* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, charge/rush \add into the battle\add*!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5927"\w* \add drivers of\add* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w drive|strong="H1984"\w* furiously!  
\q1 \add All\add* \w you|strong="H5927"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w Libya|strong="H6316"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1368"\w* \w carry|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H5927"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Lydia  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1368"\w* \w shoot|strong="H1869"\w* \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H5927"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w*!   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w*, \add you need to know that\add* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* angels, \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.  
\q1 \w With|strong="H7646"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* [PRS] \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \add my enemies\add* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*;  
\q2 \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \add be like a monster that\add* [MET, PRS] drinks \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add of the animals it kills\add* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* no longer thirsty.  
\q1 \add The enemy soldiers who will be killed\add* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* beside \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*  
\q2 \add will be like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* angels.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w You|strong="H3947"\w* people [IDM] \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w obtain|strong="H3947"\w* \w medicine|strong="H7499"\w*;  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H1330"\w* useless \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* those \w medicines|strong="H7499"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H1330"\w* \w healed|strong="H7499"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \add People in\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* humiliated.  
\q2 \add People\add* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* wailing.  
\q1 \add Your mighty\add* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w each|strong="H1471"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 13  \add Then\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* planned \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add with his army\add*:   
\q1
\v 14 “Shout \add this message\add* \w throughout|strong="H5439"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!  
\q2 \w Proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*, \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* Tahpenes \add cities\add*!  
\q1 ‘◄\w Get|strong="H3559"\w* \w into|strong="H4714"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* positions/Line \w up|strong="H3320"\w*► \add for the battle\add*;  
\q2 \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* defend \w yourselves|strong="H3320"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add everyone\add* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w*.’ [PRS, MTY]   
\q1
\v 15 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bull;  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* fall \w down|strong="H3588"\w*?  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* knock \w him|strong="H5975"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w* countries \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add then\add* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Let|strong="H7725"\w*’s \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w Let|strong="H7725"\w*’s \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 17 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \add in Egypt\add* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* say,  
\q2 ‘\w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* talks loudly,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w our|strong="H5674"\w* \add army\add* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* opportunity \add to defeat our enemies\add*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* failed.’   
\b  
\q1
\v 18  \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels,  
\q2 say \w this|strong="H3588"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \add surely as\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, someone’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* coming \add to fight against the army of Egypt\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add extremely powerful\add*,  
\q2 \add as though they were as tall\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \add as high\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \add Mountain\add* close \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \add All\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w pack|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w*/clothes \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* exiled.  
\q1 \w Memphis|strong="H5297"\w* \add city\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8047"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ruin, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* \add like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* beautiful young \w cow|strong="H5697"\w*,  
\q2 but \add the army of a powerful king\add* \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H6828"\w* northeast \w will|strong="H4714"\w* come \w to|strong="H4714"\w* attack it  
\q2 \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horsefly|strong="H7171"\w* [MET] \add bites a cow\add*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* ◄mercenaries/soldiers \add from other countries\add* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w hired|strong="H7916"\w*► \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H3162"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w fat|strong="H4770"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \add there and fight\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add great\add* disaster \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Egypt,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add greatly\add* punished.   
\q1
\v 22  \add The soldiers of\add* Egypt \w will|strong="H2428"\w* \w run|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3588"\w* silently \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* scurries/crawls \w away|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\q1 \add The army of\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy \w will|strong="H2428"\w* advance;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2428"\w* \w march|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* carrying \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w axes|strong="H7134"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3212"\w* [SIM] \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w cut|strong="H2404"\w* \w down|strong="H3212"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* soldiers \add of Egypt\add*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* [SIM] \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* trees,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* enemy soldiers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7231"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \add a swarm of\add* locusts.   
\q1
\v 24 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* humiliated;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* conquered \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* northeast.’   
\b  
\p
\v 25  \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* Amon, \add the god whom the people\add* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Thebes|strong="H4996"\w* \add city\add* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* gods \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \add I will punish\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w them|strong="H5414"\w*—\w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* army \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. \w But|strong="H3651"\w* many \w years|strong="H3117"\w* later, \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt again. \add That will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* serve \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* [DOU] \w now|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* some day \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* places;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* exiled.  
\q2 \add Then you\add* Israeli people \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* live peacefully \w and|strong="H3478"\w* safely,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \add nation\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w who|strong="H3605"\w* serve \w me|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w severely|strong="H3256"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deserve|strong="H4941"\w*:  
\q2 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrong|strong="H4941"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.’ ”   
\c 47  
\s1 A message about Philistia  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia. \add The message was given to me\add* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add city in Philistia\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add the army of\add* Egypt.   
\p
\v 2 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said:  
\q1 “\add An army\add* [MET] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* northeast  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cover \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H4393"\w*;  
\q2 \add they will destroy\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* scream;  
\q2 \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add They will hear\add* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hooves|strong="H6541"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \add enemy\add* \w horses|strong="H7393"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add they will hear\add* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* rumble/\w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w* \add of their enemies’\add* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\q1 \w Men|strong="H1121"\w* \add will run away;\add*  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* help \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* completely \w weak|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* helpless [MTY].   
\q1
\v 4 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prevent \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w helping|strong="H5826"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add cities\add*.  
\q1 \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia,  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add long ago\add* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w Crete|strong="H3731"\w* \add island\add*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add The people of\add* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* be humiliated;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w shave|strong="H1413"\w* \w off|strong="H1820"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* hair \w on|strong="H7144"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* heads \add to indicate that they are ashamed\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \add people of \add*Ashkelon \add city\add* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* be silent \add because they will be mourning\add*.  
\q1 \add All you people who live\add* \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* coast \add of the Mediterranean Sea\add* who \w are|strong="H6010"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* alive,  
\q2 \w how|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ] \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w gash|strong="H1413"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H1413"\w* \add because you are mourning\add*?”   
\b  
\q1
\v 6  \add The people of Philistia say,\add* “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add tell our enemies to stop killing us with\add* [PRS] \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*?  
\q2 Tell \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* [PRS] \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* back \w into|strong="H2719"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* sheaths \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8252"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w*!”   
\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* not \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* swords \w to|strong="H3068"\w* stay \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \add to do something more\add*;  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* intends \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \add all the people living in\add* Ashkelon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add in other cities\add* along \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w coast|strong="H2348"\w*.   
\c 48  
\s1 A message about Moab  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3541"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels said:  
\q1 “Terrible \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w* \add town\add*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add soon\add* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w* \add city\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add all its people will be\add* humiliated;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* high wall around \w their|strong="H3068"\w* city \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add its people\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w No|strong="H3772"\w* \w one|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* boast \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add enemies of Moab\add* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \add the capital city,\add* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*.  
