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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, Let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* of these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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But if the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* that I have \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with thee, and they \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, \w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* unto us now what thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* it not from us, and we will not put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*; also what the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee:


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Then thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I \w presented|strong="H5307"\w* my \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that he would not cause me to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w die|strong="H4191"\w* there.


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him: and he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them according to all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. So they left off \w speaking|strong="H2790"\w* with him; for the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* was not \w perceived|strong="H8085"\w*.<n>they…: Heb. they were silent from him</n>


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So \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: and he was <i>there</i> when \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.<pb/>


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In the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* and all his \w army|strong="H2428"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it.


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<i>And</i> in the \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, the \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was broken \w up|strong="H1234"\w*.


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And all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w*, \w Samgar-nebo|strong="H5562"\w*, \w Sarsechim|strong="H8310"\w*, \w Rab-saris|strong="H7249"\w*, \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w*, \w Rab-mag|strong="H7248"\w*, with all the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* them, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, then they \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* betwixt the two \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*: and he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*.


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But the \w Chaldeans’|strong="H3778"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, and \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* in the \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* of \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: and when they had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* him, they brought him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, where he \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* upon him.<n>gave…: Heb. spake with him judgments</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* in \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* before his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: also the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* all the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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Moreover he put \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*, to \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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Then \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and those that fell \w away|strong="H5307"\w*, that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to him, with the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*.<n>captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</n>


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But \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which had \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* and \w fields|strong="H3010"\w* at the same \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</n><n>at the…: Heb. in that day</n><pb/>


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¶ Now \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* gave \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* concerning \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>to: Heb. by the hand of</n><n>captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</n>


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* him, and look \w well|strong="H5869"\w* to him, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* him no \w harm|strong="H3972"\w*; but \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto him even as he shall \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee.<n>look…: Heb. set thine eyes upon him</n>


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So \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w Nebushasban|strong="H5021"\w*, \w Rab-saris|strong="H7249"\w*, and \w Nergal-sharezer|strong="H5371"\w*, \w Rab-mag|strong="H7248"\w*, and all the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w princes|strong="H7227"\w*;<n>captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</n>


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Even they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* out of the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*, and \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* him unto \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, that he should \w carry|strong="H3318"\w* him \w home|strong="H1004"\w*: so he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, while he was shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* the \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* upon this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and not for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and they shall be <i>accomplished</i> in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee.


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But I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and thou shalt not be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* thou <i>art</i> \w afraid|strong="H3016"\w*.


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For I will \w surely|strong="H4422"\w* \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* thee, and thou shalt not \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, but thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* shall be for a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* unto thee: because thou hast put thy \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* had let him \w go|strong="H7971"\w* from \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, when he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* him being \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* in \w chains|strong="H0246"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* all that were carried away \w captive|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which were carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* unto \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>chains: or, manicles</n>


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And the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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Now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according as he hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*: because ye have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, therefore this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* is come upon you.


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And now, behold, I \w loose|strong="H6605"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from the \w chains|strong="H0246"\w* which <i>were</i> upon thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. If it seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with me into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; and I will look \w well|strong="H7760"\w* unto thee: but if it seem \w ill|strong="H7489"\w* unto thee to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with me into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*: \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: whither it \w seemeth|strong="H0413"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w convenient|strong="H3477"\w* for thee to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, thither \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>were…: or, are upon thine hand</n><n>I will…: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee</n>


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Now while he was not yet gone \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, <i>he said</i>, Go \w back|strong="H7725"\w* also to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* hath made \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* over the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with him \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: or \w go|strong="H3212"\w* wheresoever it seemeth \w convenient|strong="H3477"\w* unto thee to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*. So the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w victuals|strong="H0737"\w* and a \w reward|strong="H4864"\w*, and let him \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.


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Then \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* to \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*; and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with him \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that were \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now when all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* which <i>were</i> in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, <i>even</i> they and their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had made \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and had \w committed|strong="H6485"\w* unto him \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, and of the \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, of them that were not carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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Then they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* to \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*, even \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, and \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tanhumeth|strong="H8576"\w*, and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ephai|strong="H5778"\w* the \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, and \w Jezaniah|strong="H3153"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w Maachathite|strong="H4602"\w*, they and their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.


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And \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto them and to their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and it shall be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with you.


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As for me, behold, I will \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5975"\w* the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, which will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto us: but ye, \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* ye \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> in your \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in your \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that ye have \w taken|strong="H8610"\w*.<n>to serve: Heb. to stand before</n>


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Likewise when all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> in \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and among the \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*, and in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and that <i>were</i> in all the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had \w left|strong="H5414"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and that he had \w set|strong="H6485"\w* over them \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*;


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Even all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* returned \w out|strong="H7725"\w* of all \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whither they were \w driven|strong="H5080"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, unto \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* and summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* to \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Dost thou \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Baalis|strong="H1185"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* to \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* thee? But \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* them not.<n>to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?</n>


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Then \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* in \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, I pray thee, and I will \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it:</i> wherefore should he \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* thee, that all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which are \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* unto thee should be \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, and the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*?


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But \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, Thou shalt not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: for thou \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* of \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*.<pb/>


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Now it came to pass in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w royal|strong="H4410"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, even \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* to \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*; and there they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* in \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*.


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Then \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, and the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that were with him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had made \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* over the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* also \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that were with him, <i>even</i> with \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, at \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, and the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* that were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* there, <i>and</i> the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.


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And it came to pass the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* after he had \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i>,


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That there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* from \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, from \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and from \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>even</i> \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, having their \w beards|strong="H2206"\w* \w shaven|strong="H1548"\w*, and their \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and having \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves, with \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* and \w incense|strong="H3828"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>them</i> to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* all \w along|strong="H1980"\w* as he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*: and it came to pass, as he \w met|strong="H6298"\w* them, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*.<n>weeping…: Heb. in going and weeping</n>


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And it was <i>so</i>, when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* them, <i>and cast them</i> into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*, he, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> with him.


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But \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* among them that \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w Slay|strong="H4191"\w* us not: for we \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w treasures|strong="H4301"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, and of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*. So he \w forbare|strong="H2308"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* them not \w among|strong="H8432"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.


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Now the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* wherein \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* had \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* all the dead \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, whom he had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w because|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, <i>was</i> it which \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: <i>and</i> \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* it with <i>them that were</i> \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*.<n>because…: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah</n>


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Then \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* all the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> in \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, whom \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* had \w committed|strong="H6485"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*: and \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* carried them away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* to go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But when \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*,


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Then they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him by the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* that <i>are</i> in \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.


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Now it came to pass, <i>that</i> when all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which <i>were</i> with \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, then they were \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*.


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So all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* had carried away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* from \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* cast \w about|strong="H5437"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*.


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But \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* with \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Then \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, all the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* whom he had \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* from \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, from \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* <i>that</i> he had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*, <i>even</i> \w mighty|strong="H1397"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, and the \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*, whom he had brought \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*:


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And they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and dwelt \w in|strong="H3427"\w* the \w habitation|strong="H1628"\w* of \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w*, which is \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,


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\w Because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: for they were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of them, because \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w* had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* made \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Then all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and \w Jezaniah|strong="H3153"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* even unto the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, came \w near|strong="H5066"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, Let, we beseech thee, our \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* be \w accepted|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for us unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>even</i> for all this \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*; (for we are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* <i>but</i> a \w few|strong="H4592"\w* of \w many|strong="H7235"\w*, as thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* do \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* us:)<n>Let…: or, Let our supplication fall before thee</n>


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That the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* may \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* us the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein we may \w walk|strong="H3212"\w*, and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that we may \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>you;</i> behold, I will \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* according to your \w words|strong="H1697"\w*; and it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whatsoever \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* you, I will \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> unto you; I will \w keep|strong="H4513"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w back|strong="H4513"\w* from you.


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Then they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be a \w true|strong="H0571"\w* and \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* between us, if we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not even according to all \w things|strong="H1697"\w* for the which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to us.


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Whether <i>it be</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, or whether <i>it be</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, we will \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to whom \w we|strong="H0580"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee; that it may be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with us, when we \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.


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Then \w called|strong="H7121"\w* he \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* which <i>were</i> with him, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* even to the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto whom ye \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w present|strong="H5307"\w* your \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him;


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If ye will \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, then will I \w build|strong="H1129"\w* you, and not pull <i>you</i> \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, and I will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* you, and not pluck <i>you</i> \w up|strong="H5428"\w*: for I \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* me of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto you.


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Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, of \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* ye are \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w*; be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of him, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for I <i>am</i> with you to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* you, and to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you from his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And I will \w shew|strong="H5414"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* unto you, that he may have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon you, and cause you to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to your own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But if ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We will not \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, neither \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*,


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\w Saying|strong="H0559"\w*, No; but we will \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, where we shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* no \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, nor \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, nor have \w hunger|strong="H7456"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; and there will we \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*:


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And now therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, ye \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; If ye \w wholly|strong="H7760"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* your \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there;


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Then it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, which ye \w feared|strong="H3373"\w*, shall \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* you there in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, whereof ye were \w afraid|strong="H1672"\w*, shall follow \w close|strong="H1692"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* you there in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; and there ye shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>shall follow…: Heb. shall cleave after you</n>


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So shall it be with all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there; they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*: and none of them shall \w remain|strong="H8300"\w* or \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon them.<n>So…: Heb. So shall all the men be</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; As mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* hath been poured \w forth|strong="H5413"\w* upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; so shall my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* be poured \w forth|strong="H5413"\w* upon you, when ye shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: and ye shall be an \w execration|strong="H0423"\w*, and an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, and a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*; and ye shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* no more.<pb/>


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¶ The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w* concerning you, O ye \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* ye not into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w admonished|strong="H5749"\w* you this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>admonished…: Heb. testified against you</n>


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For ye \w dissembled|strong="H8582"\w* in your \w hearts|strong="H5315"\w*, when ye \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* for us unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and according unto all that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, so \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* unto us, and we will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>ye dissembled…: or, ye have used deceit against your souls</n>


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And <i>now</i> I have this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to you; but ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, nor any <i>thing</i> for the which he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me unto you.


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Now therefore \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* that ye shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* whither ye \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*.<n>to go…: or, to go to sojourn</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, for which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to them, <i>even</i> all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,


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Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, and \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w proud|strong="H2086"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, Thou \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* not into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there:


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But \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* setteth thee \w on|strong="H5496"\w* against us, for \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* us into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, that they might put us to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, and carry us away \w captives|strong="H1540"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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So \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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But \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, and all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that were \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, whither they had been \w driven|strong="H5080"\w*, to \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;


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<i>Even</i> \w men|strong="H1397"\w*, and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and every \w person|strong="H5315"\w* that \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* had \w left|strong="H3240"\w* with \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*.


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So they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: for they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: thus \w came|strong="H0935"\w* they <i>even</i> to \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* in \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* them in the \w clay|strong="H4423"\w* in the \w brickkiln|strong="H4404"\w*, which <i>is</i> at the \w entry|strong="H6607"\w* of \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*, in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w upon|strong="H4605"\w* these \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* that I have \w hid|strong="H2934"\w*; and he shall \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* his royal \w pavilion|strong="H8237"\w* over them.


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And when he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, he shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>and deliver</i> such <i>as are</i> for \w death|strong="H4194"\w* to \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; and such <i>as are</i> for \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* to \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*; and such <i>as are</i> for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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And I will \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; and he shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* them, and carry them away \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*: and he shall \w array|strong="H5844"\w* himself with the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, as a \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* putteth \w on|strong="H5844"\w* his \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*; and he shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from thence in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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He shall \w break|strong="H7665"\w* also the \w images|strong="H4676"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, that <i>is</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* shall he \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</n><n>Beth-shemesh: or, The house of the sun</n><pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* concerning all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, which \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*, and at \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*, and at \w Noph|strong="H5297"\w*, and in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Ye have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and upon all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and, behold, this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they <i>are</i> a \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*, and no man \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* therein,


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\w Because|strong="H6440"\w* of their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* which they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, in that they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, <i>and</i> to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, whom they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not, <i>neither</i> they, ye, nor your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Howbeit I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto you all my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them</i>, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Oh, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not this \w abominable|strong="H8441"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*.


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But they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* to \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, to burn no \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Wherefore my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* and mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was poured \w forth|strong="H5413"\w*, and was \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and they are \w wasted|strong="H2723"\w* <i>and</i> \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Therefore now thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Wherefore \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* ye <i>this</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against your \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from you \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w child|strong="H5768"\w* and \w suckling|strong="H3243"\w*, \w out|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, to \w leave|strong="H3498"\w* you none to \w remain|strong="H7611"\w*;<n>out…: Heb. out of the midst of Judah</n>


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In that ye provoke me unto \w wrath|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, burning \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, whither ye be \w gone|strong="H0935"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w*, that ye might cut yourselves \w off|strong="H3772"\w*, and that ye might be a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* and a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* among all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?


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Have ye \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and your own \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, and the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of your \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, which they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?<n>wickedness…: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc</n>


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They are not \w humbled|strong="H1792"\w* <i>even</i> unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, neither have they \w feared|strong="H3372"\w*, nor \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, nor in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, that I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>humbled: Heb. contrite</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against you for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there, and they shall all be \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*, <i>and</i> \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; they shall <i>even</i> be \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>and</i> by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*: they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* even unto the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w*, by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*: and they shall be an \w execration|strong="H0423"\w*, <i>and</i> an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, and a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.


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For I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, as I have \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*:


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So that none of the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which are \w gone|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there, shall \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* or \w remain|strong="H8300"\w*, that they should \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, to the which they \w have|strong="H5375"\w* a \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there: for none shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* but such as shall \w escape|strong="H6405"\w*.<n>have…: Heb. lift up their soul</n><pb/>


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¶ Then all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* which \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* had burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and all the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* that stood \w by|strong="H5975"\w*, a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w multitude|strong="H6951"\w*, even all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, in \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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<i>As for</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto us in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, we will not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto thee.


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But we will \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* whatsoever \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of our own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto the \w queen|strong="H4446"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and to pour \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto her, as we have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, we, and our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, and our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for <i>then</i> had we \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* of \w victuals|strong="H3899"\w*, and were \w well|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* no \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>queen…: or, frame of heaven</n><n>victuals: Heb. bread</n>


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But since we left \w off|strong="H2308"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to the \w queen|strong="H4446"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and to pour \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto her, we have \w wanted|strong="H2637"\w* all <i>things</i>, and have been \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.


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And when we burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to the \w queen|strong="H4446"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and poured \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto her, did we \w make|strong="H6213"\w* her \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* to \w worship|strong="H6087"\w* her, and pour \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto her, \w without|strong="H1107"\w* our \w men|strong="H0582"\w*?<n>men: or, husbands?</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, to the \w men|strong="H1397"\w*, and to the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which had given him <i>that</i> \w answer|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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The \w incense|strong="H7002"\w* that ye \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, ye, and your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, your \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, and your \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, did not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* them, and \w came|strong="H5927"\w* it <i>not</i> into his \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*?


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So that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* no longer \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, <i>and</i> \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* which ye have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*; therefore is your \w land|strong="H0776"\w* a \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*, and an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Because|strong="H6440"\w* ye have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, and because ye have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, nor \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, nor in his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, nor in his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*; therefore this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* unto you, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Moreover \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and to all the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that <i>are</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*; Ye and your \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* have both \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* with your \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* with your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* our \w vows|strong="H5088"\w* that we have \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w*, to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to the \w queen|strong="H4446"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and to pour \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto her: ye will \w surely|strong="H6965"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6965"\w* your \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*, and \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* your \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*.


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Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; Behold, I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by my \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall no more be \w named|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.


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Behold, I will \w watch|strong="H8245"\w* over them for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and not for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that <i>are</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall be \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, until there be an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of them.


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Yet a \w small|strong="H4962"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* that \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall return \w out|strong="H7725"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and all the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that are \w gone|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there, shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* whose \w words|strong="H1697"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*, mine, or theirs.<n>mine…: Heb. from me, or, from them</n><pb/>


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¶ And this <i>shall be</i> a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* you in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, that ye may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H6965"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* against you for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pharaoh-hophra|strong="H6548"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; as I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, his \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, and that \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, when he had \w written|strong="H3789"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w* at the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto thee, O \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*;


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Thou didst \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* is me now! for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w added|strong="H3254"\w* \w grief|strong="H3015"\w* to my \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w*; I \w fainted|strong="H3021"\w* in my \w sighing|strong="H0585"\w*, and I \w find|strong="H4672"\w* no \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* thus; Behold, <i>that</i> which I have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* will I break \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, and that which I have \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* I will pluck \w up|strong="H5428"\w*, even this whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* thou great \w things|strong="H1419"\w* for thyself? \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* <i>them</i> not: for, behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: but thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto thee for a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* in all \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whither thou \w goest|strong="H3212"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* against the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*;


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Against \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, against the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Pharaoh-necho|strong="H6549"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, which was by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* in \w Carchemish|strong="H3751"\w*, which \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Order|strong="H6186"\w* ye the \w buckler|strong="H4043"\w* and \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*, and draw \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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\w Harness|strong="H0631"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and get \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, ye \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and stand \w forth|strong="H3320"\w* with <i>your</i> \w helmets|strong="H3553"\w*; \w furbish|strong="H4838"\w* the \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*, <i>and</i> put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* the \w brigandines|strong="H5630"\w*.