\q2 \add They will say,\add* ‘\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3212"\w*’s cause \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w no|strong="H3772"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.’  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Madmen|strong="H4086"\w* \add town\add*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w silenced|strong="H1826"\w*;  
\q2 enemy armies [MTY] \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w pursue|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* people \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* \add town\add* screaming;  
\q2 \add they will be wailing because their town will have been\add* \w devastated|strong="H7701"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7701"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 4  \add All of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w be|strong="H2201"\w* ruined;  
\q2 \add even\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* children \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \add loudly\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1065"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Luhith|strong="H3872"\w* \add Hill\add*.  
\q1 \add Others will wail\add* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* road \w down|strong="H4174"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w*,  
\q2 being very sad \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4608"\w* \add their town being\add* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 6  \add Someone will say to them\add*, ‘\w Flee|strong="H5127"\w*!  
\q2 \w Hide|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trusted \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* rich \w and|strong="H3548"\w* powerful, \add you would be safe\add*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\q1 \add The statue of your god\add* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w away|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* distant lands.   
\q1
\v 8 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \add in Moab\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*;  
\q2 \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\q1 \add Towns in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plateau|strong="H4334"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* what \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Spread|strong="H3318"\w* salt \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3427"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wasteland \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \add nothing growing there any more\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*!”   
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\q1
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* curse anyone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* eagerly \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* desires,  
\q2 anyone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* refrains \w from|strong="H3068"\w* using \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY] others \add in Moab\add*.   
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\q1
\v 11  \add The people of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* always felt \w secure|strong="H7599"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* ◄exiled/forced \add by their enemies\add* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* other countries►.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3627"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [MET] \w wine|strong="H8105"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w undisturbed|strong="H8252"\w* \add in a container for many days to give it good flavor\add*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w smells|strong="H7381"\w* good,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* tastes good.   
\q1
\v 12 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \add enemies to attack them\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H7971"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Moab \w like|strong="H3651"\w* people pour \w out|strong="H7971"\w* wine \add on the ground\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* smash \w the|strong="H5002"\w* wine \w jar|strong="H3627"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3478"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add their god/idol\add* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \add because it did not help them\add*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* Israeli people \w were|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed because \w their|strong="H1008"\w* gold statue \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* calf \add was smashed\add* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 14  \add The soldiers of Moab previously\add* said, “We \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H2428"\w* fought bravely \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*!”   
\q1
\v 15 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels’, \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the country of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* fine \w young|strong="H4005"\w* \w men|strong="H4005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* slaughtered.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w soon|strong="H4116"\w* \w be|strong="H7451"\w* destroyed.  
\q2 It \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w soon|strong="H4116"\w* experience \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \add people who live in nations\add* near Moab,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w*,  
\q1 should \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* Moab,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* say, “\w Its|strong="H3605"\w* \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w power|strong="H5797"\w* [MTY, DOU] \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \add completely\add* ended/\w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.”   
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\q1
\v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w* \add city\add*, stop being proud \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* being \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dust/dirt,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* other places \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \add city\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* high walls.   
\q1
\v 19 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add*,  
\q2 \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* along \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w watch|strong="H6822"\w*.  
\q1 Shout \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* men \w and|strong="H1870"\w* women \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H5127"\w* \add from Moab\add*,  
\q2 “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \add there\add*?”   
\q1
\v 20  \add They will reply\add*,  
\q2 “\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w* \w and|strong="H2865"\w* \add we are\add* disgraced!”  
\q1 \add So\add* weep \w and|strong="H2865"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w* [DOU].  
\q2 \w Proclaim|strong="H5046"\w* \w at|strong="H7703"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Aroer \add River\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4124"\w* \w been|strong="H2865"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \add Yahweh\add* \w will|strong="H4941"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* punished \add the towns in Moab that are on\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w plateau|strong="H4334"\w*/high \w level|strong="H4334"\w*►:  
\q2 \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w Mephaath|strong="H4158"\w*,   
\q2
\v 22 \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w* \w and|strong="H5015"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w* \w and|strong="H5015"\w* \w Beth-Diblathaim|strong="H1015"\w*,   
\q2
\v 23 \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-Gamul|strong="H1014"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-Meon|strong="H1010"\w*,   
\q2
\v 24 \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*,  
\q2 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \add each other\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \add from each other\add*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w power|strong="H2220"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ended;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \add You people of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add me,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add stagger like\add* [SIM] \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w*.  
\q1 \add You people of \add*\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wallow|strong="H5606"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ridiculed.   
\q1
\v 27 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of Moab\add* ridiculed \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* [RHQ].  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* treated \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* [RHQ].  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* shook \w your|strong="H3588"\w* head \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* scornfully \w and|strong="H3478"\w* despised \w them|strong="H4672"\w* [RHQ].   
\q1
\v 28 \w You|strong="H5800"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5800"\w* should \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w caves|strong="H6354"\w*.  
\q1 \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w doves|strong="H3123"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w make|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w nests|strong="H7077"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* entrances \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w caves|strong="H6354"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H1343"\w* \add all\add* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \add the people of \add*\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w extremely|strong="H3966"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* conceited/\w arrogant|strong="H7312"\w*. [IDM, DOU]   
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\v 30 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* boast  
\q2 \add because\add* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \add now\add* \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*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w*.  
\q2 \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-Hareseth|strong="H7025"\w* \add city\add*, \add the old capital of Moab\add*.   
\q1
\v 32 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w* \add city\add*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* vineyards.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w branches|strong="H5189"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* extend \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add Dead \add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w* \add city\add*.   
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\v 33 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* joyful \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* now;  
\q2 \w your|strong="H3808"\w* fruit \w and|strong="H8057"\w* grapes \w that|strong="H3808"\w* ripen \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* ◄summer/hot season► \w will|strong="H3808"\w* soon \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed.  
\q1 There \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w grape|strong="H3196"\w* juice coming \w from|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w winepresses|strong="H3342"\w*,  
\q2 \add so\add* there \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shout|strong="H1959"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w*  
\q2 as \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* grapes;  
\q1 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w shout|strong="H1959"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w wailing|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w rise|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Elealeh \add town\add* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w* \add village\add*,  
\q2 \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* \add city\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* Eglath-Shelishiyah \add village\add*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w Nimrim|strong="H5249"\w* \add Stream\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w dried|strong="H4923"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 35  \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w rid|strong="H7673"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* hilltops,  
\q2 \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.   