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Wherefore have I \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* them \w dismayed|strong="H2844"\w* <i>and</i> \w turned|strong="H5472"\w* away \w back|strong="H0268"\w*? and their mighty \w ones|strong="H1368"\w* are beaten \w down|strong="H3807"\w*, and are \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w apace|strong="H4498"\w*, and look not \w back|strong="H6437"\w*: <i>for</i> \w fear|strong="H4032"\w* <i>was</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>beaten…: Heb. broken in pieces</n><n>fled…: Heb. fled a flight</n>


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Let not the \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, nor the mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*; they shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.


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Who <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as a \w flood|strong="H2975"\w*, whose \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* are \w moved|strong="H1607"\w* as the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*?


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\w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* riseth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* like a \w flood|strong="H2975"\w*, and <i>his</i> \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* are \w moved|strong="H1607"\w* like the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*; and he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, <i>and</i> will \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; I will \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof.


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Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, ye \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and \w rage|strong="H1984"\w*, ye \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*; and let the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*; the \w Ethiopians|strong="H3568"\w* and the \w Libyans|strong="H6316"\w*, that \w handle|strong="H8610"\w* the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*; and the \w Lydians|strong="H3866"\w*, that \w handle|strong="H8610"\w* <i>and</i> \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.<n>the Ethiopians: Heb. Cush</n><n>the Libyans: Heb. Put</n>


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For this <i>is</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w*, that he may \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* him of his \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*: and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w*, and it shall be \w satiate|strong="H7646"\w* and made \w drunk|strong="H7301"\w* with their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: for the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.


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Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w*, O \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: in \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* shalt thou use \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w medicines|strong="H7499"\w*; <i>for</i> thou shalt not be \w cured|strong="H8585"\w*.<n>thou shalt…: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee</n><pb/>


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The \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of thy \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*, and thy \w cry|strong="H6682"\w* hath \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for the mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* hath \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w* against the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, <i>and</i> they are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, how \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* should \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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\w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* ye in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Migdol|strong="H4024"\w*, and \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Noph|strong="H5297"\w* and in \w Tahpanhes|strong="H8471"\w*: \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye, Stand \w fast|strong="H3320"\w*, and \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* thee; for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee.


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Why are thy \w valiant|strong="H0047"\w* <i>men</i> swept \w away|strong="H5502"\w*? they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* not, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* did \w drive|strong="H1920"\w* them.


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He made \w many|strong="H7235"\w* to \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*, yea, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon \w another|strong="H7453"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to our own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of our \w nativity|strong="H4138"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oppressing|strong="H3238"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. multiplied the faller</n>


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They did \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* there, \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* <i>is but</i> a \w noise|strong="H7588"\w*; he hath \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*.


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<i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Surely as \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w* <i>is</i> among the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and as \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, <i>so</i> shall he \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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O thou \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w furnish|strong="H6213"\w* thyself to go into \w captivity|strong="H3627"\w*: for \w Noph|strong="H5297"\w* shall be \w waste|strong="H8047"\w* and \w desolate|strong="H3341"\w* without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.<n>furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity</n>


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\w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* <i>is like</i> a very \w fair|strong="H3304"\w* \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w*, <i>but</i> \w destruction|strong="H7171"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*; it cometh \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.


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Also her hired \w men|strong="H7916"\w* <i>are</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of her like \w fatted|strong="H4770"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H5695"\w*; for they also are turned \w back|strong="H6437"\w*, <i>and</i> are fled \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: they did not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, because the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon them, <i>and</i> the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*.<n>fatted…: Heb. bullocks of the stall</n>


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The \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* thereof shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* like a \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*; for they shall \w march|strong="H3212"\w* with an \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against her with \w axes|strong="H7134"\w*, as \w hewers|strong="H2404"\w* of \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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They shall cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* her \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, though it cannot be \w searched|strong="H2713"\w*; because they are \w more|strong="H7231"\w* than the \w grasshoppers|strong="H0697"\w*, and <i>are</i> \w innumerable|strong="H0369"\w*.


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The \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall be \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w*; she shall be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*; Behold, I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w multitude|strong="H0527"\w* of \w No|strong="H4996"\w*, and \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, and \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, with their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*; even \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, and <i>all</i> them that \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in him:<n>multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon</n>


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And I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of those that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* it shall be \w inhabited|strong="H7931"\w*, as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not thou, O my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and be not \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for, behold, I will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee from afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, and thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*; and \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and be in \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* and at \w ease|strong="H7599"\w*, and none shall make <i>him</i> \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*.


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\w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* thou not, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for I <i>am</i> with thee; for I will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* thee: but I will not \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of thee, but \w correct|strong="H3256"\w* thee in \w measure|strong="H4941"\w*; yet will I not leave thee \w wholly|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.<n>not leave…: or, not utterly cut thee off</n><pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, before that \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*.<n>Gaza: Heb. Azzah</n>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* rise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and shall be an \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w flood|strong="H5158"\w*, and shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and all that is \w therein|strong="H4393"\w*; the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein: then the \w men|strong="H0120"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*, and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*.<n>all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</n>


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At the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w stamping|strong="H8161"\w* of the \w hoofs|strong="H6541"\w* of his \w strong|strong="H0047"\w* <i>horses</i>, at the \w rushing|strong="H7494"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, <i>and at</i> the \w rumbling|strong="H1995"\w* of his \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w*, the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* shall not look \w back|strong="H6437"\w* to <i>their</i> \w children|strong="H1121"\w* for \w feebleness|strong="H7510"\w* of \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*;


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Because of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* all the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, <i>and</i> to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w* and \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w* every \w helper|strong="H5826"\w* that \w remaineth|strong="H8300"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w country|strong="H0339"\w* of \w Caphtor|strong="H3731"\w*.<n>the country: Heb. the isle</n>


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\w Baldness|strong="H7144"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*; \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w* is cut \w off|strong="H1820"\w* <i>with</i> the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of their \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*: how long wilt thou \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* thyself?


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\w O|strong="H1945"\w* thou \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, how long <i>will it be</i> \w ere|strong="H3808"\w* thou be \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*? put \w up|strong="H0622"\w* thyself into thy \w scabbard|strong="H8593"\w*, \w rest|strong="H7280"\w*, and be \w still|strong="H1826"\w*.<n>put…: Heb. gather thyself</n>


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How can it be \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, seeing the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath given it a \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* against \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*, and against the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H2348"\w*? there hath he \w appointed|strong="H3259"\w* it.<n>How…: Heb. How canst thou</n><pb/>


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Against \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*! for it is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*: \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w* <i>and</i> \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: \w Misgab|strong="H4869"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w* and \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*.<n>Misgab: or, the high place</n>


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<i>There shall be</i> no more \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: in \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* they have \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against it; \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us cut it \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from <i>being</i> a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*. Also thou shalt be cut \w down|strong="H1826"\w*, O \w Madmen|strong="H4086"\w*; the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w pursue|strong="H3212"\w* \w thee|strong="H0310"\w*.<n>be cut…: or, be brought to silence</n><n>pursue…: Heb. go after thee</n>


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A \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w crying|strong="H6818"\w* <i>shall be</i> from \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w*, \w spoiling|strong="H7701"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.


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\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*; her little \w ones|strong="H6810"\w* have caused a \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* to be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.


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For in the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* of \w Luhith|strong="H3872"\w* \w continual|strong="H1065"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for in the going \w down|strong="H4174"\w* of \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* the \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.<n>continual…: Heb. weeping with weeping</n>


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\w Flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w save|strong="H4422"\w* your \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w be|strong="H1961"\w* like the \w heath|strong="H6176"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<n>the heath: or, a naked tree</n><pb/>


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¶ For because thou hast \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in thy \w works|strong="H4639"\w* and in thy \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*, thou shalt also be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: and \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* <i>with</i> his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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And the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon every \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and no \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*: the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* also shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w wings|strong="H6731"\w* unto \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, that it may \w flee|strong="H5323"\w* and get \w away|strong="H3318"\w*: for the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof shall be \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, without any to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w therein|strong="H2004"\w*.


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\w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> he that \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w deceitfully|strong="H7423"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> he that keepeth \w back|strong="H4513"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* from \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.<n>deceitfully: or, negligently</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* hath been at \w ease|strong="H7599"\w* from his \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, and he hath \w settled|strong="H8252"\w* on his \w lees|strong="H8105"\w*, and hath not been \w emptied|strong="H7324"\w* from \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* to \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, neither hath he \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*: therefore his \w taste|strong="H2940"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* in him, and his \w scent|strong="H7381"\w* is not \w changed|strong="H4171"\w*.<n>remained: Heb. stood</n>


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Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto him \w wanderers|strong="H6808"\w*, that shall cause him to \w wander|strong="H6808"\w*, and shall \w empty|strong="H7324"\w* his \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w break|strong="H5310"\w* their \w bottles|strong="H5035"\w*.


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And \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, as the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* their \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ How \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye, We <i>are</i> \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* and \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* for the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*?


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\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, and gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* <i>out of</i> her \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and his \w chosen|strong="H4005"\w* young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* are gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<n>his…: Heb. the choice of</n>


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The \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and his \w affliction|strong="H7451"\w* \w hasteth|strong="H4116"\w* \w fast|strong="H3966"\w*.


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All ye that are \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him, \w bemoan|strong="H5110"\w* him; and all ye that \w know|strong="H3045"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, How is the \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w rod|strong="H4731"\w*!


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Thou \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* that dost \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from <i>thy</i> \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*, and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*; for the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall \w come|strong="H5927"\w* upon thee, <i>and</i> he shall \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* thy strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w*.


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O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w espy|strong="H6822"\w*; \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* him that \w fleeth|strong="H5127"\w*, and her that \w escapeth|strong="H4422"\w*, <i>and</i> \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, What is \w done|strong="H1961"\w*?<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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\w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w*; for it is broken \w down|strong="H2865"\w*: \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*; \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* ye it in \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, that \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*,


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And \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*; upon \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w*, and upon \w Jahazah|strong="H3096"\w*, and upon \w Mephaath|strong="H4158"\w*,


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And upon \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, and upon \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, and upon \w Beth-diblathaim|strong="H1015"\w*,


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And upon \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w*, and upon \w Beth-gamul|strong="H1014"\w*, and upon \w Beth-meon|strong="H1010"\w*,


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And upon \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w*, and upon \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*, and upon all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w far|strong="H7350"\w* or \w near|strong="H7138"\w*.


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The \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w*, and his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* is \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Make ye him \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*: for he \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* <i>himself</i> against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* also shall \w wallow|strong="H5606"\w* in his \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w*, and he also shall be in \w derision|strong="H7814"\w*.


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For was not \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w derision|strong="H7814"\w* unto thee? was he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* among \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w*? for \w since|strong="H1767"\w* thou \w spakest|strong="H1697"\w* of him, thou \w skippedst|strong="H5110"\w* for joy.<n>skippedst…: or, movedst thyself</n>


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O ye that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and be like the \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* <i>that</i> maketh her \w nest|strong="H7077"\w* in the \w sides|strong="H5676"\w* of the \w hole’s|strong="H6354"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.


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We have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, (he is \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w*) his \w loftiness|strong="H1363"\w*, and his \w arrogancy|strong="H1346"\w*, and his \w pride|strong="H1347"\w*, and the \w haughtiness|strong="H7312"\w* of his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; but <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so; his \w lies|strong="H0907"\w* shall not so \w effect|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>his lies…: or, those on whom he stayeth (Heb. his bars) do not right</n>


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Therefore will I \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* for \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and I will cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* for all \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; <i>mine heart</i> shall \w mourn|strong="H1897"\w* for the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Kir-heres|strong="H7025"\w*.


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O \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* of \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w*, I will \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* for thee with the \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* of \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*: thy \w plants|strong="H5189"\w* are gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, they \w reach|strong="H5060"\w* <i>even</i> to the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* of \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*: the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon thy summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w* and upon thy \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w*.


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And \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H1524"\w* is \w taken|strong="H0622"\w* from the plentiful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*, and from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; and I have caused \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* to \w fail|strong="H7673"\w* from the \w winepresses|strong="H3342"\w*: none shall \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* with \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w*; <i>their</i> \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w* <i>shall be</i> no \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w*.


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From the \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* <i>even</i> unto \w Elealeh|strong="H0500"\w*, <i>and even</i> unto \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*, have they \w uttered|strong="H5414"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, from \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* <i>even</i> unto \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w*, <i>as</i> an \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* of three years \w old|strong="H7992"\w*: for the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* also of \w Nimrim|strong="H5249"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H4923"\w*.<n>desolate: Heb. desolations</n>


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Moreover I will cause to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* in \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, him that \w offereth|strong="H5927"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and him that burneth \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to his \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Therefore mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w sound|strong="H1993"\w* for \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* like \w pipes|strong="H2485"\w*, and mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w sound|strong="H1993"\w* like \w pipes|strong="H2485"\w* for the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Kir-heres|strong="H7025"\w*: because the \w riches|strong="H3502"\w* <i>that</i> he hath \w gotten|strong="H6213"\w* are \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*.


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For every \w head|strong="H7218"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w bald|strong="H7144"\w*, and every \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* \w clipped|strong="H1639"\w*: upon all the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w cuttings|strong="H1417"\w*, and upon the \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*.<n>clipped: Heb. diminished</n>


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<i>There shall be</i> \w lamentation|strong="H4553"\w* generally upon all the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* thereof: for I have \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* like a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* wherein <i>is</i> no \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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They shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, <i>saying</i>, How is it broken \w down|strong="H2865"\w*! how hath \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* the \w back|strong="H6203"\w* with \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*! so shall \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* be a \w derision|strong="H7814"\w* and a \w dismaying|strong="H4288"\w* to all them \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.<n>back: Heb. neck</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, he shall \w fly|strong="H1675"\w* as an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*, and shall \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* his \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* over \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.


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\w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, and the strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w* are \w surprised|strong="H8610"\w*, and the mighty \w men’s|strong="H1368"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* in \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall be as the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in her \w pangs|strong="H6887"\w*.<n>Kerioth: or, The cities</n>


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And \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* from <i>being</i> a \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, because he hath \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* <i>himself</i> against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Fear|strong="H6343"\w*, and the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*, and the \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*, <i>shall be</i> upon thee, O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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He that \w fleeth|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*; and he that getteth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* shall be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* in the \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*: for I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon it, <i>even</i> upon \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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They that \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* under the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* because of the \w force|strong="H3581"\w*: but a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, and a \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H0996"\w* of \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, and shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w corner|strong="H6285"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and the crown of the \w head|strong="H6936"\w* of the \w tumultuous|strong="H7588"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>tumultuous…: Heb. children of noise</n>


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\w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* be unto thee, O \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*! the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w perisheth|strong="H0006"\w*: for thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* are \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w captives|strong="H7628"\w*, and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w captives|strong="H7633"\w*.<n>captives, and: Heb. in captivity, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ Yet will I bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Thus \w far|strong="H2008"\w* <i>is</i> the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.<pb/>


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Concerning the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Hath \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* no \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*? hath he no \w heir|strong="H3423"\w*? why <i>then</i> doth their \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, and his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*?<n>Concerning: or, Against</n><n>their king: or, Melcom</n>


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Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will cause an \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* to be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* of the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*; and it shall be a \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w heap|strong="H8510"\w*, and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall be \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: then shall \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* unto them that were his \w heirs|strong="H3423"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, O \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, for \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*: \w cry|strong="H6817"\w*, ye \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* you with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*; \w lament|strong="H5594"\w*, and run to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w* by the \w hedges|strong="H1448"\w*; for their \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, <i>and</i> his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.<n>their king: or, Melcom</n>


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Wherefore \w gloriest|strong="H1984"\w* thou in the \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*, thy \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, O \w backsliding|strong="H7728"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? that \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in her \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Who shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me?<n>thy…: or, thy valley floweth away</n>


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Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* upon thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, from all those that be \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee; and ye shall be driven \w out|strong="H5080"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* right \w forth|strong="H6440"\w*; and none shall gather \w up|strong="H6908"\w* him that \w wandereth|strong="H5074"\w*.


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And \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Concerning \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; <i>Is</i> \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* no more in \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*? is \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w perished|strong="H0006"\w* from the \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w*? is their \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w vanished|strong="H5628"\w*?


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\w Flee|strong="H5127"\w* ye, turn \w back|strong="H6437"\w*, \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w*, O \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*; for I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* upon him, the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that</i> I will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* him.<n>turn…: or, they are turned back</n>


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If \w grapegatherers|strong="H1219"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee, would they not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* <i>some</i> gleaning \w grapes|strong="H5955"\w*? if \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, they will \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* till they have \w enough|strong="H1767"\w*.<n>till…: Heb. their sufficiency</n>


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But I have made \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w bare|strong="H2834"\w*, I have \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w* his secret \w places|strong="H4565"\w*, and he shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* himself: his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and his \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w*, and he <i>is</i> not.