\q1
\v 36 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* [SYN] moan \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [SIM] \add someone playing a funeral song on\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flute|strong="H2485"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \add all\add* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* wealth \w will|strong="H3820"\w* disappear.   
\q1
\v 37 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* shave \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w beards|strong="H2206"\w* \add to show that they are mourning\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* slash \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* wear ◄rough cloth/\w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*► \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* waists.   
\q1
\v 38 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H7339"\w* \w plazas|strong="H7339"\w*/centers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add people who are\add* \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H4124"\w* [SIM] someone smashes \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \add old\add* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w wants|strong="H2656"\w* \add any more\add*.   
\q1
\v 39 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w*!  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6437"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* hear \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w wailing|strong="H3213"\w* loudly!  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced.  
\q2 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w that|strong="H3605"\w* people ridicule.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* people \w in|strong="H1961"\w* nearby \add countries\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* horrified \add about what has happened there\add*.   
\p
\v 40 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say:  
\q1 ‘\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* swooping/rushing \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* [SIM] \w swoops|strong="H1675"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \add to seize an animal\add*.   
\q1
\v 41 \w Its|strong="H3920"\w* cities \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*,  
\q2 \w its|strong="H3920"\w* fortresses \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w*.  
\q1 \add Even\add* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add afraid\add*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* birth.   
\q1
\v 42  \add The leaders of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w boasted|strong="H1431"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add me,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 43  \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* terrified, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w pits|strong="H6354"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w traps|strong="H6341"\w*.   
\q1
\v 44 \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* terrified \w and|strong="H3068"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* run \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* deep \w pits|strong="H6354"\w*.  
\q2 Whoever \w climbs|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\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 a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H6341"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen.’   
\b  
\q1
\v 45 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w far|strong="H5127"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w able|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w any|strong="H3318"\w* further,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w will|strong="H1121"\w* burn \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*,  
\q2 \add which is the city\add* where \add King\add* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* lived \add long ago\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* burn \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w all|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* [SYN] \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1121"\w* noisily/loudly boasted very much.   
\q1
\v 46  \add You people of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, terrible things \w will|strong="H5971"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* worship \add your god\add* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* destroyed.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \add to other countries\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 47 \w But|strong="H7725"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*.”  
\p \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* end \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* prophesied \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.   
\c 49  
\s1 A message about Ammon  
\p
\v 1  \add This message is\add* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* [RHQ] plenty \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H3478"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \add the land of the tribe of\add* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3541"\w*, \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* [RHQ] \add the people who worship the god\add* Molech \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\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* battle-cry  
\q2 \add for their enemies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \add their capital city\add*, \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*.  
\q1 \add Then\add* \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,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group \w took|strong="H3423"\w* away \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1473"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add* [MTY], \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \add town nearby\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1473"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \add city\add*, weep;  
\q2 \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* ◄rough clothing/\w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*► \add to show you are mourning\add*;  
\q1 \w run|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7751"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w forth|strong="H7751"\w* \add in confusion\add* inside \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5857"\w* \w walls|strong="H1448"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add your god\add* Milcom, \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* taken \w away|strong="H3212"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w*/\w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w* countries►.   
\q1
\v 4 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] very proud \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H1984"\w* very fertile \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*,  
\q2 \add but they will soon be ruined\add*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* rebellious people, \w you|strong="H4100"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H1984"\w* wealth,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* said, ‘Certainly \w no|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w army|strong="H6010"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* be able \w to|strong="H1323"\w* attack us!’   
\q1
\v 5 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w listen|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w*: '\w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* angels,  
\q2 \w will|strong="H6635"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become terrified.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w forced|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w flee|strong="H5074"\w* \add to other countries\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \add again\add*.'   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* some day \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen, because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\s1 Messages about Edom  
\p
\v 7  \add This message is\add* \w about|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Edom people-group. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w It|strong="H3068"\w* seems \w that|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* no \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* people \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w* \add district in Edom\add*!  
\q2 \w There|strong="H3541"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* no people \w left|strong="H5750"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H5750"\w* give others \add good\add* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* [PRS] \w have|strong="H3068"\w* disappeared.   
\q1
\v 8 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w* \add city in the south of Edom\add*,  
\q2 \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w hide|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* \add caves\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Edom people-group \w to|strong="H5921"\w* experience disaster,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3427"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 Those \w who|strong="H7604"\w* harvest \w grapes|strong="H5955"\w*  
\q2 always [RHQ] \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w some|strong="H5955"\w* \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* vines.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H1767"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* come \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] steal only \w as|strong="H7604"\w* \w much|strong="H1767"\w* \w as|strong="H7604"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* cause everything \w in|strong="H2233"\w* Edom \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*, \w and|strong="H2233"\w* there \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* left,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2233"\w* there \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w place|strong="H4565"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w hide|strong="H2247"\w*.  
\q1 \add Many of\add* [HYP] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*, \w their|strong="H3588"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*, \w will|strong="H3808"\w* die,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2233"\w* Edom \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* exist \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* protect \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* widows \add also\add* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \add be able to\add* depend \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \add to help them\add*.”   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|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* suffer [MET] \w must|strong="H3808"\w* suffer, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Edom \w must|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] suffer much \w more|strong="H3808"\w* [DOU]! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* escape \w being|strong="H3068"\w* punished.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*, using \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* name, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add your chief city\add* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* horrified \w about|strong="H1961"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heap \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w*. People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* name \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* people. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* villages \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|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 heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H8052"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w ambassador|strong="H6735"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add many\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \add to tell them to\add* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* Edom.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* must prepare \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*!”   
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\v 15  \add And Yahweh says to the people of Edom,\add*  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become very unimportant among \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* despise \w your|strong="H5414"\w* country.   
\q1
\v 16 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add people of other nations\add* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* terrified,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* very \w proud|strong="H1361"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* caves \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w cliffs|strong="H5553"\w*;  
\q2 \add you think that you are safe there because\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w up|strong="H1361"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* homes \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w up|strong="H1361"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*’ nests,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \add crashing\add* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 Edom \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* people \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w horrified|strong="H8074"\w*;  
\q2 people \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 horrified|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄gasp/\w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w*►  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* see \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w destruction|strong="H8047"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 Edom \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \add completely as\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* nearby towns \w were|strong="H1121"\w* destroyed \add long ago\add*.  