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\w Leave|strong="H5800"\w* thy fatherless \w children|strong="H3490"\w*, I will preserve <i>them</i> \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*; and let thy \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in me.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, they whose \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* <i>was</i> not to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* have \w assuredly|strong="H8354"\w* \w drunken|strong="H8354"\w*; and <i>art</i> thou he <i>that</i> shall \w altogether|strong="H5352"\w* go \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*? thou shalt not go \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*, but thou shalt \w surely|strong="H8354"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* <i>of it</i>.


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For I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by myself, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w* shall become a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*, a \w waste|strong="H2721"\w*, and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*; and all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof shall be \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w wastes|strong="H2723"\w*.


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I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and an \w ambassador|strong="H6735"\w* is \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Gather ye \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against her, and rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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For, lo, I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w small|strong="H6996"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, <i>and</i> \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* among \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.


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Thy \w terribleness|strong="H8606"\w* hath \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* thee, <i>and</i> the \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, O thou that \w dwellest|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w clefts|strong="H2288"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, that \w holdest|strong="H8610"\w* the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*: though thou shouldest make thy \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* as \w high|strong="H1361"\w* as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*, I will bring thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from thence, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Also \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* shall be a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*: every one that \w goeth|strong="H5674"\w* by it shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and shall \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* at all the \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w* thereof.


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As in the \w overthrow|strong="H4114"\w* of \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* and the \w neighbour|strong="H7934"\w* <i>cities</i> thereof, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* there, neither shall a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* in it.


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Behold, he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* like a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* from the \w swelling|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* against the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of the \w strong|strong="H0386"\w*: but I will \w suddenly|strong="H7280"\w* make him run \w away|strong="H7323"\w* from her: and who <i>is</i> a \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* <i>man, that</i> I may \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* over her? for who <i>is</i> like me? and who will appoint me the \w time|strong="H3259"\w*? and who <i>is</i> that \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* that will \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me?<n>appoint me…: or, convent me in judgment?</n>


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Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that he hath \w taken|strong="H3289"\w* against \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; and his \w purposes|strong="H4284"\w*, that he hath \w purposed|strong="H2803"\w* against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*: Surely the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* shall draw them \w out|strong="H5498"\w*: surely he shall make their \w habitations|strong="H5116"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* with them.


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The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w moved|strong="H7493"\w* at the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, at the \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* thereof was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.<n>Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea</n>


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Behold, he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w fly|strong="H1675"\w* as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* his \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* over \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*: and at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* be as the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in her \w pangs|strong="H6887"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Concerning \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*, and \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*: for they have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w*: they are \w fainthearted|strong="H4127"\w*; <i>there is</i> \w sorrow|strong="H1674"\w* on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; it \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* be \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*.<n>fainthearted: Heb. melted</n><n>on…: or, as on the sea</n>


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\w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* is waxed \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*, <i>and</i> \w turneth|strong="H6437"\w* herself to \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w fear|strong="H7374"\w* hath \w seized|strong="H2388"\w* on <i>her:</i> \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* and \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* have \w taken|strong="H0270"\w* her, as a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*.


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How is the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* not \w left|strong="H5800"\w*, the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* of my \w joy|strong="H4885"\w*!


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Therefore her young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in her \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H1826"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.


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And I will \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and it shall \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Concerning \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, and concerning the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, which \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* ye, go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, and \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* the \w men|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.


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Their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* and their \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* shall they take \w away|strong="H3947"\w*: they shall \w take|strong="H5375"\w* to themselves their \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w*, and all their \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*; and they shall \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* unto them, \w Fear|strong="H4032"\w* <i>is</i> on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w get|strong="H5110"\w* you far \w off|strong="H3966"\w*, \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w*, O ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* hath taken \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* against you, and hath \w conceived|strong="H2803"\w* a \w purpose|strong="H4284"\w* against you.<n>get…: Heb. flit greatly</n>


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, get you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w wealthy|strong="H7961"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* without \w care|strong="H0983"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which have neither \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* nor \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*, <i>which</i> \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w alone|strong="H0910"\w*.<n>wealthy: or, that is at ease</n>


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And their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* shall be a \w booty|strong="H0957"\w*, and the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of their \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* a \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*: and I will \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* into all \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* them <i>that are</i> in the \w utmost|strong="H7112"\w* \w corners|strong="H6285"\w*; and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* from all \w sides|strong="H5676"\w* thereof, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>in…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled</n>


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And \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* shall be a \w dwelling|strong="H4583"\w* for \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*, <i>and</i> a \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: there shall no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* there, nor <i>any</i> \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* in it.<pb/>


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¶ The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* against \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* in the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Behold, I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* of their \w might|strong="H1369"\w*.


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And upon \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* from the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w quarters|strong="H7098"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and will \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* them toward all those \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*; and there shall be no \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* whither the \w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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For I will cause \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* to be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon them, <i>even</i> my \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, till I have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them:


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And I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, and will \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* from thence the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ But it shall come to pass in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>that</i> I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* <i>and</i> against the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.<n>by…: Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah</n>


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\w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* ye among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w publish|strong="H8085"\w*, and set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w standard|strong="H5251"\w*; \w publish|strong="H8085"\w*, <i>and</i> \w conceal|strong="H3582"\w* not: \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w*, \w Merodach|strong="H4781"\w* is broken in \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*; her \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* are \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w*, her \w images|strong="H1544"\w* are broken in \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*.<n>set up: Heb. lift up</n>


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For out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* there cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w* a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* against her, which shall \w make|strong="H7896"\w* her \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, and none shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein: they shall \w remove|strong="H5110"\w*, they shall \w depart|strong="H1980"\w*, both \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and in that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, they and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w going|strong="H1980"\w* and \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*: they shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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They shall \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* with their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w thitherward|strong="H2008"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w*, and let us \w join|strong="H3867"\w* ourselves to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* <i>that</i> shall not be \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.


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My \w people|strong="H5971"\w* hath been \w lost|strong="H0006"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*: their \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* have caused them to go \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*, they have turned them \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>on</i> the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*: they have \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* from \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* to \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, they have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* their \w restingplace|strong="H7258"\w*.<n>restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in</n>


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All that \w found|strong="H4672"\w* them have \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* them: and their \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We \w offend|strong="H0816"\w* not, because they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*, even the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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\w Remove|strong="H5110"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and be as the he \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For, lo, I will \w raise|strong="H5782"\w* and cause to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* an \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* of \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: and they shall set themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* against her; from thence she shall be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: their \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* <i>shall be</i> as of a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* expert \w man|strong="H7919"\w*; none shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* in \w vain|strong="H7387"\w*.<n>expert…: or, destroyer</n>


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And \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* shall be a \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*: all that \w spoil|strong="H7997"\w* her shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Because ye were \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, because ye \w rejoiced|strong="H5937"\w*, O ye \w destroyers|strong="H8154"\w* of mine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*, because ye are grown \w fat|strong="H6335"\w* as the \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* at \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*, and \w bellow|strong="H6670"\w* as \w bulls|strong="H0047"\w*;<n>fat: Heb. big, or, corpulent</n><n>bellow…: or, neigh as steeds</n>


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Your \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* shall be \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*; she that \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* you shall be \w ashamed|strong="H2659"\w*: behold, the \w hindermost|strong="H0319"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* <i>shall be</i> a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, a dry \w land|strong="H6723"\w*, and a \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*.


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Because of the \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* it shall not be \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*, but it shall be wholly \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*: every one that \w goeth|strong="H5674"\w* by \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* at all her \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w*.


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Put yourselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*: all ye that \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \w shoot|strong="H3034"\w* at her, \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* no \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*: for she hath \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Shout|strong="H7321"\w* against her round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*: she hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: her \w foundations|strong="H0803"\w* are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, her \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* are thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w*: for it <i>is</i> the \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: take \w vengeance|strong="H5358"\w* upon her; as she hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto her.


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Cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w sower|strong="H2232"\w* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and him that \w handleth|strong="H8610"\w* the \w sickle|strong="H4038"\w* in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*: for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w oppressing|strong="H3238"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* they shall \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>sickle: or, scythe</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>is</i> a \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*; the \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* have driven <i>him</i> \w away|strong="H5080"\w*: \w first|strong="H7223"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* him; and \w last|strong="H0314"\w* this \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* hath broken his \w bones|strong="H6105"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* and his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, as I have \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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And I will \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*, and he shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* on \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* and \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and in that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be sought \w for|strong="H1245"\w*, and <i>there shall be</i> none; and the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and they shall not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: for I will \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* them whom I \w reserve|strong="H7604"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Merathaim|strong="H4850"\w*, <i>even</i> against it, and against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Pekod|strong="H6489"\w*: \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* and utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee.<n>of Merathaim: or, of the rebels</n><n>Pekod: or, Visitation</n>


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A \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and of \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.


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How is the \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* cut \w asunder|strong="H1438"\w* and \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*! how is \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* become a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!


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I have laid a \w snare|strong="H3369"\w* for thee, and thou art also \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, O \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and thou wast not \w aware|strong="H3045"\w*: thou art \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, and also \w caught|strong="H8610"\w*, because thou hast \w striven|strong="H1624"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* his \w armoury|strong="H0214"\w*, and hath brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of his \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*: for this <i>is</i> the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.


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\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* against her from the utmost \w border|strong="H7093"\w*, \w open|strong="H6605"\w* her \w storehouses|strong="H3965"\w*: cast her \w up|strong="H5549"\w* as \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w*, and destroy her \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*: let nothing of her be \w left|strong="H7611"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from the end</n><n>cast…: or, tread her</n>


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\w Slay|strong="H2717"\w* all her \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*; let them go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*: \w woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them! for their \w day|strong="H3117"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*.


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The \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of them that \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* and escape \w out|strong="H6405"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, to \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* the \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* of his \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.


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Call \w together|strong="H8085"\w* the \w archers|strong="H7228"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: all ye that \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* against it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*; let none thereof \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*: \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* her according to her \w work|strong="H6467"\w*; according to all that she hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto her: for she hath been \w proud|strong="H2102"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, against the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Therefore shall her young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, and all her \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H1826"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, <i>O thou</i> most \w proud|strong="H2087"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: for thy \w day|strong="H3117"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that</i> I will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* thee.<n>most…: Heb. pride</n>


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And the most \w proud|strong="H2087"\w* shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and none shall raise him \w up|strong="H6965"\w*: and I will \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in his \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* all round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.<n>the…: Heb. pride</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>were</i> \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: and all that took them \w captives|strong="H7617"\w* held them \w fast|strong="H2388"\w*; they \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to let them \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.


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Their \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* <i>is</i> \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: he shall \w throughly|strong="H7378"\w* \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* their \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, that he may give \w rest|strong="H7280"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w disquiet|strong="H7264"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ A \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> upon the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and upon her \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and upon her \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i>.


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A \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> upon the \w liars|strong="H0907"\w*; and they shall \w dote|strong="H2973"\w*: a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> upon her mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*; and they shall be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*.<n>liars: or, chief stays: Heb. bars</n>


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A \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> upon their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and upon their \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and upon all the mingled \w people|strong="H6153"\w* that <i>are</i> in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of her; and they shall become as \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> upon her \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*; and they shall be \w robbed|strong="H0962"\w*.


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A \w drought|strong="H2721"\w* <i>is</i> upon her \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; and they shall be dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*: for it <i>is</i> the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, and they are \w mad|strong="H1984"\w* upon <i>their</i> \w idols|strong="H0367"\w*.


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Therefore the wild beasts of the \w desert|strong="H6728"\w* with the wild beasts of the \w islands|strong="H0338"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* <i>there</i>, and the \w owls|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein: and it shall be no more \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*; neither shall it be \w dwelt|strong="H7931"\w* in from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.


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As \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H4114"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* and the \w neighbour|strong="H7934"\w* <i>cities</i> thereof, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; <i>so</i> shall no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* there, neither shall any \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* therein.


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Behold, a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall be raised \w up|strong="H5782"\w* from the \w coasts|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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They shall \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and the \w lance|strong="H3591"\w*: they <i>are</i> \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w*, and will not shew \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*: their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* shall \w roar|strong="H1993"\w* like the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and they shall \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, <i>every one</i> put in \w array|strong="H6186"\w*, like a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, against thee, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w report|strong="H8088"\w* of them, and his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* waxed \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*: \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of him, <i>and</i> \w pangs|strong="H2427"\w* as of a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*.


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Behold, he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* like a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* from the \w swelling|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* unto the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of the \w strong|strong="H0386"\w*: but I will \w make|strong="H7323"\w* them \w suddenly|strong="H7280"\w* run \w away|strong="H7323"\w* from her: and who <i>is</i> a \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* <i>man, that</i> I may \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* over her? for who <i>is</i> like me? and who will appoint me the \w time|strong="H3259"\w*? and who <i>is</i> that \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* that will \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me?<n>appoint me…: or, convent me to plead?</n>


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Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that he hath \w taken|strong="H3289"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*; and his \w purposes|strong="H4284"\w*, that he hath \w purposed|strong="H2803"\w* against the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: Surely the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* shall draw them \w out|strong="H5498"\w*: surely he shall make <i>their</i> \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* with them.


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At the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w taking|strong="H8610"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w moved|strong="H7493"\w*, and the \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* is \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will raise \w up|strong="H5782"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and against them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H3820"\w* of them that rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me, a \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*;<n>midst: Heb. heart</n>


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And will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w fanners|strong="H2114"\w*, that shall \w fan|strong="H2219"\w* her, and shall \w empty|strong="H1238"\w* her \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* they shall be against her round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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Against <i>him that</i> \w bendeth|strong="H1869"\w* let the \w archer|strong="H1869"\w* \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, and against <i>him that</i> lifteth himself \w up|strong="H5927"\w* in his \w brigandine|strong="H5630"\w*: and \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* ye not her young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*; destroy ye \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w* all her \w host|strong="H6635"\w*.


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Thus the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and <i>they that are</i> thrust \w through|strong="H1856"\w* in her \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.


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For \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>hath</i> not <i>been</i> \w forsaken|strong="H0488"\w*, nor \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* of his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; though their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w sin|strong="H0817"\w* against the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Flee \w out|strong="H5127"\w* of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: be not cut \w off|strong="H1826"\w* in her \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; for this <i>is</i> the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w*; he will \w render|strong="H7999"\w* unto her a \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w*.


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\w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* <i>hath been</i> a \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* in the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that made all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*: the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* have \w drunken|strong="H8354"\w* of her \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; therefore the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* are \w mad|strong="H1984"\w*.


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\w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* is \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*: \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* for her; \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w* for her \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*, if so be she may be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.


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We would have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, but she is not \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*: \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* her, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* into his own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: for her \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w reacheth|strong="H5060"\w* unto \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and is lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* <i>even</i> to the \w skies|strong="H7834"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* our \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*: \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and let us \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Make \w bright|strong="H1305"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*; \w gather|strong="H4390"\w* the \w shields|strong="H7982"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath raised \w up|strong="H5782"\w* the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*: for his \w device|strong="H4209"\w* <i>is</i> against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it; because it <i>is</i> the \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* of his \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.<n>bright: Heb. pure</n>


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Set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w standard|strong="H5251"\w* upon the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, make the \w watch|strong="H4929"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w watchmen|strong="H8104"\w*, \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* the \w ambushes|strong="H0693"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath both \w devised|strong="H2161"\w* and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* that which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>ambushes: Heb. liers in wait</n>


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O thou that \w dwellest|strong="H7931"\w* upon \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w abundant|strong="H7227"\w* in \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*, thine \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w measure|strong="H0520"\w* of thy \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by \w himself|strong="H5315"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Surely I will \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thee with \w men|strong="H0120"\w*, as with \w caterpillers|strong="H3218"\w*; and they shall lift \w up|strong="H6030"\w* a \w shout|strong="H1959"\w* against thee.<n>by himself: Heb. by his soul</n><n>lift up: Heb. utter</n>


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He hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, he hath \w established|strong="H3559"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* by his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and hath stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* by his \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.


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When he \w uttereth|strong="H5414"\w* <i>his</i> \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, <i>there is</i> a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; and he causeth the \w vapours|strong="H5387"\w* to \w ascend|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w lightnings|strong="H1300"\w* with \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, and bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* out of his \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*.<n>multitude: or, noise</n>


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Every \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w brutish|strong="H1197"\w* by <i>his</i> \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*; every \w founder|strong="H6884"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w* by the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*: for his molten \w image|strong="H5262"\w* <i>is</i> \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*, and <i>there is</i> no \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* in them.<n>is brutish…: or, is more brutish than to know</n>


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They <i>are</i> \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w errors|strong="H8595"\w*: in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* they shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.


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The \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* <i>is</i> not like them; for he <i>is</i> the \w former|strong="H3335"\w* of all things: and <i>Israel is</i> the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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Thou <i>art</i> my battle \w axe|strong="H4661"\w* <i>and</i> \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: for with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and with thee will I \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*;<n>with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee</n>


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And with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* and his \w rider|strong="H7392"\w*; and with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* and his \w rider|strong="H7392"\w*;


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With thee also will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; and with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* and \w young|strong="H5288"\w*; and with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* the young \w man|strong="H0970"\w* and the \w maid|strong="H1330"\w*;


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I will also break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* with thee the \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* and his \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*; and with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* the \w husbandman|strong="H0406"\w* and his yoke of \w oxen|strong="H6776"\w*; and with thee will I break in \w pieces|strong="H5310"\w* \w captains|strong="H6346"\w* and \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*.


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And I will \w render|strong="H7999"\w* unto \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* and to all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* all their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* in your \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O \w destroying|strong="H4889"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which \w destroyest|strong="H7843"\w* all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and I will stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon thee, and roll thee \w down|strong="H1556"\w* from the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, and will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w burnt|strong="H8316"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.


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And they shall not \w take|strong="H3947"\w* of thee a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* for a \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*, nor a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* for \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w*; but thou shalt be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>desolate…: Heb. everlasting desolations</n>


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Set ye \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w standard|strong="H5251"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w prepare|strong="H6942"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* against her, call \w together|strong="H8085"\w* against her the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Ararat|strong="H0780"\w*, \w Minni|strong="H4508"\w*, and \w Ashchenaz|strong="H0813"\w*; \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* a \w captain|strong="H2951"\w* against her; cause the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as the \w rough|strong="H5569"\w* \w caterpillers|strong="H3218"\w*.


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\w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* against her the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*, the \w captains|strong="H6346"\w* thereof, and all the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w* thereof, and all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*.


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And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w tremble|strong="H7493"\w* and \w sorrow|strong="H2342"\w*: for every \w purpose|strong="H4284"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall be \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, to \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.


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The mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* have \w forborn|strong="H2308"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*, they have \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in <i>their</i> \w holds|strong="H4679"\w*: their \w might|strong="H1369"\w* hath \w failed|strong="H5405"\w*; they became as \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: they have \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* her \w dwellingplaces|strong="H4908"\w*; her \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* are \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.


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One \w post|strong="H7323"\w* shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w another|strong="H7323"\w*, and one \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w another|strong="H5046"\w*, to \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* that his \w city|strong="H5892"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* at <i>one</i> \w end|strong="H7097"\w*,


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And that the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w* are \w stopped|strong="H8610"\w*, and the \w reeds|strong="H0098"\w* they have \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* are \w affrighted|strong="H0926"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; The \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* <i>is</i> like a \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w*, <i>it is</i> \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w thresh|strong="H1869"\w* her: yet a little \w while|strong="H4592"\w*, and the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of her \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.<n>it is…: or, in the time that he thresheth her</n>


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\w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* me, he hath \w crushed|strong="H2000"\w* me, he hath \w made|strong="H3322"\w* me an \w empty|strong="H7385"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, he hath swallowed me \w up|strong="H1104"\w* like a \w dragon|strong="H8577"\w*, he hath \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* his \w belly|strong="H3770"\w* with my \w delicates|strong="H5730"\w*, he hath cast me \w out|strong="H1740"\w*.


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The \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* done to me and to my \w flesh|strong="H7607"\w* <i>be</i> upon \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, shall the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*; and my \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w*, shall \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*.<n>The violence…: Heb. My violence</n><n>flesh: or, remainder</n><n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* thy \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, and take \w vengeance|strong="H5358"\w* for \w thee|strong="H5360"\w*; and I will dry \w up|strong="H2717"\w* her \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and make her \w springs|strong="H4726"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*.


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And \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall become \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*, a \w dwellingplace|strong="H4583"\w* for \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*, an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*, without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.


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They shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* like \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*: they shall \w yell|strong="H5286"\w* as \w lions’|strong="H0738"\w* \w whelps|strong="H1484"\w*.<n>yell: or, shake themselves</n>


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In their \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* I will \w make|strong="H7896"\w* their \w feasts|strong="H4960"\w*, and I will make them \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*, that they may \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w*, and \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and not \w wake|strong="H6974"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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I will bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* like \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w*, like \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* with he \w goats|strong="H6260"\w*.


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How is \w Sheshach|strong="H8347"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*! and how is the \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w surprised|strong="H8610"\w*! how is \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* become an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!


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The \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: she is \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* with the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of the \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* thereof.


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Her \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* are a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, a \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and a \w wilderness|strong="H6160"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* wherein no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w*, neither doth <i>any</i> \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w thereby|strong="H2004"\w*.


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And I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w* in \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and I will bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* that which he hath swallowed \w up|strong="H1105"\w*: and the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall not flow \w together|strong="H5102"\w* any more unto him: yea, the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*.


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My \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, go ye \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of her, and \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* ye every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* from the \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And lest your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w faint|strong="H7401"\w*, and ye \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* for the \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w* that shall be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w* shall both \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>one</i> \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that in <i>another</i> \w year|strong="H8141"\w* <i>shall come</i> a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w*, and \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* against \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w*.<n>lest: or, let not</n>


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Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that I will do \w judgment|strong="H6485"\w* upon the graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: and her whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*, and all her \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of her.<n>do…: Heb. visit upon</n>


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Then the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and all that <i>is</i> therein, shall \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* for \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: for the \w spoilers|strong="H7703"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto her from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w As|strong="H1571"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* <i>hath caused</i> the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, so at \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* of all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>As…: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc</n><n>the earth: or, the country</n>


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Ye that have \w escaped|strong="H6405"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, go \w away|strong="H1980"\w*, stand not \w still|strong="H5975"\w*: \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, and let \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* into your \w mind|strong="H3824"\w*.


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We are \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*, because we have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*: \w shame|strong="H3639"\w* hath \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* our \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*: for \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w sanctuaries|strong="H4720"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Wherefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will do \w judgment|strong="H6485"\w* upon her graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*: and through all her \w land|strong="H0776"\w* the \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* shall \w groan|strong="H0602"\w*.


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Though \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* should mount \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and though she should \w fortify|strong="H1219"\w* the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of her \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, <i> \+w yet|strong="H0227"\+w*</i> from me shall \w spoilers|strong="H7703"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto her, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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A \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* <i>cometh</i> from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*:


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Because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* out of her the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; when her \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* do \w roar|strong="H1993"\w* like \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, a \w noise|strong="H7588"\w* of their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* is \w uttered|strong="H5414"\w*:


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Because the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon her, <i>even</i> upon \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and her mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* are \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, every one of their \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* is \w broken|strong="H2865"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* of \w recompences|strong="H1578"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H7999"\w* \w requite|strong="H7999"\w*.


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And I will make \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* her \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and her \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i>, her \w captains|strong="H6346"\w*, and her \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and her mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*: and they shall \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and not \w wake|strong="H6974"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; The \w broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall be \w utterly|strong="H6209"\w* \w broken|strong="H6209"\w*, and her \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* shall be \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w labour|strong="H3021"\w* in \w vain|strong="H7385"\w*, and the \w folk|strong="H3816"\w* \w in|strong="H1767"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and they shall be \w weary|strong="H3286"\w*.<n>The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylon</n><n>broken: or, made naked</n><pb/>


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¶ The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4271"\w*, when he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*. And <i>this</i> \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* <i>was</i> a \w quiet|strong="H4496"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w*.<n>with: or, on the behalf of</n><n>quiet…: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain</n>


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So \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that should \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, <i>even</i> all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that are \w written|strong="H3789"\w* against \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, When thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and shalt \w read|strong="H7121"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*;


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Then shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, to cut it \w off|strong="H3772"\w*, that none shall \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* in it, neither \w man|strong="H0120"\w* nor \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, but that it shall be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>desolate: Heb. desolations</n>


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And it shall be, when thou hast made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, <i>that</i> thou shalt \w bind|strong="H7194"\w* a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* to it, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* it into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*:


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And thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus shall \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w sink|strong="H8257"\w*, and shall not \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon her: and they shall be \w weary|strong="H3286"\w*. Thus far <i>are</i> the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* <i>was</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.<n>began…: Heb. reigned</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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For \w through|strong="H5921"\w* the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* it came to pass in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, till he had cast them \w out|strong="H7993"\w* from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, that \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, he and all his \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* against it, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w forts|strong="H1785"\w* against it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H0935"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w besieged|strong="H4692"\w* unto the \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.


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And in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, in the \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* was \w sore|strong="H2388"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, so that there was no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Then the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was broken \w up|strong="H1234"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* between the two \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, which <i>was</i> by the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*; (now the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* <i>were</i> by the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*:) and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* in the \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* of \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*; and all his \w army|strong="H2428"\w* was \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* from him.


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Then they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and carried him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*; where he \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* upon him.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* before his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: he \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* also all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.


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Then he put \w out|strong="H5786"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him in \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him in \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* till the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.<n>put out: Heb. blinded</n><n>chains: or, fetters</n><n>prison: Heb. house of the wards</n><pb/>


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¶ Now in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which <i>was</i> the \w nineteenth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w*, \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, <i>which</i> \w served|strong="H5975"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, into \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,<n>captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</n><n>served: Heb. stood before</n>


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And \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>men</i>, \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* he with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*:


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And all the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, that <i>were</i> with the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* all the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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Then \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* <i>certain</i> of the \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w residue|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and those that fell \w away|strong="H5307"\w*, that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w multitude|strong="H0527"\w*.


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But \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* <i>certain</i> of the \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* for \w vinedressers|strong="H3755"\w* and for \w husbandmen|strong="H3009"\w*.


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Also the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* that <i>was</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w brake|strong="H7665"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* all the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* of them to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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The \w caldrons|strong="H5518"\w* also, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, and the \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, and the \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* wherewith they \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w*, took they \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.<n>shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes</n><n>bowls: or, basons</n>


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And the \w basons|strong="H5592"\w*, and the \w firepans|strong="H4289"\w*, and the \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, and the \w caldrons|strong="H5518"\w*, and the \w candlesticks|strong="H4501"\w*, and the \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, and the \w cups|strong="H4518"\w*; <i>that</i> which <i>was</i> of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* <i>in</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and <i>that</i> which <i>was</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* <i>in</i> \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.<n>firepans: or, censers</n>


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The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* that <i>were</i> under the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, which \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* of all these \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* was without \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*.<n>the brass: Heb. their brass</n>


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And <i>concerning</i> the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* <i>was</i> \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*; and a \w fillet|strong="H2339"\w* of \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* did \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* it; and the \w thickness|strong="H5672"\w* thereof <i>was</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w*: <i>it was</i> \w hollow|strong="H5014"\w*.<n>fillet: Heb. thread</n>


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And a \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* <i>was</i> upon it; and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, with \w network|strong="H7639"\w* and \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* upon the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, all <i>of</i> \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*. The \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* also and the \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* <i>were</i> like unto these.


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And there were \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* on a \w side|strong="H7307"\w*; <i>and</i> all the \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* upon the \w network|strong="H7639"\w* <i>were</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.<pb/>


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He \w took|strong="H3947"\w* also out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w eunuch|strong="H5631"\w*, which had the \w charge|strong="H6496"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*; and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of them that were \w near|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w*, which were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and the \w principal|strong="H8269"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, who \w mustered|strong="H6633"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>were near…: Heb. saw the face of the king</n><n>principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host</n>


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So \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* them, and \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* them to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them, and put them to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* in \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*. Thus \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* out of his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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This <i>is</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* whom \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*: in the \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w*:


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In the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* he carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w persons|strong="H5315"\w*:<n>persons: Heb. souls</n>


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In the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w persons|strong="H5315"\w*: all the \w persons|strong="H5315"\w* <i>were</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, in the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, in the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Evil-merodach|strong="H0192"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* in the <i>first</i> \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and brought him \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*,


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And \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* unto him, and \w set|strong="H5414"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* that <i>were</i> with him in \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*,<n>kindly…: Heb. good things with him</n>


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And \w changed|strong="H8138"\w* his \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*: and he did \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.


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And <i>for</i> his \w diet|strong="H0737"\w*, there was a \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* \w diet|strong="H0737"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* a \w portion|strong="H1697"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>every…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day</n>


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How doth the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w solitary|strong="H0910"\w*, <i>that was</i> \w full|strong="H7227"\w* of \w people|strong="H5971"\w*! <i>how</i> is she become as a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*! she <i>that was</i> \w great|strong="H7227"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, <i>and</i> \w princess|strong="H8282"\w* among the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, <i>how</i> is she become \w tributary|strong="H4522"\w*!


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She \w weepeth|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1058"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and her \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* <i>are</i> on her \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w*: among all her \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* she hath none to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* <i>her:</i> all her \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* have dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with her, they are become her \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* is gone into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* because of \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*, and because of \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w servitude|strong="H5656"\w*: she \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, she \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* no \w rest|strong="H4494"\w*: all her \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* her between the \w straits|strong="H4712"\w*.<n>because of great…: Heb. for the greatness of servitude</n>


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The \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* do \w mourn|strong="H0057"\w*, because none \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the solemn \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*: all her \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* are \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*: her \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sigh|strong="H0584"\w*, her \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* are \w afflicted|strong="H3013"\w*, and she <i>is</i> in \w bitterness|strong="H4843"\w*.


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Her \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* are the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*, her \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w prosper|strong="H7951"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w afflicted|strong="H3013"\w* her for the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of her \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*: her \w children|strong="H5768"\w* are \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*.


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And from the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* all her \w beauty|strong="H1926"\w* is \w departed|strong="H3318"\w*: her \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* are become like \w harts|strong="H0354"\w* <i>that</i> \w find|strong="H4672"\w* no \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*, and they are \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* without \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w pursuer|strong="H7291"\w*.


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\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of her \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* and of her \w miseries|strong="H4788"\w* all her pleasant \w things|strong="H4262"\w* that she had in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*, when her \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*, and none did \w help|strong="H5826"\w* her: the \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* her, <i>and</i> did \w mock|strong="H7832"\w* at her \w sabbaths|strong="H4868"\w*.<n>pleasant: or, desirable</n>


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\w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* hath \w grievously|strong="H2399"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*; therefore she is \w removed|strong="H5206"\w*: all that \w honoured|strong="H3513"\w* her \w despise|strong="H2107"\w* her, because they have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* her \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*: yea, she \w sigheth|strong="H0584"\w*, and \w turneth|strong="H7725"\w* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*.<n>is…: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering</n>


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Her \w filthiness|strong="H2932"\w* <i>is</i> in her \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w*; she \w remembereth|strong="H2142"\w* not her last \w end|strong="H0319"\w*; therefore she came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w wonderfully|strong="H6382"\w*: she had no \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w*. O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* my \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*: for the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* hath \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* <i>himself</i>.


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The \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w* hath spread \w out|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon all her pleasant \w things|strong="H4261"\w*: for she hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>that</i> the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into her \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, whom thou didst \w command|strong="H6680"\w* <i>that</i> they should not \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into thy \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w*.<n>pleasant: or, desirable</n>


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All her \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sigh|strong="H0584"\w*, they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; they have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* their pleasant \w things|strong="H4261"\w* for \w meat|strong="H0400"\w* to \w relieve|strong="H7725"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w consider|strong="H5027"\w*; for I am become \w vile|strong="H2151"\w*.<n>to…: or, to make the soul to come again</n><pb/>


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¶ <i>Is it</i> nothing to you, all ye that \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w*? \w behold|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* any \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w* like unto my \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w*, which is \w done|strong="H5953"\w* unto me, wherewith the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w afflicted|strong="H3013"\w* <i>me</i> in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.<n>Is it…: or, It is nothing</n><n>pass by: Heb. pass by the way?</n>


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From \w above|strong="H4791"\w* hath he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* into my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and it \w prevaileth|strong="H7287"\w* against them: he hath \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* a \w net|strong="H7568"\w* for my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, he hath \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* me \w back|strong="H0268"\w*: he hath \w made|strong="H5414"\w* me \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* <i>and</i> \w faint|strong="H1739"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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The \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of my \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* is \w bound|strong="H8244"\w* by his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: they are \w wreathed|strong="H8276"\w*, <i>and</i> come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon my \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*: he hath made my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* to \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* me into <i>their</i> \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, <i>from whom</i> I am not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath trodden under \w foot|strong="H5541"\w* all my \w mighty|strong="H0047"\w* <i>men</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of me: he hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* an \w assembly|strong="H4150"\w* against me to \w crush|strong="H7665"\w* my young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*: the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath \w trodden|strong="H1869"\w* the \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>as</i> in a \w winepress|strong="H1660"\w*.<n>the virgin…: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc</n>


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For these <i>things</i> I \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*; mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* runneth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, because the \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w* that should \w relieve|strong="H7725"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* is \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me: my \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, because the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H1396"\w*.<n>relieve: Heb. bring back</n>


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\w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* spreadeth \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, <i>and there is</i> none to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* her: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* concerning \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, <i>that</i> his \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* <i>should be</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him: \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* is as a menstruous \w woman|strong="H5079"\w* among them.<pb/>


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¶ The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; for I have \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* against his \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w*: \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, I pray you, all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* my \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w*: my \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* and my young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* are \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.<n>commandment: Heb. mouth</n>


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I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for my \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, <i>but</i> they \w deceived|strong="H7411"\w* me: my \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and mine \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* gave up the \w ghost|strong="H1478"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, while they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* their \w meat|strong="H0400"\w* to \w relieve|strong="H7725"\w* their \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for I <i>am</i> in \w distress|strong="H6887"\w*: my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* are \w troubled|strong="H2560"\w*; mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* me; for I have \w grievously|strong="H4784"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w*: \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w bereaveth|strong="H7921"\w*, at \w home|strong="H1004"\w* <i>there is</i> as \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.