\q2 \add As a result,\add* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add any more\add* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Edom \add suddenly\add* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w comes|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* jungle  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add leaps on the sheep that are\add* eating \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w good|strong="H6440"\w* pastureland.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* chase \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Edom \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \add then\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leader \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* choose;  
\q1 \add I can do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ] \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* object \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w*.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H5927"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7462"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w oppose|strong="H5975"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w planned|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add the rest of\add* Edom:  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* children \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w away|strong="H3289"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* [MET] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* Edom \w is|strong="H6963"\w* destroyed, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \add will be extremely great\add*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wailing|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add as far away as\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w* troops \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w swoop|strong="H1675"\w*/rush \w down|strong="H1675"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w spreads|strong="H6566"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w swoops|strong="H1675"\w* \w down|strong="H1675"\w* \add to seize an animal\add*.  
\q1 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add even the strongest\add* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Edom \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add be afraid\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w give|strong="H5927"\w* birth.”   
\s1 A message about Damascus  
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\v 23  \add This message is\add* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \add This is what Yahweh says\add*:  
\q1 “\add The people in the nearby cities of\add* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* Arpad \w are|strong="H3808"\w* confused,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w* \add about Damascus\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* very anxious \w and|strong="H8085"\w* restless,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big storm.   
\q1
\v 24 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* people \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w have|strong="H3205"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* very \w weak|strong="H7503"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \add they all\add* \w have|strong="H3205"\w* ◄panicked/\w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \add because\add* \w they|strong="H6437"\w* \w are|strong="H6869"\w* very afraid►.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* people \w are|strong="H6869"\w* anguished \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H2388"\w* \w pain|strong="H2256"\w*  
\q2 like [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \add experiences\add* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w is|strong="H1834"\w* about \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w That|strong="H5892"\w* famous \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \add previously\add* pleased \w with|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w Its|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*.  
\q2 \w Its|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w And|strong="H2346"\w* I, \w the|strong="H3341"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3341"\w* armies \w of|strong="H2346"\w* angels, \w will|strong="H2346"\w* start \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w to|strong="H2346"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w the|strong="H3341"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* that surround \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3341"\w* palaces \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \add King\add* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w will|strong="H2346"\w* be \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* \w down|strong="H3341"\w*.”   
\s1 A message about Kedar and Hazor  
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\v 28  \add This is a message\add* \w about|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* \add people-group\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w*. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I will cause an army to\add* advance \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* live \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \add of Judah\add*.   
\q1
\v 29 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* tents \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep\add* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* \add in their tents\add* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q1 \add Everywhere\add* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* shout,  
\q2 ‘\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w terrified|strong="H4032"\w* \add because terrible things are happening\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!’   
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\q1
\v 30 \w So|strong="H3966"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say, ‘\w Run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \add quickly\add*!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hide|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* \add caves\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon wants \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add with his army\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!’   
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\q1
\v 31 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* say \add to Nebuchadnezzar\add*,  
\q1 ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* feel \w secure|strong="H3427"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* allies \add who will help them\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add walls with\add* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* troops \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w seize|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* direction [IDM] \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1995"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* remote \w places|strong="H3605"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* hair \w short|strong="H7112"\w*).  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience disasters \w from|strong="H6285"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* direction.   
\q1
\v 33 \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*/wolves \w live|strong="H3427"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* deserted \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* [DOU].’ ”   
\s1 A message about Elam  
\p
\v 34 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w starting|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4438"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\p
\v 35 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w men|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* famous ◄\w archers|strong="H7198"\w*/\w men|strong="H6635"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* shoot \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* well►;  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* how \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* country very powerful.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 36 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* directions [IDM, DOU],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* directions.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* exiled \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* [LIT, HYP].   
\q1
\v 37 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5704"\w* smash \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience \w great|strong="H6440"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* pursue \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add and kill them\add* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* \w get|strong="H1245"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 38 \w I|strong="H7760"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* judge \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* [MTY],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add then\add* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H7760"\w* rid \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add his\add* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 39 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\c 50  
\s1 A message about Babylon  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add me,\add* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* country \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*.   
\p
\v 2  \add This is what Yahweh says\add*:  
\q1 “\w Proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* [DOU] \add a message\add* among \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w withhold|strong="H5375"\w* \w any|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*;  
\q1 \w raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w signal|strong="H5251"\w* flag  
\q2 \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\q1 \add Its chief god\add* \w Marduk|strong="H4781"\w*, \add whose other name is\add* \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w*, \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* disgraced,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add other\add* statues \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w shattered|strong="H2865"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add The army of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* Babylon  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* thoroughly,  
\q1 \add with the result that\add* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \add again\add*.  
\q2 \w Both|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w run|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*.”   
\s1 The people of Israel will return from Babylon  
\q1
\v 4 “\w But|strong="H1992"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* future, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* happen,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w join|strong="H1980"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* wanting \add to worship\add* \w me|strong="H1245"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H7592"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q2 \add and then\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w start|strong="H1870"\w* traveling [IDM] \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \add to each other\add*,  
\q2 ‘We \w must|strong="H3808"\w* return \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add*!’  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* make \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [MET] lost \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \add leaders/rulers\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \add to abandon me\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\q1 \add My people are like\add* [MET] \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5971"\w* do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* know \w the|strong="H1961"\w* path \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w return|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* sheepfold.   
\q1
\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* attacked \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \add by attacking them\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* provides \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* need;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* remained faithful;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors confidently expected \add to help them\add*.’   
\b  
\q1
\v 8  \add But now, I say to the leaders of my people\add*, ‘\w Flee|strong="H5110"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 \w Leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*!  
\q1 \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w male|strong="H6260"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \add that go\add* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*;  
\q2 \add lead my people back to their own land\add*.   
\q1
\v 9  \add Do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* gather \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H6951"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \add of Babylon\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* join \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \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* [SIM] skilled \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* always hit \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* aim \w at|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* conquered,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* conquer \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* want.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 The conquest of Babylon  
\q1
\v 11 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \add of Babylon\add* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w plundered|strong="H8154"\w*/stole everything valuable \w from|strong="H5159"\w*► \w my|strong="H3588"\w* chosen \w people|strong="H5159"\w*,  
\q2 \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* [DOU].  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* run around joyfully \w like|strong="H5159"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5697"\w* \w in|strong="H8055"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meadow,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8055"\w* are \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w like|strong="H5159"\w* [SIM] male horses are \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* are \w neighing|strong="H6670"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \add soon\add* \w your|strong="H2009"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H2659"\w* [DOU] \add as a result of being conquered\add*.  