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They have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that I \w sigh|strong="H0584"\w*: <i>there is</i> none to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* me: all mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of my \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*; they are \w glad|strong="H7797"\w* that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it:</i> thou wilt \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> thou hast \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and they shall be \w like|strong="H3644"\w* unto me.<n>called: or, proclaimed</n>


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Let all their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; and \w do|strong="H5953"\w* unto them, as thou hast \w done|strong="H5953"\w* unto me for all my \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*: for my \w sighs|strong="H0585"\w* <i>are</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> \w faint|strong="H1742"\w*.<pb/>


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How hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w covered|strong="H5743"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* with a \w cloud|strong="H5743"\w* in his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, <i>and</i> cast \w down|strong="H7993"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* unto the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* the \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* not his \w footstool|strong="H1916"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*!


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w* all the \w habitations|strong="H4999"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and hath not \w pitied|strong="H2550"\w*: he hath thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* in his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* the strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; he hath brought <i>them</i> \w down|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: he hath \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof.<n>brought…: Heb. made to touch</n>


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He hath cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w* in <i>his</i> \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* all the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: he hath \w drawn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H0268"\w* his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, and he \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* against \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* like a \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, <i>which</i> \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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He hath \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* like an \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*: he \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* with his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* as an \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* all <i>that were</i> \w pleasant|strong="H4261"\w* to the \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* in the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: he poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* his \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* like \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>all…: Heb. all the desirable of the eye</n>


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* was as an \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*: he hath swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, he hath swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w* all her \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*: he hath \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* his strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w*, and hath \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* in the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w mourning|strong="H8386"\w* and \w lamentation|strong="H0592"\w*.


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And he hath violently taken \w away|strong="H2554"\w* his \w tabernacle|strong="H7900"\w*, as <i>if it were of</i> a \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*: he hath \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* his places of the \w assembly|strong="H4150"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath caused the solemn \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w* and \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w* to be \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and hath \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* in the \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w* of his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.<n>tabernacle: or, hedge</n>


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath cast \w off|strong="H2186"\w* his \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, he hath \w abhorred|strong="H5010"\w* his \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, he hath given \w up|strong="H5462"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of her \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*; they have \w made|strong="H5414"\w* a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of a solemn \w feast|strong="H4150"\w*.<n>given up: Heb. shut up</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w purposed|strong="H2803"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: he hath stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* a \w line|strong="H6957"\w*, he hath not \w withdrawn|strong="H7725"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from \w destroying|strong="H1104"\w*: therefore he made the \w rampart|strong="H2426"\w* and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* to \w lament|strong="H0056"\w*; they \w languished|strong="H0535"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.<n>destroying: Heb. swallowing up</n>


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Her \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* are \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* into the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; he hath \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* and \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* her \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*: her \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and her \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* <i>are</i> among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*: the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* <i>is</i> no <i>more;</i> her \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* also \w find|strong="H4672"\w* no \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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The \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, <i>and</i> keep \w silence|strong="H1826"\w*: they have cast \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* upon their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*; they have \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* themselves with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*: the \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* hang \w down|strong="H3381"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* do \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* with \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* are \w troubled|strong="H2560"\w*, my \w liver|strong="H3516"\w* is \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, for the \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; because the \w children|strong="H5768"\w* and the \w sucklings|strong="H3243"\w* \w swoon|strong="H5848"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w*.<n>swoon: or, faint</n>


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They \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to their \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w*, Where <i>is</i> \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*? when they \w swooned|strong="H5848"\w* as the \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, when their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* into their \w mothers’|strong="H0517"\w* \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*.


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What thing shall I take to \w witness|strong="H5749"\w* for thee? what \w thing|strong="H4100"\w* shall I \w liken|strong="H1819"\w* to thee, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? what shall I \w equal|strong="H7737"\w* to thee, that I may \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* thee, O \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? for thy \w breach|strong="H7667"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* like the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: who can \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* thee?


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Thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* have \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* and foolish \w things|strong="H8602"\w* for thee: and they have not \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, to turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*; but have \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* for thee \w false|strong="H7723"\w* \w burdens|strong="H4864"\w* and causes of \w banishment|strong="H4065"\w*.


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All that \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* by \w clap|strong="H5606"\w* <i>their</i> \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* at \w thee|strong="H1870"\w*; they \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* and \w wag|strong="H5128"\w* their \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, <i>saying, Is</i> this the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* that <i>men</i> \w call|strong="H0559"\w* The \w perfection|strong="H3632"\w* of \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*, The \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?<n>by: Heb. by the way</n>


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All thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* have \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* against thee: they \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* and \w gnash|strong="H2786"\w* the \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*: they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We have swallowed <i>her</i> \w up|strong="H1104"\w*: \w certainly|strong="H0389"\w* this <i>is</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that we looked \w for|strong="H6960"\w*; we have \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, we have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that</i> which he had \w devised|strong="H2161"\w*; he hath \w fulfilled|strong="H1214"\w* his \w word|strong="H0565"\w* that he had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*: he hath thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, and hath not \w pitied|strong="H2550"\w*: and he hath caused <i>thine</i> \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* to \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* over thee, he hath set \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of thine \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*.


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Their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, O \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, let \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* run \w down|strong="H3381"\w* like a \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thyself no \w rest|strong="H6314"\w*; let not the \w apple|strong="H1323"\w* of thine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w cease|strong="H1826"\w*.


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, cry \w out|strong="H7442"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: in the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w watches|strong="H0821"\w* pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* like \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H5227"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*: lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward him for the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of thy young \w children|strong="H5768"\w*, that \w faint|strong="H5848"\w* for \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of every \w street|strong="H2351"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w consider|strong="H5027"\w* to whom thou hast \w done|strong="H5953"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*. Shall the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*, <i>and</i> \w children|strong="H5768"\w* of a span \w long|strong="H2949"\w*? shall the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* be \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* in the \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*?<n>of a span…: or, swaddled with their hands?</n>


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The \w young|strong="H5288"\w* and the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*: my \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* and my young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; thou hast \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* <i>them</i> in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*; thou hast \w killed|strong="H2873"\w*, <i>and</i> not \w pitied|strong="H2550"\w*.


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Thou hast \w called|strong="H7121"\w* as in a \w solemn|strong="H4150"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* my \w terrors|strong="H4032"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, so that in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* none \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* nor \w remained|strong="H8300"\w*: those that I have \w swaddled|strong="H2946"\w* and brought \w up|strong="H7235"\w* hath mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.<pb/>


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I <i>am</i> the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* <i>that</i> hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* by the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.


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He hath \w led|strong="H5090"\w* me, and \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* <i>me into</i> \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, but not <i>into</i> \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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Surely against me is he \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*; he \w turneth|strong="H2015"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>against me</i> all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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My \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and my \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* hath he made \w old|strong="H1086"\w*; he hath \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.


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He hath builded \w against|strong="H1129"\w* me, and \w compassed|strong="H5362"\w* <i>me</i> with \w gall|strong="H7219"\w* and \w travail|strong="H8513"\w*.


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He hath \w set|strong="H3427"\w* me in dark \w places|strong="H4285"\w*, as <i>they that be</i> \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*.


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He hath \w hedged|strong="H1443"\w* me about, that I cannot get \w out|strong="H3318"\w*: he hath made my \w chain|strong="H5178"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*.


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Also when I \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* and \w shout|strong="H7768"\w*, he shutteth \w out|strong="H5640"\w* my \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*.


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He hath \w inclosed|strong="H1443"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* with hewn \w stone|strong="H1496"\w*, he hath made my \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \w crooked|strong="H5753"\w*.


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He <i>was</i> unto me <i>as</i> a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* lying in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, <i>and as</i> a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* in secret \w places|strong="H4565"\w*.


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He hath turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and pulled me in \w pieces|strong="H6582"\w*: he hath \w made|strong="H7760"\w* me \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*.


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He hath \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, and \w set|strong="H5324"\w* me as a \w mark|strong="H4307"\w* for the \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w*.


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He hath caused the \w arrows|strong="H1121"\w* of his \w quiver|strong="H0827"\w* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into my \w reins|strong="H3629"\w*.<n>arrows: Heb. sons</n>


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I was a \w derision|strong="H7814"\w* to all my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; <i>and</i> their \w song|strong="H5058"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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He hath \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* me with \w bitterness|strong="H4844"\w*, he hath made me \w drunken|strong="H7301"\w* with \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*.<n>bitterness: Heb. bitternesses</n>


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He hath also \w broken|strong="H1638"\w* my \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* with gravel \w stones|strong="H2687"\w*, he hath \w covered|strong="H3728"\w* me with \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.<n>covered…: or, rolled me in the ashes</n>


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And thou hast \w removed|strong="H2186"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* far \w off|strong="H2186"\w* from \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: I \w forgat|strong="H5382"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w*.<n>prosperity: Heb. good</n>


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w strength|strong="H5331"\w* and my \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* is \w perished|strong="H0006"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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\w Remembering|strong="H2142"\w* mine \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* and my \w misery|strong="H4788"\w*, the \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w* and the \w gall|strong="H7219"\w*.<n>Remembering: or, Remember</n>


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My \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* hath <i>them</i> \w still|strong="H2142"\w* in \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*, and is \w humbled|strong="H7743"\w* in me.<n>humbled: Heb. bowed</n><pb/>


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This I \w recall|strong="H7725"\w* to my \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, therefore have I \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*.<n>recall…: Heb. make to return to my heart</n><pb/>


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¶ <i>It is of</i> the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w mercies|strong="H2617"\w* that we are not \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*, because his \w compassions|strong="H7356"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* not.


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<i>They are</i> \w new|strong="H2319"\w* every \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: \w great|strong="H7227"\w* <i>is</i> thy \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> my \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*; therefore will I \w hope|strong="H3176"\w* in him.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto them that \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* for him, to the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* <i>that</i> \w seeketh|strong="H1875"\w* him.


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<i>It is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that <i>a man</i> should both \w hope|strong="H3175"\w* and quietly \w wait|strong="H1748"\w* for the \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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<i>It is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* that he \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* in his \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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He \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* \w alone|strong="H0910"\w* and keepeth \w silence|strong="H1826"\w*, because he hath \w borne|strong="H5190"\w* <i>it</i> upon him.


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He \w putteth|strong="H5414"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; if so be there may \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.


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He \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* <i>his</i> \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* to him that \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w* him: he is filled \w full|strong="H7646"\w* with \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.


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For the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* will not cast \w off|strong="H2186"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:


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But though he cause \w grief|strong="H3013"\w*, yet will he have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* according to the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w mercies|strong="H2617"\w*.


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For he doth not \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* \w willingly|strong="H3820"\w* nor \w grieve|strong="H3013"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>willingly: Heb. from his heart</n>


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To \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* under his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* all the \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*,


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To turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* the \w right|strong="H4941"\w* of a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* before the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5945"\w*,<n>the most High: or, a superior</n>


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To \w subvert|strong="H5791"\w* a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* in his \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w approveth|strong="H7200"\w* not.<n>approveth not: or, seeth not</n><pb/>


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¶ Who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, and it cometh to pass, <i>when</i> the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w commandeth|strong="H6680"\w* <i>it</i> not?


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Out of the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5945"\w* \w proceedeth|strong="H3318"\w* not \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* and \w good|strong="H2896"\w*?


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Wherefore doth a \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w complain|strong="H0596"\w*, a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* for the punishment of his \w sins|strong="H2399"\w*?<n>complain: or, murmur</n>


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Let us \w search|strong="H2664"\w* and \w try|strong="H2713"\w* our \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Let us lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* our \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* with <i>our</i> \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w* in the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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\w We|strong="H5168"\w* have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* and have \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w*: thou hast not \w pardoned|strong="H5545"\w*.


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Thou hast \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* with \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w persecuted|strong="H7291"\w* us: thou hast \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*, thou hast not \w pitied|strong="H2550"\w*.


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Thou hast \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* thyself with a \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, that <i>our</i> \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* should not pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w*.


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Thou hast \w made|strong="H7760"\w* us <i>as</i> the \w offscouring|strong="H5501"\w* and \w refuse|strong="H3973"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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All our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* have \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* their \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* against us.


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\w Fear|strong="H6343"\w* and a \w snare|strong="H6354"\w* is come upon us, \w desolation|strong="H7612"\w* and \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.


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Mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* runneth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w rivers|strong="H6388"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for the \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* trickleth \w down|strong="H5064"\w*, and \w ceaseth|strong="H1820"\w* not, without any \w intermission|strong="H2014"\w*,


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Till the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* look \w down|strong="H8259"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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Mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w affecteth|strong="H5953"\w* mine \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* because of all the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>mine heart: Heb. my soul</n><n>because…: or, more than all</n>


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Mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w chased|strong="H6679"\w* me \w sore|strong="H6679"\w*, like a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*, without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.


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They have cut \w off|strong="H6789"\w* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w* in the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H3034"\w* a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* upon me.


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\w Waters|strong="H4325"\w* flowed \w over|strong="H6687"\w* mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; <i>then</i> I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I am cut \w off|strong="H1504"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* upon thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, out of the \w low|strong="H8482"\w* \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*.


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Thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: \w hide|strong="H5956"\w* not thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* at my \w breathing|strong="H7309"\w*, at my \w cry|strong="H7775"\w*.


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Thou drewest \w near|strong="H7126"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* upon thee: thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not.


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O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, thou hast \w pleaded|strong="H7378"\w* the \w causes|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*; thou hast \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou hast \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* my \w wrong|strong="H5792"\w*: \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thou my \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*.


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Thou hast \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all their \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* <i>and</i> all their \w imaginations|strong="H4284"\w* against me.


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Thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* their \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> all their \w imaginations|strong="H4284"\w* against me;


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The \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of those that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me, and their \w device|strong="H1902"\w* against me all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H5027"\w* their sitting \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, and their rising \w up|strong="H7012"\w*; I <i>am</i> their \w musick|strong="H4485"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Render|strong="H7725"\w* unto them a \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w sorrow|strong="H4044"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, thy \w curse|strong="H8381"\w* unto them.<n>sorrow…: or, obstinacy of heart</n>


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\w Persecute|strong="H7291"\w* and \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* them in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* from under the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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How is the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* become \w dim|strong="H6004"\w*! <i>how</i> is the \w most|strong="H2896"\w* fine \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* \w changed|strong="H8132"\w*! the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of the \w sanctuary|strong="H6944"\w* are poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of every \w street|strong="H2351"\w*.


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The \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w comparable|strong="H5537"\w* to fine \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*, how are they \w esteemed|strong="H2803"\w* as \w earthen|strong="H2789"\w* \w pitchers|strong="H5035"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*!


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Even the sea \w monsters|strong="H8577"\w* draw \w out|strong="H2502"\w* the \w breast|strong="H7699"\w*, they give \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* to their young \w ones|strong="H1482"\w*: the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>is become</i> \w cruel|strong="H0393"\w*, like the \w ostriches|strong="H3283"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<n>sea…: or, sea calves</n>


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The \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the sucking \w child|strong="H3243"\w* \w cleaveth|strong="H1692"\w* to the roof of his \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*: the young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, <i>and</i> no man \w breaketh|strong="H6566"\w* <i>it</i> unto them.


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They that did \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* \w delicately|strong="H4574"\w* are \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*: they that were brought \w up|strong="H0539"\w* in \w scarlet|strong="H8438"\w* \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* \w dunghills|strong="H0830"\w*.


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For the punishment of the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* is \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* than the \w punishment|strong="H2403"\w* of the sin of \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, that was \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w* as in a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*, and no \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w stayed|strong="H2342"\w* on her.<n>punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity</n>


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Her \w Nazarites|strong="H5139"\w* were \w purer|strong="H2141"\w* than \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, they were \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* than \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, they were more \w ruddy|strong="H0119"\w* in \w body|strong="H6106"\w* than \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*, their \w polishing|strong="H1508"\w* <i>was</i> of \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w*:


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Their \w visage|strong="H8389"\w* is \w blacker|strong="H2821"\w* than a \w coal|strong="H7815"\w*; they are not \w known|strong="H5234"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*: their \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w cleaveth|strong="H6821"\w* to their \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*; it is \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*, it is become like a \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*.<n>blacker…: Heb. darker than blackness</n>


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<i>They that be</i> \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* are \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than <i>they that be</i> \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* with \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*: for \w these|strong="H1992"\w* pine \w away|strong="H2100"\w*, \w stricken|strong="H1856"\w* through for <i>want of</i> the \w fruits|strong="H8570"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>pine…: Heb. flow out</n>


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The \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w pitiful|strong="H7362"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* have \w sodden|strong="H1310"\w* their own \w children|strong="H3206"\w*: they were their \w meat|strong="H1262"\w* in the \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w* his \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*; he hath poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and hath \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and it hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w* thereof.


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The \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, would not have \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* that the \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w* and the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* should have \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of her \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of her \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, that have \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of her,


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They have \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* <i>as</i> \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* <i>men</i> in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, they have \w polluted|strong="H1351"\w* themselves with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, so that men \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* their \w garments|strong="H3830"\w*.<n>so…: or, in that they could not but touch</n>


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They \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto them, \w Depart|strong="H5493"\w* ye; <i>it is</i> \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w*; \w depart|strong="H5493"\w*, \w depart|strong="H5493"\w*, \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* not: when they fled \w away|strong="H5132"\w* and \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, They shall no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* <i>there</i>.<n>it…: or, ye polluted</n>


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The \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* them; he will no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w regard|strong="H5027"\w* them: they \w respected|strong="H5375"\w* not the \w persons|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, they \w favoured|strong="H2603"\w* not the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*.<n>anger: or, face</n>


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As for us, our \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* as yet \w failed|strong="H3615"\w* for our \w vain|strong="H1892"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w*: in our \w watching|strong="H6836"\w* we have \w watched|strong="H6822"\w* for a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* <i>that</i> could not \w save|strong="H3467"\w* <i>us</i>.


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They \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* our \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*, that we cannot \w go|strong="H3212"\w* in our \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*: our \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, our \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w*; for our \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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Our \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* are \w swifter|strong="H7031"\w* than the \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: they \w pursued|strong="H1814"\w* us upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, they laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for us in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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The \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of our \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*, the \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* in their \w pits|strong="H7825"\w*, of whom we \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Under his \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* we shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* and be \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, that \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*; the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* also shall \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through unto thee: thou shalt be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*, and shalt make thyself \w naked|strong="H6168"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The punishment of thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* is \w accomplished|strong="H8552"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; he will no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* carry thee away into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w*: he will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; he will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.<n>The…: or, Thine iniquity</n><n>discover…: or, carry thee captive for thy sins</n><pb/>


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, what is come upon us: \w consider|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* our \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.


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Our \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* is \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* to \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*, our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* to \w aliens|strong="H5237"\w*.


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We are \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* and \w fatherless|strong="H0369"\w*, our \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w* <i>are</i> as \w widows|strong="H0490"\w*.


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We have \w drunken|strong="H8354"\w* our \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*; our \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* is \w sold|strong="H0935"\w* unto us.<n>is…: Heb. cometh for price</n>


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Our \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* <i>are</i> under \w persecution|strong="H7291"\w*: we \w labour|strong="H3021"\w*, <i>and</i> have no \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.<n>Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted</n>


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We have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>to</i> the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>and to</i> the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w*, to be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.


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Our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, <i>and are</i> \w not|strong="H0369"\w*; and we have \w borne|strong="H5445"\w* their \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*.


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\w Servants|strong="H5650"\w* have \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* over us: <i>there is</i> none that doth \w deliver|strong="H6561"\w* <i>us</i> out of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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We \w gat|strong="H0935"\w* our \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* with <i>the peril of</i> our \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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Our \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* was \w black|strong="H3648"\w* like an \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H2152"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.<n>terrible: or, terrors, or, storms</n>


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They \w ravished|strong="H6031"\w* the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w maids|strong="H1330"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Princes|strong="H8269"\w* are hanged \w up|strong="H8518"\w* by their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* were not \w honoured|strong="H1921"\w*.


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They \w took|strong="H5375"\w* the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* to \w grind|strong="H2911"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w fell|strong="H3782"\w* under the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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The \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* have \w ceased|strong="H7673"\w* from the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* from their \w musick|strong="H5058"\w*.


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The \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of our \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w ceased|strong="H7673"\w*; our \w dance|strong="H4234"\w* is \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*.


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The \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* <i>from</i> our \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: \w woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us, that we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*!<n>The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen</n><pb/>


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For this our \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w faint|strong="H1739"\w*; for these <i>things</i> our \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* are \w dim|strong="H2821"\w*.


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Because of the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, which is \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, the \w foxes|strong="H7776"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* upon it.


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Thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w remainest|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*; thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.


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Wherefore dost thou \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* us for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*, <i>and</i> \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* us so \w long|strong="H0753"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*?<n>so…: Heb. for length of days?</n>


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\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* thou us unto thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and we shall be \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*; \w renew|strong="H2318"\w* our \w days|strong="H3117"\w* as of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*.


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But thou hast \w utterly|strong="H3988"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* us; thou art \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* against us.<n>But…: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?</n>


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Now it came to pass in the \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* <i>month</i>, in the \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, as I <i>was</i> \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w captives|strong="H1473"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*, <i>that</i> the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* were \w opened|strong="H6605"\w*, and I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w visions|strong="H4759"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>captives: Heb. captivity</n>


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In the \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which <i>was</i> the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin’s|strong="H3112"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w*,


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came expressly unto \w Ezekiel|strong="H3168"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Buzi|strong="H0941"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*; and the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was there upon him.<n>Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel</n><pb/>


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¶ And I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, a \w whirlwind|strong="H7307"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, and a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w infolding|strong="H3947"\w* itself, and a \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* <i>was</i> \w about|strong="H5439"\w* it, and out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof as the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of \w amber|strong="H2830"\w*, out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>infolding…: Heb. catching itself</n>


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Also out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof <i>came</i> the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of \w four|strong="H0702"\w* living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*. And this <i>was</i> their \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w*; \w they|strong="H2007"\w* had the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.


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And every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.


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And their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* <i>were</i> \w straight|strong="H3477"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*; and the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* <i>was</i> like the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of a \w calf’s|strong="H5695"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*: and they \w sparkled|strong="H5340"\w* like the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of \w burnished|strong="H7044"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.<n>straight…: Heb. a straight foot</n>


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And <i>they had</i> the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* under their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* on their \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w sides|strong="H7253"\w*; and they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* and their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.


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Their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* <i>were</i> \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* \w one|strong="H0802"\w* to \w another|strong="H0269"\w*; they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not when they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*; they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w straight|strong="H5676"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*.


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As for the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w*: and they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of an \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* on the left \w side|strong="H8040"\w*; they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* also had the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*.


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Thus <i>were</i> their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*: and their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* <i>were</i> \w stretched|strong="H6504"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*; \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>wings</i> of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* <i>were</i> \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* their \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w*.<n>stretched…: or, divided above</n>


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And they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w straight|strong="H5676"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*: whither the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* was to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*; <i>and</i> they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not when they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*.


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As for the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, their \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* <i>was</i> like \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, <i>and</i> like the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w*: it went up and \w down|strong="H1980"\w* among the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*; and the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* was \w bright|strong="H5051"\w*, and out of the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w*.


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And the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w ran|strong="H7519"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of a flash of \w lightning|strong="H0965"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now as I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, behold \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, with his \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*.


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The \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* and their \w work|strong="H4639"\w* <i>was</i> like unto the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of a \w beryl|strong="H8658"\w*: and they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w*: and their \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* and their \w work|strong="H4639"\w* <i>was</i> as it were a \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* in the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w*.


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When they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* upon their \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w sides|strong="H7253"\w*: <i>and</i> they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not when they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*.


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As for their \w rings|strong="H1354"\w*, they were so \w high|strong="H1363"\w* that they were \w dreadful|strong="H3374"\w*; and their \w rings|strong="H1354"\w* <i>were</i> \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* them \w four|strong="H0702"\w*.<n>and their rings: or, and their strakes</n>


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And when the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* by \w them|strong="H0681"\w*: and when the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* were lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* were lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*.


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Whithersoever the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* was to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, thither <i>was their</i> \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*; and the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* were lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* them: for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*.<n>of…: or, of life</n>


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When those \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, <i>these</i> \w went|strong="H3212"\w*; and when those \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, <i>these</i> \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*; and when those were lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* were lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* them: for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*.<n>of…: or, of life</n>


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And the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w* upon the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* <i>was</i> as the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w crystal|strong="H7140"\w*, stretched \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* over their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.


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And under the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w* <i>were</i> their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w straight|strong="H3477"\w*, the \w one|strong="H0802"\w* toward the \w other|strong="H0269"\w*: every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* had \w two|strong="H8147"\w*, which \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* on this \w side|strong="H2007"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* had \w two|strong="H8147"\w*, which \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* on that \w side|strong="H2007"\w*, their \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w*.


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And when they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, like the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, as the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w speech|strong="H1999"\w*, as the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of an \w host|strong="H4264"\w*: when they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, they let \w down|strong="H7503"\w* their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.


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And there was a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w* that <i>was</i> over their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, when they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, <i>and</i> had let \w down|strong="H7503"\w* their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w above|strong="H4605"\w* the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w* that <i>was</i> over their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* <i>was</i> the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of a \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of a \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: and upon the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* <i>was</i> the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* upon it.


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And I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* as the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of \w amber|strong="H2830"\w*, as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* it, from the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* even \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, and from the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* even \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* as it were the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and it had \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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As the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* that is in the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, so <i>was</i> the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*. This <i>was</i> the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And when I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, I \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of one that \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*.<pb/>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* upon thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee.


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And the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into me when he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto me, and \w set|strong="H5975"\w* me upon my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, that I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* him that \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto me.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to a \w rebellious|strong="H4775"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* that hath \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against me: they and their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me, <i>even</i> unto this \w very|strong="H6106"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>nation: Heb. nations</n>


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For <i>they are</i> \w impudent|strong="H7186"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* and \w stiffhearted|strong="H2389"\w*. I do \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee unto them; and thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<n>impudent: Heb. hard of face</n>


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And they, whether they will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, or whether they will \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*, (for they <i>are</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,) yet shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there hath been a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ And thou, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of them, neither be \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of their \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, though \w briers|strong="H5621"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H5544"\w* <i>be</i> with thee, and thou dost \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* among \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*: be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of their \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, nor be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* at their \w looks|strong="H6440"\w*, though they <i>be</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>briers…: or, rebels</n>


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And thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto them, whether they will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, or whether they will \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*: for they <i>are</i> most \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w*.<n>most…: Heb. rebellion</n>


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But thou, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* what I \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee; Be \w not|strong="H1961"\w* thou \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* like that \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: \w open|strong="H6475"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee.<pb/>


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¶ And when I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, behold, an \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>was</i> \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto me; and, lo, a \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* of a \w book|strong="H5612"\w* <i>was</i> therein;


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And he \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; and it <i>was</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w within|strong="H6440"\w* and \w without|strong="H0268"\w*: and <i>there was</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* therein \w lamentations|strong="H7015"\w*, and \w mourning|strong="H1899"\w*, and \w woe|strong="H1958"\w*.<pb/>


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Moreover he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that thou \w findest|strong="H4672"\w*; \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* this \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So I \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and he caused me to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, cause thy \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thy \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* with this \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* that I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee. Then did I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>it;</i> and it was in my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* as \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* for \w sweetness|strong="H4966"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto them.


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For thou <i>art</i> not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of a \w strange|strong="H6012"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* and of an \w hard|strong="H3515"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w*, <i>but</i> to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;<n>of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue</n>


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Not to \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of a \w strange|strong="H6012"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* and of an \w hard|strong="H3515"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w*, whose \w words|strong="H1697"\w* thou canst not \w understand|strong="H8085"\w*. Surely, had I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee to them, they would have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto thee.<n>of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of language</n><n>Surely…: or, If I had sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee?</n>


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But the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto thee; for they \w will|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me: for all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>are</i> \w impudent|strong="H2389"\w* and \w hardhearted|strong="H7186"\w*.<n>impudent…: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart</n>


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Behold, I have \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w against|strong="H5980"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, and thy \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w against|strong="H5980"\w* their \w foreheads|strong="H4696"\w*.


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As an \w adamant|strong="H8068"\w* \w harder|strong="H2389"\w* than \w flint|strong="H6864"\w* have I \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*: \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* them not, neither be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* at their \w looks|strong="H6440"\w*, though they <i>be</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Moreover he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, all my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* with thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.


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And \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee to them of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; whether they will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, or whether they will \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*.


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Then the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* took me \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* me a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w rushing|strong="H7494"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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<i>I heard</i> also the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the living \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* that \w touched|strong="H5401"\w* \w one|strong="H0802"\w* \w another|strong="H0269"\w*, and the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* them, and a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w rushing|strong="H7494"\w*.<n>touched: Heb. kissed</n>


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So the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* lifted me \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and took me \w away|strong="H3947"\w*, and I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* in \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w*, in the \w heat|strong="H2534"\w* of my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*; but the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* upon me.<n>in bitterness: Heb. bitter</n><n>heat: Heb. hot anger</n><pb/>


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¶ Then I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* at \w Tel-abib|strong="H8512"\w*, that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*, and I \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* where they \w sat|strong="H3427"\w*, and \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* there \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, I have \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* at my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and give them \w warning|strong="H2094"\w* from me.


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When I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, Thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; and thou givest him not \w warning|strong="H2094"\w*, nor \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* to \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* from his \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, to save his \w life|strong="H2421"\w*; the same \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* <i>man</i> shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; but his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* will I \w require|strong="H1245"\w* at thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Yet if thou \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and he \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* not from his \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, nor from his \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; but thou hast \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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\w Again|strong="H7725"\w*, When a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* <i>man</i> doth \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*, and I \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* a \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: because thou hast not given him \w warning|strong="H2094"\w*, he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, and his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* which he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* shall not be \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w*; but his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* will I \w require|strong="H1245"\w* at thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses</n>


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Nevertheless if thou \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* <i>man</i>, that the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* not, and he doth not \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, because he is \w warned|strong="H2094"\w*; also thou hast \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was there upon me; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w plain|strong="H1237"\w*, and I will there \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* with thee.


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Then I \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w plain|strong="H1237"\w*: and, behold, the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* there, as the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* which I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*: and I \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Then the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into me, and \w set|strong="H5975"\w* me upon my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* with me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* thyself \w within|strong="H8432"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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But thou, O \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, behold, they shall \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w bands|strong="H5688"\w* upon thee, and shall \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* thee with them, and thou shalt not go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them:


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And I will make thy \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w cleave|strong="H1692"\w* to the roof of thy \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w*, that thou shalt be \w dumb|strong="H0481"\w*, and shalt not be to them a \w reprover|strong="H0376"\w*: for they <i>are</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>a reprover: Heb. a man reproving</n>


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But when I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* thee, I will \w open|strong="H6605"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; He that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*, let him \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; and he that \w forbeareth|strong="H2310"\w*, let him \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*: for they <i>are</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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Thou also, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w tile|strong="H3843"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, and \w pourtray|strong="H2710"\w* upon it the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:


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And \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* against it, and \w build|strong="H1129"\w* a \w fort|strong="H1785"\w* against it, and \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* a \w mount|strong="H5550"\w* against it; \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* also against it, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>battering</i> \w rams|strong="H3733"\w* against it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.<n>battering…: chief leaders</n>


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Moreover \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thou unto thee an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w pan|strong="H4227"\w*, and \w set|strong="H5414"\w* it <i>for</i> a \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* between thee and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and \w set|strong="H3559"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against it, and it shall be \w besieged|strong="H4692"\w*, and thou shalt lay \w siege|strong="H6696"\w* against it. This <i>shall be</i> a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>an…: or, a flat plate, or, slice</n>


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\w Lie|strong="H7901"\w* thou also upon thy \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* upon it: <i>according</i> to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that thou shalt \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* upon it thou shalt \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.


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For I have \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* upon thee the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, according to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: so shalt thou \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And when thou hast \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H0428"\w*, \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w* on thy \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*, and thou shalt \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: I have \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* thee each \w day|strong="H3117"\w* for a \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>each…: Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year</n>


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Therefore thou shalt \w set|strong="H3559"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and thine \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w uncovered|strong="H2834"\w*, and thou shalt \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* against it.


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And, behold, I will \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* \w bands|strong="H5688"\w* upon thee, and thou shalt not \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* thee from one \w side|strong="H6654"\w* to \w another|strong="H6654"\w*, till thou hast \w ended|strong="H3615"\w* the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w siege|strong="H4692"\w*.<n>from one…: Heb. from thy side to thy side</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thou also unto thee \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, and \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and \w beans|strong="H6321"\w*, and \w lentiles|strong="H5742"\w*, and \w millet|strong="H1764"\w*, and \w fitches|strong="H3698"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* thereof, <i>according</i> to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that thou shalt \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* upon thy \w side|strong="H6654"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shalt thou \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof.<n>fitches: or, spelt</n>


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And thy \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* which thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>shall be</i> by \w weight|strong="H4946"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: from \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w time|strong="H6256"\w* shalt thou \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it.