\q2 \w Your|strong="H2009"\w* country \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w most|strong="H3966"\w* insignificant \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* deserted \w land|strong="H6723"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \add with you people of Babylon\add*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* city \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w deserted|strong="H8074"\w*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w horrified|strong="H8074"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄gasp/\w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w*► \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* destruction \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14  \add All you nations that surround Babylon,\add*  
\q2 \w prepare|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w archers|strong="H7198"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3034"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies;  
\q2 \w shoot|strong="H3034"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* [LIT],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people/leaders of Babylon have sinned against me,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w Shout|strong="H7321"\w* \add war-cries\add* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w* \add of the city\add*.  
\q2 \add The soldiers of\add* Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* surrender;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w towers|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w torn|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* getting \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \add on the people of Babylon\add*,  
\q2 \add so help me to\add* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w*.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* Babylon \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* others!   
\q1
\v 16 \w Take|strong="H8610"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Babylon those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \add crops\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* reap \w the|strong="H6440"\w* harvests!  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* carried \w by|strong="H6440"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* attack \add Babylon\add*,  
\q2 \add those people in Babylon who have come from other countries\add*  
\q2 should \w all|strong="H3772"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* countries [DOU]!”   
\s1 God’s people will return to Israel  
\q1
\v 17 “\w The|strong="H5019"\w* Israeli \add people\add* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* been \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* lions.  
\q1 \w First|strong="H7223"\w* \add the army of\add* \w the|strong="H5019"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria defeated \w them|strong="H2088"\w*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon smashed \w them|strong="H2088"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Israeli people \add worship\add*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Now|strong="H2005"\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 the|strong="H3541"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* land,  
\q2 \w like|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.   
\q1
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w land|strong="H5116"\w*  
\q2 where \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \add the food that grows\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* fields \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add regions\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add the people in\add* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* hilly areas \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add are still guilty for having\add* \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* small group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* enable \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.’”   
\s1 God’s punishment on Babylon  
\q1
\v 21 “\add So, I, Yahweh, say to the enemies of Babylonia,\add*‘\w Attack|strong="H5927"\w* \add the people who live in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Merathaim|strong="H4850"\w* \add region\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pekod|strong="H6489"\w* \add region of Babylonia\add*.  
\q1 Pursue \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w kill|strong="H2717"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Shout|strong="H6963"\w* your \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w cries|strong="H6963"\w* \w throughout|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* land;  
\q2 \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \add when you are causing\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \add The army of Babylon is like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most powerful \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w*.  
\q1 Babylon \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* deserted among \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 24 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of\add* Babylon, \add listen,\add*  
\q2 \add because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H3369"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \add in that trap\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* fought \w against|strong="H1571"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \add It is as though\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* place where \w I|strong="H3588"\w* store \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*  
\q2 \add to use against the people with whom\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* angry.  
\q1 \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \add to punish\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \add So, you enemies of Babylonia,\add* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* distant lands \w and|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q2 \w Break|strong="H6605"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* places where \w they|strong="H2763"\w* store \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w grain|strong="H6194"\w*.  
\q1 Crush \w the|strong="H1961"\w* walls \w of|strong="H7611"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* city \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* houses  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w pile|strong="H5549"\w* \w up|strong="H5549"\w* \add the rubble like\add* [SIM] \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w* \w of|strong="H7611"\w* \w grain|strong="H6194"\w*.  
\q1 \w Destroy|strong="H2763"\w* everything;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* leave anything \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H7093"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add young men who are as strong as\add* [MET] \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w*;  
\q2 \w take|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* terrible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* punished.   
\q1
\v 28 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* \w from|strong="H5127"\w* Babylon  
\q2 while \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem how \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* gotten \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \w against|strong="H5046"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 29 \w Summon|strong="H8085"\w* \w archers|strong="H7198"\w* [DOU] \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* attack Babylon;  
\q2 \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6918"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add the people of\add* Babylon \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* others [DOU],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* defied \add me,\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \add people\add*.   
\q1
\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \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*;  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* angels, say \w this|strong="H3588"\w*:  
\q2 ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H2087"\w*/\w proud|strong="H2087"\w* people,  
\q1 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* [DOU] \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*.   
\q1
\v 32  \add Your land is full of\add* \w proud|strong="H2087"\w* people,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w lift|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \add again\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* light \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Babylonia  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* nearby.’   
\p
\v 33  \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* angels, \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* ◄\w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*/treated cruelly►;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* guarded \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w carefully|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* allow \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* leave \add Babylon\add*.   
\q1
\v 34 \w But|strong="H1350"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* free \w them|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w defend|strong="H7379"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \add to return to\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land where \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* peace,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1350"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylonia \w will|strong="H3068"\w* not \w have|strong="H3068"\w* peace.   
\b  
\q1
\v 35  \add I will send enemy soldiers carrying\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* [PRS] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* strike \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* strike \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon.   
\q1
\v 36 \w They|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* strike their false prophets \w with|strong="H2719"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w become|strong="H2973"\w* \w foolish|strong="H2973"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* strike \w the|strong="H2865"\w* \add strongest\add* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1368"\w* Babylonia,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* all \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w*.   
\q1
\v 37 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* strike \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H6154"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H8432"\w* Babylonia,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add all\add* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \add as weak\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] women.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w seize|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* Babylon  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 38  \add I \add*\w will|strong="H4325"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3588"\w* streams \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \add I will do all those things\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add entire\add* land \add of Babylonia\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* filled \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \add horrible\add* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \add who worship them\add* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* crazy.   
\b  
\q1
\v 39  \add Soon only\add* hyenas \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \add other\add* wild creatures \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7931"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w owls|strong="H1323"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w uninhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 40  \add I will destroy Babylon\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* nearby towns;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add ever\add* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add again\add* [DOU].   
\b  
\q1
\v 41 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \add great\add* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\q2 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w far|strong="H7227"\w* away \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* preparing \add to attack you people of Babylon\add*.   
\q1
\v 42 \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \add army\add* \w has|strong="H7355"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \add and arrows\add* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* spears;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add very\add* cruel, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \add to anyone\add*.  
\q1 \add As\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add their\add* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*’ hooves \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H1993"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roaring|strong="H1993"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ocean \add waves\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w formation|strong="H6186"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Babylon.   
\b  
\q1
\v 43 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon says,  
\q1 “\add I\add* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* reports \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* enemy \add approaching\add*;  
\q2 \add so I am very frightened, with the result that\add* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* am \w weak|strong="H7503"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* am \add very fearful, and\add* anguished/worried,  
\q2 like [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baby.”   