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Thou shalt \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* also \w water|strong="H4325"\w* by \w measure|strong="H4884"\w*, the sixth \w part|strong="H8345"\w* of an \w hin|strong="H1969"\w*: from \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w time|strong="H6256"\w* shalt thou \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it <i>as</i> \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w cakes|strong="H5692"\w*, and thou shalt \w bake|strong="H5746"\w* it with \w dung|strong="H1561"\w* that cometh \w out|strong="H6627"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Even thus shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their \w defiled|strong="H2931"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, whither I will \w drive|strong="H5080"\w* them.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, \w Ah|strong="H0162"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! behold, my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* hath not been \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w*: for from my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* up even till now have I not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* of that which dieth of \w itself|strong="H5038"\w*, or is torn in \w pieces|strong="H2966"\w*; neither \w came|strong="H0935"\w* there \w abominable|strong="H6292"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* into my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Lo|strong="H7200"\w*, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w cow’s|strong="H1241"\w* \w dung|strong="H6832"\w* for \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w dung|strong="H1561"\w*, and thou shalt \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* therewith.


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Moreover he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, behold, I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* by \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*, and with \w care|strong="H1674"\w*; and they shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* by \w measure|strong="H4884"\w*, and with \w astonishment|strong="H8078"\w*:


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That they may \w want|strong="H2637"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and be \w astonied|strong="H8074"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, and consume \w away|strong="H4743"\w* for their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.<pb/>


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And thou, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w sharp|strong="H2299"\w* \w knife|strong="H2719"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w barber’s|strong="H1532"\w* \w razor|strong="H8593"\w*, and cause <i>it</i> to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* upon thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* and upon thy \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*: then \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee \w balances|strong="H3976"\w* to \w weigh|strong="H4948"\w*, and \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the <i>hair</i>.


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Thou shalt \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0217"\w* a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, when the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* are \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w*: and thou shalt \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w*, <i>and</i> \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* it with a \w knife|strong="H2719"\w*: and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* thou shalt \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* in the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*; and I will draw \w out|strong="H7324"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them.


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Thou shalt also \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thereof a \w few|strong="H4592"\w* in \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, and \w bind|strong="H6696"\w* them in thy \w skirts|strong="H3671"\w*.<n>skirts: Heb. wings</n>


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Then take of them \w again|strong="H3947"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* them into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* them in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; <i>for</i> thereof shall a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; This <i>is</i> \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: I have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* it in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* <i>that are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* her.


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And she hath \w changed|strong="H4784"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* into \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w* more than the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* more than the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* her: for they have \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, they have not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in them.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Because ye \w multiplied|strong="H1995"\w* more than the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* you, <i>and</i> have not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, neither have \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, neither have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according to the \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* you;


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Behold, I, even I, <i>am</i> against thee, and will \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.


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And I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in thee that which I have not \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, and whereunto I will not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* any more the like, \w because|strong="H3282"\w* of all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.


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Therefore the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee, and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and I will \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgments|strong="H8201"\w* in thee, and the whole \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of thee will I \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* into all the \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*.


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Wherefore, <i>as</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Surely, because thou hast \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* my \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* with all thy detestable \w things|strong="H8251"\w*, and with all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, therefore will I also \w diminish|strong="H1639"\w* <i>thee;</i> neither shall mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, neither will I have any \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ A third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of thee shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, and with \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* shall they be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee: and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee; and I will \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* into all the \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*, and I will draw \w out|strong="H7324"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them.


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Thus shall mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* be \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w*, and I will cause my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* upon them, and I will be \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w*: and they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i> in my \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w*, when I have \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* in them.


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Moreover I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w waste|strong="H2723"\w*, and a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee, in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all that pass \w by|strong="H5674"\w*.


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So it shall be a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* and a \w taunt|strong="H1422"\w*, an \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* and an \w astonishment|strong="H4923"\w* unto the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee, when I shall \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgments|strong="H8201"\w* in thee in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* and in \w furious|strong="H2534"\w* \w rebukes|strong="H8433"\w*. I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.


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When I shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* upon them the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* of \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, which shall be for <i>their</i> \w destruction|strong="H4889"\w*, <i>and</i> which I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* you: and I will \w increase|strong="H3254"\w* the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* upon you, and will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* your \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*:


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So will I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* upon you \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w*, and they shall \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* thee; and \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* and \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* thee; and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon thee. I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.<pb/>


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* against them,


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* to the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and to the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, to the \w rivers|strong="H0650"\w*, and to the \w valleys|strong="H1516"\w*; Behold, I, <i>even</i> I, will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon you, and I will \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* your high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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And your \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, and your \w images|strong="H2553"\w* shall be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*: and I will cast \w down|strong="H5307"\w* your \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* <i>men</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* your \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*.<n>images: or, sun images</n>


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And I will \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* the dead \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*; and I will \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* your \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* your \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.<n>lay: Heb. give</n>


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In all your \w dwellingplaces|strong="H4186"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* shall be laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w*, and the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H3456"\w*; that your \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* may be laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* and made \w desolate|strong="H0816"\w*, and your \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* may be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* and \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, and your \w images|strong="H2553"\w* may be cut \w down|strong="H1438"\w*, and your \w works|strong="H4639"\w* may be \w abolished|strong="H4229"\w*.<n>images: or, sun images</n>


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And the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of you, and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Yet will I leave a \w remnant|strong="H3498"\w*, that ye may have <i>some</i> that shall \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, when ye shall be \w scattered|strong="H2219"\w* through the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And they that \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* of you shall \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whither they shall be carried \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, because I am \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* with their \w whorish|strong="H2181"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, which hath \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and with their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, which go a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*: and they shall \w lothe|strong="H6962"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* for the \w evils|strong="H7451"\w* which they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* in all their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.


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And they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and that</i> I have not \w said|strong="H1696"\w* in \w vain|strong="H2600"\w* that I would \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* unto them.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* with thine \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w stamp|strong="H7554"\w* with thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0253"\w* for all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! for they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*.


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He that is far \w off|strong="H7350"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* of the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*; and he that is \w near|strong="H7138"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and he that \w remaineth|strong="H7604"\w* and is \w besieged|strong="H5341"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*: thus will I \w accomplish|strong="H3615"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon them.


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Then shall ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when their \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* <i>men</i> shall be \w among|strong="H8432"\w* their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, upon every \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, in all the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and under every \w thick|strong="H5687"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where they did \w offer|strong="H5414"\w* \w sweet|strong="H5207"\w* \w savour|strong="H7381"\w* to all their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*.


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So will I stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon them, and \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, yea, more \w desolate|strong="H4923"\w* than the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* toward \w Diblath|strong="H1689"\w*, in all their \w habitations|strong="H4186"\w*: and they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>more…: or, desolate from the wilderness</n><pb/>


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Moreover the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Also, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* unto the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; An \w end|strong="H7093"\w*, the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Now <i>is</i> the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* <i>come</i> upon thee, and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* upon thee, and will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thee according to thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* upon thee all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.<n>recompense: Heb. give</n>


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And mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* thee, neither will I have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*: but I will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* upon thee, and thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* shall be in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee: and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; An \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, an \w only|strong="H0259"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, behold, is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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An \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: it \w watcheth|strong="H6974"\w* for thee; behold, it is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.<n>watcheth for: Heb. awaketh against</n>


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The \w morning|strong="H6843"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, O thou that \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H4103"\w* <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, and not the sounding \w again|strong="H1906"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.<n>sounding…: or, echo</n>


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Now will I \w shortly|strong="H7138"\w* pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon thee, and \w accomplish|strong="H3615"\w* mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* upon thee: and I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thee according to thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* thee for all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.


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And mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, neither will I have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*: I will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* thee according to thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* <i>that</i> are in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w*.<n>thee according: Heb. upon thee, etc</n>


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Behold the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, behold, it is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: the \w morning|strong="H6843"\w* is gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*; the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* hath \w blossomed|strong="H6692"\w*, \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* hath \w budded|strong="H6524"\w*.


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\w Violence|strong="H2555"\w* is risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* into a \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*: none of them <i>shall remain</i>, nor of their \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, nor of \w any|strong="H1991"\w* of theirs: neither <i>shall there be</i> \w wailing|strong="H5089"\w* for them.<n>theirs: or, their tumultuous persons: Heb. tumult</n>


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The \w time|strong="H6256"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* draweth \w near|strong="H5060"\w*: let not the \w buyer|strong="H7069"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, nor the \w seller|strong="H4376"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*: for \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w* <i>is</i> upon all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* thereof.


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For the \w seller|strong="H4376"\w* shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to that which is \w sold|strong="H4465"\w*, although they were yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*: for the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* <i>is</i> touching the whole \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* thereof, <i>which</i> shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*; neither shall \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* himself in the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>although they…: Heb. though their life were yet among the living</n><n>in the…: or, whose life is in his iniquity</n><n>the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity</n>


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They have \w blown|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H8619"\w*, even to make all \w ready|strong="H3559"\w*; but none \w goeth|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: for my \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w* <i>is</i> upon all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* thereof.


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The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>is</i> \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, and the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* and the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w*: he that <i>is</i> in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and he that <i>is</i> in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* and \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ But they that \w escape|strong="H6403"\w* of them shall \w escape|strong="H6412"\w*, and shall be on the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* like \w doves|strong="H3123"\w* of the \w valleys|strong="H1516"\w*, all of them \w mourning|strong="H1993"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* for his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.


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All \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall be \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*, and all \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* shall be \w weak|strong="H3212"\w* <i>as</i> \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>be weak…: Heb. go into water</n>


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They shall also \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* <i>themselves</i> with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w horror|strong="H6427"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* them; and \w shame|strong="H0955"\w* <i>shall be</i> upon all \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w* upon all their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.


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They shall \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, and their \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* shall be \w removed|strong="H5079"\w*: their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and their \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* them in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: they shall not \w satisfy|strong="H7646"\w* their \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*, neither \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* their \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*: because it is the \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* of their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.<n>removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness</n><n>it is…: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock</n><pb/>


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¶ As for the \w beauty|strong="H6643"\w* of his \w ornament|strong="H5716"\w*, he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* it in \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w*: but they \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* <i>and</i> of their detestable \w things|strong="H8251"\w* therein: therefore have I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* it \w far|strong="H5079"\w* from them.<n>set it far…: or, made it unto them an unclean thing</n>


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* for a \w prey|strong="H0957"\w*, and to the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for a \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*; and they shall \w pollute|strong="H2490"\w* it.


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My \w face|strong="H6440"\w* will I \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* also from them, and they shall \w pollute|strong="H2490"\w* my \w secret|strong="H6845"\w* <i>place:</i> for the \w robbers|strong="H6530"\w* shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into it, and \w defile|strong="H2490"\w* it.<n>robbers: or, burglers</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* a \w chain|strong="H7569"\w*: for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w crimes|strong="H4941"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*.


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Wherefore I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w worst|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and they shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*: I will also make the \w pomp|strong="H1347"\w* of the \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*; and their holy \w places|strong="H6942"\w* shall be \w defiled|strong="H2490"\w*.<n>their holy…: or, they shall inherit their holy places</n>


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\w Destruction|strong="H7089"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*; and they shall \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and <i>there shall be</i> none.<n>Destruction: Heb. Cutting off</n>


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\w Mischief|strong="H1943"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w mischief|strong="H1943"\w*, and \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w* shall be upon \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w*; then shall they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; but the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* from the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* from the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w*.


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The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, and the \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* shall be \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, and the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*: I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them after their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and according to their \w deserts|strong="H4941"\w* will I \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* them; and they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>according…: Heb. with their judgments</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* <i>month</i>, in the \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>as</i> I \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* there upon me.


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Then I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*, and lo a \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: from the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* even \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; and from his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* even \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w brightness|strong="H2096"\w*, as the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of \w amber|strong="H2830"\w*.


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And he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* the \w form|strong="H8403"\w* of an \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* me by a \w lock|strong="H6734"\w* of mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* lifted me \w up|strong="H5375"\w* between the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* and the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me in the \w visions|strong="H4759"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* that \w looketh|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*; where <i>was</i> the \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* of the \w image|strong="H5566"\w* of \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w*, which provoketh to \w jealousy|strong="H7069"\w*.


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And, behold, the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> there, according to the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w* that I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w plain|strong="H1237"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* now the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. So I lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and behold \w northward|strong="H6828"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* this \w image|strong="H5566"\w* of \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w* in the \w entry|strong="H0872"\w*.


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He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* furthermore unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou what they \w do|strong="H6213"\w*? <i>even</i> the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* that the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w committeth|strong="H6213"\w* here, that I should go far \w off|strong="H7368"\w* from my \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*? but \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* thee yet again, <i>and</i> thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me to the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w court|strong="H2691"\w*; and when I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, behold \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w hole|strong="H2356"\w* in the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w dig|strong="H2864"\w* now in the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: and when I had \w digged|strong="H2864"\w* in the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, behold \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* that they \w do|strong="H6213"\w* here.


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So I went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; and behold every \w form|strong="H8403"\w* of creeping \w things|strong="H7431"\w*, and \w abominable|strong="H8263"\w* \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, and all the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w pourtrayed|strong="H2707"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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And there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of them \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, with every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w censer|strong="H4730"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and a \w thick|strong="H6282"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* of \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* what the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w chambers|strong="H2315"\w* of his \w imagery|strong="H4906"\w*? for they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* us not; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* also unto me, \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* thee yet again, <i>and</i> thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* that they \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Then he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me to the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which <i>was</i> toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*; and, behold, there \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* for \w Tammuz|strong="H8542"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, Hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>this</i>, O \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*? \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* thee yet again, <i>and</i> thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* than these.


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And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me into the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and, behold, at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, between the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* and the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, <i>were</i> about \w five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, with their \w backs|strong="H0268"\w* toward the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*; and they \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>this</i>, O \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*? Is it a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that they \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* which they \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* here? for they have \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* with \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*, and have \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*: and, lo, they \w put|strong="H7971"\w* the \w branch|strong="H2156"\w* to their \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*.<n>Is it…: or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit</n>


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Therefore will I also \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*: mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, neither will I have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*: and though they \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, <i>yet</i> will I not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* them.<pb/>


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He \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* also in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Cause them that have \w charge|strong="H6486"\w* over the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, even every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>with</i> his \w destroying|strong="H4892"\w* \w weapon|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And, behold, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w higher|strong="H5945"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, which \w lieth|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* a \w slaughter|strong="H4660"\w* \w weapon|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them <i>was</i> \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, with a \w writer’s|strong="H5608"\w* \w inkhorn|strong="H7083"\w* by his \w side|strong="H4975"\w*: and they went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.<n>which lieth: Heb. which is turned</n><n>a slaughter…: Heb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces</n><n>by his…: Heb. upon his loins</n>


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And the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, whereupon he was, to the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, which <i>had</i> the \w writer’s|strong="H5608"\w* \w inkhorn|strong="H7083"\w* by his \w side|strong="H4975"\w*;


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, through the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w set|strong="H8427"\w* a \w mark|strong="H8420"\w* upon the \w foreheads|strong="H4696"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w sigh|strong="H0584"\w* and that \w cry|strong="H0602"\w* for all the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* that be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof.<n>set a mark: Heb. mark a mark</n><pb/>


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¶ And to the \w others|strong="H0428"\w* he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in mine \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w*, \w Go|strong="H5674"\w* ye \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him through the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w*: let not your \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, neither have ye \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*:<n>mine hearing: Heb. mine ears</n>


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\w Slay|strong="H2026"\w* \w utterly|strong="H4889"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* <i>and</i> \w young|strong="H0970"\w*, both \w maids|strong="H1330"\w*, and little \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: but come not \w near|strong="H5066"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* upon whom <i>is</i> the \w mark|strong="H8420"\w*; and \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* at my \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*. Then they \w began|strong="H2490"\w* at the \w ancient|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* which <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>utterly: Heb. to destruction</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Defile|strong="H2930"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* the \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* with the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*: go ye \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*. And they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, while they were \w slaying|strong="H5221"\w* them, and I was \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, that I \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ah|strong="H0162"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! wilt thou \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* all the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in thy pouring \w out|strong="H8210"\w* of thy \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, The \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>is</i> \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w perverseness|strong="H4297"\w*: for they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* not.<n>full of blood: Heb. filled with, etc</n><n>perverseness: or, wresting of judgment</n>


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And as for me also, mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, neither will I have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*, <i>but</i> I will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* upon their \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And, behold, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, which <i>had</i> the \w inkhorn|strong="H7083"\w* by his \w side|strong="H4975"\w*, \w reported|strong="H7725"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* as thou hast \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me.<n>reported…: Heb. returned the word</n><pb/>


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Then I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, in the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w* that was above the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* there \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* over them as it were a \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of a \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.


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And he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* the \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w*, <i>even</i> under the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H2651"\w* with \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* from \w between|strong="H0996"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w scatter|strong="H2236"\w* <i>them</i> over the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. And he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand</n>


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Now the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*; and the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*.


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Then the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* went \w up|strong="H7311"\w* from the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, <i>and stood</i> over the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, and the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of the \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.<n>went up: Heb. was lifted up</n>


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And the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w cherubims’|strong="H3742"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>even</i> to the \w outer|strong="H2435"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, as the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* when he \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when he had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* from between the \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w*, from between the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*; then he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*.