\q1
\v 44 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \add Yahweh\add*, \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Babylon \add suddenly\add* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w comes|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* jungle  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add leaps on the sheep that are eating\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w good|strong="H6440"\w* pastureland.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* chase \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Babylonia \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \add then\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add a leader\add* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* choose;  
\q1 \add I will do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ] \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* done \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w right|strong="H2009"\w*.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H5927"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7462"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w oppose|strong="H5975"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 45 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w planned|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*:  
\q1 \add even\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6810"\w* children \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w dragged|strong="H5498"\w* \w away|strong="H3289"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8074"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* live \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 46 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* Babylon \w is|strong="H6963"\w* destroyed, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* extremely \w loud|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wailing|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* by \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.’ ”   
\c 51  
\s1 Babylon will be destroyed  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* inspire/motivate \add an army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* Babylon \add like a powerful\add* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add also\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* army \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H7971"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Babylonia  
\q2 \add like a strong wind\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* blows \w away|strong="H7971"\w* chaff.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w direction|strong="H5439"\w*  
\q2 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add I will tell them,\add* ‘\w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* allow \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w archers|strong="H7198"\w* \add of Babylon\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add have time to\add* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* armor  
\q2 \w or|strong="H2550"\w* draw \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6635"\w* Babylon.  
\q2 \w Completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 4 \w Their|strong="H5307"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H2491"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H2491"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*;  
\q2 \add they will die after being\add* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis’ \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* abandoned \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\q2 \add Even though\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* sinned \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6  \add You people of Israel and Judah,\add* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 \w Run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w stay|strong="H1826"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* killed \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* punish \add the people of Babylon\add*!  
\q1 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H8432"\w* \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* deserve.   
\q1
\v 7 Babylon \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \add a cup that is full of wine\add*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* caused \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \add who drank some of it to become\add* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add rulers of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7937"\w* crazy.   
\q1
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q2 \add You foreigners who live in Babylon,\add* weep \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* people.  
\q1 \w Give|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* medicine \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* wounds;  
\q2 perhaps \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \add foreigners\add* would \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \add tried to\add* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add now\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.  
\q1 \add So we will not try to help them;\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* return \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* own lands,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* punishment \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* receiving \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* great \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w reaches|strong="H5704"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \add so great that no one can measure it\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* ◄vindicated \w us|strong="H6666"\w*/shown \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3318"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w*►;  
\q2 \add so\add* let’s \w proclaim|strong="H5608"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem everything \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w* \add for us\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add You enemy soldiers,\add* \w sharpen|strong="H1305"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*!  
\q2 \w Lift|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w shields|strong="H7982"\w*,  
\q1 \add because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* incited \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* \add and Persia to march with their armies\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\q2 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add those foreigners who entered\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* defiled \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* battle flag close \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 ◄Reinforce \w the|strong="H3588"\w*/Appoint \w more|strong="H3588"\w*► \w guards|strong="H8104"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \add in their positions\add*!  
\q1 \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* ambush,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w planned|strong="H2161"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
\q1
\v 13 Babylon \w is|strong="H7093"\w* \add a city\add* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \add Euphrates\add* River,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* city \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4325"\w* there \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* rich people,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H7093"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* finished;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w* \add for the city\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* exist \w is|strong="H7093"\w* ended.   
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*, using \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* name,  
\q1 “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* cities \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H4390"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* swarm \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H1959"\w* \w triumphantly|strong="H5921"\w* \add when they conquer your city\add*.”   
\s1 A song to praise Yahweh  
\q1
\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|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*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w speaks|strong="H6963"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*, \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* form \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w every|strong="H5414"\w* \w part|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w sends|strong="H5414"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* releases \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* storehouses.   
\b  
\q1
\v 17 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w senseless|strong="H1197"\w*, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* very little [HYP];  
\q1 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w make|strong="H1197"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \add always\add* disappointed,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w* \add do nothing for them\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w images|strong="H6459"\w*/statues \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H1197"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* real \add gods\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5262"\w* lifeless.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* ridiculed;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6256"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H6256"\w* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add idols\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w created|strong="H3335"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that exists\add*;  
\q1 \add we\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel, belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels’.   
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\q1
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \add about the army of Babylonia\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add about a nation that will attack Babylonia)\add*,  
\q1 “\w You|strong="H7843"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* been \add like\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H7843"\w* battle-axe \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w war-club|strong="H4661"\w*;  
\q1 \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w your|strong="H7843"\w* \add power\add* \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w shattered|strong="H5310"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \add many\add* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w With|strong="H5483"\w* \w your|strong="H5310"\w* \add power\add* \w I|strong="H5310"\w* have \w shattered|strong="H5310"\w* armies \add of other nations\add*:  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5310"\w* destroyed \add their\add* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w their|strong="H5310"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w*, \add their\add* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \add their\add* chariot-drivers.   
\q1
\v 22 \w With|strong="H2205"\w* \w your|strong="H5310"\w* \add power\add* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w shattered|strong="H5310"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w*,  
\q2 \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w*,  
\q2 \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w With|strong="H7462"\w* \w your|strong="H7462"\w* \add power\add* \w I|strong="H5310"\w* \w shattered|strong="H5310"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \w their|strong="H5310"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* \add of sheep\add*,  
\q2 farmers \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \w their|strong="H5310"\w* \w oxen|strong="H6776"\w*,  
\q2 \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H6346"\w* \add their\add* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*.”   
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\p
\v 24 \w But|strong="H7451"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\add Soon\add* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w*/\w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*  
\q2 \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Jerusalem.   
\q1
\v 25  \add Babylonia is\add* [APO] \w like|strong="H2022"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*  
\q2 \add from which bandits descend\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄plunder/steal \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w*► people \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemy \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add people of Babylonia\add*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w raise|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w fist|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* knock \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cliffs|strong="H5553"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \add only\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge pile \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8316"\w* rubble.   
\q1
\v 26 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \add city\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* abandoned \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*;  
\q2 \add even\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* stones \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add city\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \add again\add* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* buildings.  
\q2 \add Your city will be completely destroyed\add*.”   
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\q1
\v 27  \add Tell\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* battle flag!  
\q2 \add Tell them to\add* shout \w the|strong="H5921"\w* battle-cry!  
\q1 Gather \w all|strong="H6485"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* armies \w to|strong="H5927"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* Babylon.  
\q2 \w Summon|strong="H8085"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \add north of Babylonia\add*—\w from|strong="H5921"\w* Ararat, \w Minni|strong="H4508"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* Ashkenaz.  
\q1 \w Appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* commander \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \add a great number of\add* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*;  
\q2 \add there must be a huge number of horses\add*; \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \add huge number\add* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* resemble [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* swarm \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add armies of other nations\add*,  
\q2 armies \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* led \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* \add and Persia\add*,  
\q2 \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add their\add* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \add When they attack Babylon, it will be as though\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w writhe|strong="H2342"\w* \add in pain\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add those armies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6965"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* planned \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w it|strong="H7760"\w* completely,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* \w no|strong="H7760"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \add again\add*.   
\q1
\v 30  \add When their enemies attack\add*, \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w strongest|strong="H1368"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H4908"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H7665"\w* barracks, \w without|strong="H3427"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H4908"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* timid/weak \w as|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] women.  
\q1 \add The enemy soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* buildings \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* city  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3427"\w* pull \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \add of the city gates\add*.   
\q1
\v 31 \w Messengers|strong="H5046"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w*, \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w another|strong="H7323"\w*,  
\q2 \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \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*.   
\q1
\v 32 \w The|strong="H8313"\w* places \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w which|strong="H4421"\w* people can cross \w the|strong="H8313"\w* river \add to escape from the city\add* will \w be|strong="H8610"\w* blocked.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H8313"\w* dry reeds \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* marshes/swamps will \w be|strong="H8610"\w* set \w on|strong="H4421"\w* fire,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H8313"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H4569"\w* Babylon will \w be|strong="H8610"\w* terrified.   
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\p
\v 33 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \add we\add* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*;  
\q1 “Babylon \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [SIM] wheat \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground where \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* threshed  
\q2 \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add animals\add* tramping \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w Very|strong="H4592"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* \add their enemies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* trample \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \add the city of\add* Babylon [MET].”   
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\q1
\v 34  \add The army of\add* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*, \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w has|strong="H4428"\w* attacked \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w crushed|strong="H2000"\w* \w us|strong="H1104"\w* \add Israeli people\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* no strength \add left\add*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w us|strong="H1104"\w* \w like|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add great\add* \w monster|strong="H8577"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w its|strong="H4390"\w* \w belly|strong="H3770"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* all \w our|strong="H4390"\w* tasty parts,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* spit \w out|strong="H7385"\w* \add what it did not like\add*.   
\q1
\v 35  \add So\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* [PRS] \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* say \add to Yahweh\add*,  
\q1 “Cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer!  
\q1 Cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* punished \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w killing|strong="H1818"\w* [MTY] \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*!”   
\s1 Yahweh will get revenge on Babylon  
\p
\v 36 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replies \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add be like your lawyer to\add* \w defend|strong="H7379"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* river \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w springs|strong="H4726"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* water.   
\q1
\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* \w ruins|strong="H1530"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* where \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*/wolves \w live|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* horrified \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ridicule;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* where \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\q1
\v 38 \w The|strong="H3162"\w* people of Babylon \w will|strong="H3162"\w* \add all\add* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w like|strong="H3162"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3162"\w* \w will|strong="H3162"\w* \w growl|strong="H5286"\w* \w like|strong="H3162"\w* baby \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*.   
\q1
\v 39 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* while \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* extremely hungry,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prepare \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add different kind of\add* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w them|strong="H7896"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H7896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H4960"\w* wine \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* very \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w asleep|strong="H8142"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H7896"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*!   
\q1
\v 40 I \w will|strong="H3381"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place where they \w will|strong="H3381"\w* be \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3381"\w* [SIM] \add someone who takes\add* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* or \w rams|strong="H3733"\w* or \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \add to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices\add*.   
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\q1
\v 41 \w People|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \add now\add* ◄honor/\w praise|strong="H8416"\w*► \w Babylon|strong="H8347"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great city.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add place about which people of all\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* horrified.   
\q1
\v 42 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \add enemies of Babylon\add* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \add like\add* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 43 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylonia \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 Babylonia \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* area.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H2004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H2004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* walks \w through|strong="H5674"\w*.   
\q1
\v 44 \w And|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w*, \add the god that the people\add* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Babylon \add worship\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w give|strong="H5307"\w* \w back|strong="H5750"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* stolen [MET].  
\q1 \add People of other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add worship\add* \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Babylon \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w collapse|strong="H5307"\w*.”   
\s1 A message for the Israeli people  
\q1
\v 45  \add Yahweh also says,\add* “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 \w Run|strong="H4422"\w* \w away|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q2 \w Run|strong="H4422"\w*, \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry [MTY] \add with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them\add*!   
\q1
\v 46 \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* discouraged/worried [IDM] \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* reports \add about what is happening in Babylon\add*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w* \w rumors|strong="H8052"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w every|strong="H8141"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*,  
\q2 \w rumors|strong="H8052"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* being done \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w rumors|strong="H8052"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* leaders fighting \w against|strong="H5921"\w* each other.   
\q1
\v 47 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* soon \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w get|strong="H8432"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon.  
\q1 \add People all over\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* ashamed \add because of being defeated\add*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpses|strong="H2491"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w lie|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* streets.   
\q1
\v 48 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the angels in\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add people on\add* [PRS] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7442"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \add armies\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* Babylon.   
\q1
\v 49 \w Like|strong="H3478"\w* \add the soldiers of Babylon\add* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add also\add* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* others \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world [HYP],  
\q2 \add the people of\add* Babylon \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w*.   
\q1
\v 50 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \add Israeli people\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY], \w get|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* \w wait|strong="H5975"\w*!  
\q1 \add Even though you are in a land\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \add from Israel\add*,  
\q2 \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 51  \add The Israeli people say\add*,  
\q2 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ashamed.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H3639"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add and ◄defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship►\add*.”   
\q1
\v 52 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replies, “\add That is true\add*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* Babylonia \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* groan.   
\q1
\v 53 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \add the walls around\add* Babylon could extend \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* walls/\w fortifications|strong="H8064"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* extremely \w strong|strong="H5797"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \add armies\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* city.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Babylon will be completely destroyed  
\q1
\v 54 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H6963"\w* \add the people of\add* Babylon \w crying|strong="H2201"\w* \add for help\add*!  
\q2 \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* being destroyed \w all|strong="H1419"\w* over \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*!   
\q1
\v 55 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7703"\w* Babylon.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* noises \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* city \w to|strong="H3068"\w* cease.   
\q1
\v 56 Enemy troops \w will|strong="H3068"\w* surge \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w like|strong="H5921"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1368"\w* wave.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city’s \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H2865"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* weapons.  
\q1 \add That will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* punishes \add his enemies\add* justly;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* deserve.   
\p
\v 57 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5002"\w* city \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \add in Babylon\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7937"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w asleep|strong="H8142"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w* \add again\add*!”   
\p
\v 58 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*,  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w thick|strong="H7342"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* around Babylon \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* flattened \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* ground.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \add from other countries\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H3021"\w* \w hard|strong="H5971"\w* \add to save the city\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w vain|strong="H7385"\w*/useless►,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3068"\w* everything \add that they have built\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*.”   
\s1 Jeremiah’s message was taken to Babylon  
\p
\v 59 \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* arrangements \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \add whenever he traveled\add*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Neraiah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahseiah|strong="H4271"\w*. \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|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 after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\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* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3414"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w*, \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* soon occur \w in|strong="H3789"\w* Babylon.  
\v 61 \w He|strong="H3605"\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* arrive \w in|strong="H1697"\w* Babylon, \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \add aloud\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* written \add on this scroll\add*.  
\v 62 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* pray, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* thoroughly \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* Babylon, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \add longer\add* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|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*.’  
\v 63  \add Then\add*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* \add what I have written on\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*, \w tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add heavy\add* stone \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 64 \w Then|strong="H6965"\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 \add and its people\add* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* disappear \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* exist \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* occur \w there|strong="H2008"\w*’ ”  
\b  
\p \w That|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* end \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*’s \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 52  
\s1 Zedekiah tried to flee from Jerusalem  
\p
\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 the|strong="H3414"\w* \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H6667"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add a man named\add* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 2 Zedekiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add many\add* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \add his father\add* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3  \add The events that are summarized here happened\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add of other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* ◄exiled \w them|strong="H5921"\w*/forced \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* other countries► \add and said that he did not want to have anything to do with\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\p \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\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.  
\v 4  \add So,\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* January 15, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Zedekiah \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost nine \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon led \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* dirt ramps \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w walls|strong="H1785"\w* \add to enable them to attack the city\add*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H8141"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* surround Jerusalem \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H5704"\w* almost \w eleven|strong="H6249"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Zedekiah \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H5892"\w* almost eleven years, \w by|strong="H5892"\w* July 18 \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* year, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* ◄\w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/lack \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*► \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* very \w severe|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add more\add* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add to eat\add*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \add the soldiers of Babylonia\add* \w broke|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \add a section of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*. \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w*, \add Zedekiah and the Israeli\add* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \add waited until\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w became|strong="H3318"\w* dark. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w through|strong="H1234"\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 behind|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* towards \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River Valley.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w caught|strong="H5381"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \add He was alone because\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w deserted|strong="H6327"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylonia \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w him|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 who|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add region\add*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \add his soldiers what\add* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* do \w to|strong="H1696"\w* punish Zedekiah.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H1571"\w* forced \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Then\add* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* gouged \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w fastened|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* remained \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w On|strong="H5975"\w* August 17 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w when|strong="H5975"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H6440"\w* almost 19 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s bodyguards \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s officials, arrived \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \add commanded his soldiers to\add* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \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 in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* destroyed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w buildings|strong="H1004"\w* \add in the city\add*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H3389"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w while|strong="H7227"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* ◄forced \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w*/\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*► \add to Babylon\add* \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*, those Israelis \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* said \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* support \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* craftsmen, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Jerusalem.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H7604"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* allowed \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5018"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* people \w to|strong="H7227"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w to|strong="H7227"\w* take care \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5018"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H7227"\w* fields.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add huge\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3778"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add large\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* water tank, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add ten bronze water\add* carts, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w* \add for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w* \add for cleaning out the ashes\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tools \w for|strong="H3605"\w* snuffing \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wicks \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lamps, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w* \add for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dishes \add for incense\add*, \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w used|strong="H8334"\w* when sacrifices \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w at|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple.  
\v 19 Nebuzaradan \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \add told his soldiers to\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* small \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* dishes \w for|strong="H3701"\w* burning incense, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w*, \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w lampstands|strong="H4501"\w*, \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w* \add for incense\add*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w* \w used|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3701"\w* pouring \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* wine offerings. \w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* other items \w that|strong="H3701"\w* \w were|strong="H7227"\w* \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* pure \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add large water\add* tank \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* statues \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* water carts, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*/heavier \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* could \w weigh|strong="H4948"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* ◄27 feet/8 meters► \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* ◄18 feet/5.5 meters► \w around|strong="H5437"\w*. They \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w hollow|strong="H5014"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* had sides/walls that \w were|strong="H8147"\w* ◄3 \w in|strong="H5437"\w*./8 cm.► \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* head \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H3805"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* ◄7-1/2 feet/\w over|strong="H5921"\w* 2 meters► \w high|strong="H6967"\w* \w and|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* decorated \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \add network of figures that represented\add* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*.  
\v 23 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* 100 figures \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w*, 96 \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w which|strong="H7307"\w* could \w be|strong="H1961"\w* seen \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.   
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\v 24 When Nebuzaradan \add returned to Babylon\add*, \w he|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \add with him as prisoners\add* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*’s deputy, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w guarded|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* entrances \add to the temple\add*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add some other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \add hiding\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \add So\add* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s advisors, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*’s \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* recruiting \add soldiers for the army\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* 60 \add other\add* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \add who was still\add* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.  
\v 27 There \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* region, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon commanded \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\p \add Many of the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* ◄forced \w to|strong="H4191"\w* leave/\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w*► \w their|strong="H5921"\w* own land.  
\v 28 \w The|strong="H1540"\w* number \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* captured \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w*, \w when|strong="H1540"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H3064"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H5971"\w* almost \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 3,023.  
\v 29 Then, when \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H5019"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H3389"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w his|strong="H8147"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w took|strong="H8147"\w* 832 \add more Israeli people to Babylonia\add*.  
\v 30 \w When|strong="H1540"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w had|strong="H2876"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* ruling almost 23 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \add to Jerusalem again\add*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w brought|strong="H1540"\w* back 745 \add more Israelis to Babylonia\add*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* 4,600 Israelis \add who were taken to Babylonia\add*.   
\s1 Jehoiachin was released from prison  
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\v 31 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \add in Babylon\add* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* almost \w thirty-seven|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, Evil-Merodach \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* ordered \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w released|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*. \w That|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w March|strong="H3318"\w* 31 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* Evil-Merodach \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \add always\add* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Jehoiachin \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w position|strong="H3678"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* honored more \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add who had been exiled/taken to Babylon\add*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \add supplied new clothes\add* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8138"\w*, \w to|strong="H6440"\w* replace \w the|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* wearing \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w*. \add He also allowed\add* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8138"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Babylon\add* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* money \add to buy the things that he needed. That continued\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Jehoiachin \w died|strong="H4194"\w*.