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And <i>one</i> \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* stretched \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from between the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* unto the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* that <i>was</i> between the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* <i>thereof</i>, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w hands|strong="H2651"\w* of <i>him that was</i> \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*: who \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i>, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>stretched forth: Heb. sent forth</n><pb/>


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¶ And there \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* the \w form|strong="H8403"\w* of a \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* under their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.


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And when I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, behold the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*: and the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* <i>was</i> as the \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* of a \w beryl|strong="H8658"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*.


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And <i>as for</i> their \w appearances|strong="H4758"\w*, they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w*, as if a \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* had been in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w*.


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When they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* upon their \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w sides|strong="H7253"\w*; they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not as they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, but to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* whither the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* they \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* it; they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not as they \w went|strong="H3212"\w*.


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And their whole \w body|strong="H1320"\w*, and their \w backs|strong="H1354"\w*, and their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, and the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*, <i>were</i> \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* that they \w four|strong="H0702"\w* had.<n>body: Heb. flesh</n>


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As for the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*, it was \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto them in my \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w*, O \w wheel|strong="H1534"\w*.<n>it was…: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal</n>


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And every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*: the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* <i>was</i> the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of a \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* <i>was</i> the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*.


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And the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* were lifted \w up|strong="H7426"\w*. This <i>is</i> the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* that I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*.


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And when the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* by \w them|strong="H0681"\w*: and when the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* to mount \w up|strong="H7311"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the same \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w also|strong="H1992"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* not from \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* them.


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When they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, <i>these</i> \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*; and when they were lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w*, <i>these</i> lifted \w up|strong="H7426"\w* themselves <i>also:</i> for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* <i>was</i> in them.<n>of…: or, of life</n>


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Then the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w departed|strong="H3318"\w* from off the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* over the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.


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And the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, and mounted \w up|strong="H7426"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: when they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* also <i>were</i> \w beside|strong="H5980"\w* them, and <i>every one</i> \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6931"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> over them \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.


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This <i>is</i> the living \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* that I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* under the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*; and I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that they <i>were</i> the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.


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Every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w apiece|strong="H0259"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*; and the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>was</i> under their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.


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And the \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* of their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* <i>was</i> the \w same|strong="H1992"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* which I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* by the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Chebar|strong="H3529"\w*, their \w appearances|strong="H4758"\w* and themselves: they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w straight|strong="H5676"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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Moreover the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* lifted me \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me unto the \w east|strong="H6931"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which \w looketh|strong="H6437"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6921"\w*: and behold at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; \w among|strong="H8432"\w* whom I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azur|strong="H5809"\w*, and \w Pelatiah|strong="H6410"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, \w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, these <i>are</i> the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w mischief|strong="H0205"\w*, and \w give|strong="H3289"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*:


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Which \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> not \w near|strong="H7138"\w*; let us \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*: this <i>city is</i> the \w caldron|strong="H5518"\w*, and we <i>be</i> the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.<n>It is…: or, It is not for us to build houses near</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* against them, \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*, O \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Thus have ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the things that \w come|strong="H4609"\w* into your \w mind|strong="H7307"\w*, <i>every one of</i> them.


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Ye have \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* your \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and ye have \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* thereof with the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Your \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* whom ye have \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of it, they <i>are</i> the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and this <i>city is</i> the \w caldron|strong="H5518"\w*: but I will bring you \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of it.


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Ye have \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.


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And I will bring you \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* you into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*, and will \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgments|strong="H8201"\w* among you.


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Ye shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* you in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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This <i>city</i> shall not be your \w caldron|strong="H5518"\w*, neither shall ye be the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof; <i>but</i> I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* you in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:


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And ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for ye have not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, neither \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, but have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* after the \w manners|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* you.<n>for ye…: or, which have not walked</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when I \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*, that \w Pelatiah|strong="H6410"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. Then fell I \w down|strong="H5307"\w* upon my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ah|strong="H0162"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! wilt thou \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?<pb/>


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Again the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, <i>even</i> thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of thy \w kindred|strong="H1353"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* wholly, <i>are</i> they unto whom the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Get you \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: unto us is this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* in \w possession|strong="H4181"\w*.


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Therefore \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Although I have cast them far \w off|strong="H7368"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and although I have \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* them among the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, yet will I be to them as a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* in the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* where they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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Therefore \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; I will even \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* you from the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* you out of the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* where ye have been \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* thither, and they shall take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* all the detestable \w things|strong="H8251"\w* thereof and all the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* thereof from thence.


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and I will \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* you; and I will \w take|strong="H5493"\w* the \w stony|strong="H0068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* out of their \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them an \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*:


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That they may \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* mine \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them: and they shall be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and I will be their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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But <i>as for them</i> whose \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* after the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of their detestable \w things|strong="H8251"\w* and their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, I will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* upon their own \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then did the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, and the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w beside|strong="H5980"\w* them; and the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> over them \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.


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And the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* which <i>is</i> on the east \w side|strong="H6924"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Afterwards the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* took me \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me in a \w vision|strong="H4758"\w* by the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* into \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w*, to them of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*. So the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w* that I had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from me.


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Then I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto them of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* all the \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* also came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, thou \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which have \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* not; they have \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* not: for they <i>are</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Therefore, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* for \w removing|strong="H1473"\w*, and \w remove|strong="H1540"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*; and thou shalt \w remove|strong="H1540"\w* from thy \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: it may be they will \w consider|strong="H7200"\w*, though they <i>be</i> a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>stuff: or, instruments</n>


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Then shalt thou bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* thy \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, as \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* for \w removing|strong="H1473"\w*: and thou shalt go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, as they that go \w forth|strong="H4161"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*.<n>as they…: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity</n>


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\w Dig|strong="H2864"\w* thou through the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, and carry \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thereby.<n>Dig…: Heb. Dig for thee</n>


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In their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* shalt thou \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* <i>it</i> upon <i>thy</i> \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*, <i>and</i> carry <i>it</i> \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5939"\w*: thou shalt \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, that thou \w see|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: for I have \w set|strong="H5414"\w* thee <i>for</i> a \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And I \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so as I was \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*: I brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* my \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, as \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* for \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, and in the \w even|strong="H6153"\w* I \w digged|strong="H2864"\w* through the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* with mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; I brought <i>it</i> \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5939"\w*, <i>and</i> I \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* <i>it</i> upon <i>my</i> \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>digged: Heb. digged for me</n><pb/>


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¶ And in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, hath not the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, What \w doest|strong="H6213"\w* thou?


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* thou unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; This \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* <i>concerneth</i> the \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that <i>are</i> \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> your \w sign|strong="H4159"\w*: like as I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, so shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto them: they shall \w remove|strong="H1473"\w* <i>and</i> \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.<n>they…: Heb. by removing go into captivity</n>


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And the \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* that <i>is</i> \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them shall \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* upon <i>his</i> \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5939"\w*, and shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: they shall \w dig|strong="H2864"\w* through the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* to carry \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thereby: he shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H3282"\w* he \w see|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* with <i>his</i> \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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My \w net|strong="H7568"\w* also will I \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* upon him, and he shall be \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* in my \w snare|strong="H4686"\w*: and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* <i>to</i> the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*; yet shall he not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* it, though he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* there.


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And I will \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* toward every \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* all that <i>are</i> \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him to \w help|strong="H5828"\w* him, and all his \w bands|strong="H0102"\w*; and I will draw \w out|strong="H7324"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them.


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And they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when I shall \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* them among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w disperse|strong="H2219"\w* them in the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*.


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But I will \w leave|strong="H3498"\w* a \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of them from the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, from the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and from the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*; that they may \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* all their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* whither they \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; and they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>a few…: Heb. men of number</n><pb/>


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¶ Moreover the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* with \w quaking|strong="H7494"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* thy \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with \w trembling|strong="H7269"\w* and with \w carefulness|strong="H1674"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, <i>and</i> of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; They shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* with \w carefulness|strong="H1674"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* their \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with \w astonishment|strong="H8078"\w*, that her \w land|strong="H0776"\w* may be \w desolate|strong="H3456"\w* from all that is \w therein|strong="H4393"\w*, because of the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* of all them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.<n>all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</n>


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And the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that are \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* shall be laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, what <i>is</i> that \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* <i>that</i> ye have in the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w prolonged|strong="H0748"\w*, and every \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w faileth|strong="H0006"\w*?


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\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* them therefore, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; I will make this \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, and they shall no more use it as a \w proverb|strong="H4911"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; but \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, The \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are at \w hand|strong="H7126"\w*, and the \w effect|strong="H1697"\w* of every \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*.


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For there shall be no more any \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* nor \w flattering|strong="H2509"\w* \w divination|strong="H4738"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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For I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that I shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* shall come to \w pass|strong="H6213"\w*; it shall be no more \w prolonged|strong="H4900"\w*: for in your \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, O \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, will I \w say|strong="H1696"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and will \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* it, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Again the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, behold, <i>they of</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* that he \w seeth|strong="H2372"\w* <i>is</i> for \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>to come</i>, and he \w prophesieth|strong="H5012"\w* of the \w times|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that are</i> \w far|strong="H7350"\w* off.


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Therefore \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; There shall none of my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* be \w prolonged|strong="H4900"\w* any more, but the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* against the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thou unto them that \w prophesy|strong="H5030"\w* out of their own \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*;<n>that prophesy out…: Heb. that are prophets out of their own hearts</n>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto the \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, that \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* their own \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, and have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* nothing!<n>follow: Heb. walk after</n><n>and…: or, and things which they have not seen</n>


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O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* are like the \w foxes|strong="H7776"\w* in the \w deserts|strong="H2723"\w*.


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Ye have not gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w gaps|strong="H6556"\w*, neither made \w up|strong="H1443"\w* the \w hedge|strong="H1447"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>gaps: or, breaches</n><n>made…: Heb. hedged the hedge</n>


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They have \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w* and \w lying|strong="H3577"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them: and they have made <i>others</i> to \w hope|strong="H3176"\w* that they would \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Have ye not \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* a \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* \w vision|strong="H4236"\w*, and have ye not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* a \w lying|strong="H3577"\w* \w divination|strong="H4738"\w*, whereas ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* <i>it;</i> albeit I have not \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w*?


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Because ye have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, and \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*, therefore, behold, I <i>am</i> against you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.


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And mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall be upon the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w see|strong="H2374"\w* \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, and that \w divine|strong="H7080"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*: they shall not be in the \w assembly|strong="H5475"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, neither shall they be \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, neither shall they \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<n>assembly: or, secret, or, counsel</n><pb/>


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¶ Because, even because they have \w seduced|strong="H2937"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and <i>there was</i> no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and one built \w up|strong="H1129"\w* a \w wall|strong="H2434"\w*, and, \w lo|strong="H2009"\w*, others \w daubed|strong="H2902"\w* it with \w untempered|strong="H8602"\w* <i>morter:</i><n>a wall: or, a slight wall</n>


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them which \w daub|strong="H2902"\w* <i>it</i> with \w untempered|strong="H8602"\w* <i>morter</i>, that it shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: there shall be an \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w shower|strong="H1653"\w*; and \w ye|strong="H0859"\w*, O great \w hailstones|strong="H0417"\w*, shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*; and a \w stormy|strong="H5591"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* shall \w rend|strong="H1234"\w* <i>it</i>.


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Lo, when the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, shall it not be \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, Where <i>is</i> the \w daubing|strong="H2915"\w* wherewith ye have \w daubed|strong="H2902"\w* <i>it</i>?


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; I will even \w rend|strong="H1234"\w* <i>it</i> with a \w stormy|strong="H5591"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* in my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*; and there shall be an \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w shower|strong="H1653"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and great \w hailstones|strong="H0417"\w* in <i>my</i> \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* to \w consume|strong="H3617"\w* <i>it</i>.


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So will I break \w down|strong="H2040"\w* the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* that ye have \w daubed|strong="H2902"\w* with \w untempered|strong="H8602"\w* <i>morter</i>, and \w bring|strong="H5060"\w* it down to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, so that the \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w* thereof shall be \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, and it shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and ye shall be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof: and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus will I \w accomplish|strong="H3615"\w* my \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and upon them that have \w daubed|strong="H2902"\w* it with \w untempered|strong="H8602"\w* <i>morter</i>, and will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, The \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* <i>is</i> no <i>more</i>, neither they that \w daubed|strong="H2902"\w* it;


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<i>To wit</i>, the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* concerning \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and which \w see|strong="H2374"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* for her, and <i>there is</i> no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Likewise, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* out of their own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; and \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* thou against them,


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the <i>women</i> that \w sew|strong="H8609"\w* \w pillows|strong="H3704"\w* to all \w armholes|strong="H0679"\w*, and \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w kerchiefs|strong="H4555"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of every \w stature|strong="H6967"\w* to \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*! Will ye \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and will ye \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* <i>that come</i> unto you?<n>armholes: or, elbows</n>


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And will ye \w pollute|strong="H2490"\w* me among my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for \w handfuls|strong="H8168"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* and for \w pieces|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* that should not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and to \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* that should not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, by your \w lying|strong="H3576"\w* to my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* <i>your</i> \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*?


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Wherefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Behold, I <i>am</i> against your \w pillows|strong="H3704"\w*, wherewith \w ye|strong="H0859"\w* there \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* to make <i>them</i> \w fly|strong="H6524"\w*, and I will \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* them from your \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, and will let the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* that ye \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* to make <i>them</i> \w fly|strong="H6524"\w*.<n>to make…: or, into gardens</n>


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Your \w kerchiefs|strong="H4555"\w* also will I \w tear|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* out of your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and they shall be no more in your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to be \w hunted|strong="H4686"\w*; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Because with \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* ye have made the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w sad|strong="H3512"\w*, whom I have not made \w sad|strong="H3510"\w*; and \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*, that he should not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, by promising him \w life|strong="H2421"\w*:<n>by…: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him</n>


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Therefore ye shall \w see|strong="H2372"\w* no more \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, nor \w divine|strong="H7080"\w* \w divinations|strong="H7081"\w*: for I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* out of your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto me, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, these \w men|strong="H0582"\w* have set \w up|strong="H5927"\w* their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* in their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* of their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w before|strong="H5227"\w* their \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: should I be \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* of at \w all|strong="H1875"\w* by them?


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Therefore \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that setteth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* his \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w putteth|strong="H7760"\w* the \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* of his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w before|strong="H5227"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* him that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* according to the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*;


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That I may \w take|strong="H8610"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in their own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, because they are all \w estranged|strong="H2114"\w* from me through their \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; \w Repent|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* <i>yourselves</i> from your \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*; and turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* your \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* from all your \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.<n>yourselves: or, others</n>


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For every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, or of the \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* that \w sojourneth|strong="H1481"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w separateth|strong="H5144"\w* himself from \w me|strong="H0310"\w*, and setteth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* his \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w putteth|strong="H7760"\w* the \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* of his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w before|strong="H5227"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of him concerning me; I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* him by myself:


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And I will \w set|strong="H5414"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against that \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and will \w make|strong="H8074"\w* him a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* and a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w*, and I will cut him \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And if the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* be \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* when he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* that \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and I will stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon him, and will \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* him from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And they shall \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the punishment of their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*: the \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* shall be even as the \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* of him that \w seeketh|strong="H1875"\w* <i>unto him;</i>


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That the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* may go no more \w astray|strong="H8582"\w* from \w me|strong="H0310"\w*, neither be \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w* any more with all their \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*; but that they may be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and I may be their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came again to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, when the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w* against me by \w trespassing|strong="H4603"\w* \w grievously|strong="H4604"\w*, then will I stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon it, and will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* of the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* thereof, and will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* upon it, and will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* from it:


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Though these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, and \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, were in \w it|strong="H8432"\w*, they should \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* <i>but</i> their own \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* by their \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w If|strong="H3863"\w* I cause \w noisome|strong="H7451"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and they \w spoil|strong="H7921"\w* it, so that it be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, that no man may pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w*:<n>spoil: or, bereave</n>


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<i>Though</i> these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were</i> in \w it|strong="H8432"\w*, <i>as</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, they shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* neither \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* nor \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*; they only shall be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*, but the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*.<n>in it: Heb. in the midst of it</n><pb/>


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¶ Or <i>if</i> I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon that \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Sword|strong="H2719"\w*, go \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; so that I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* from it:


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Though these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were</i> in \w it|strong="H8432"\w*, <i>as</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, they shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* neither \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* nor \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, but they only shall be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* themselves.<pb/>


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¶ Or <i>if</i> I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* into that \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon it in \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from it \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*:


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Though \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, and \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, <i>were</i> in \w it|strong="H8432"\w*, <i>as</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, they shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* neither \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w nor|strong="H0518"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*; they shall <i>but</i> \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* their own \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* by their \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; How much more when I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* my \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w sore|strong="H7451"\w* \w judgments|strong="H8201"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and the \w noisome|strong="H7451"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w*, and the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from it \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*?<n>How…: or, Also when</n><pb/>


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¶ Yet, behold, therein shall be \w left|strong="H3498"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H6413"\w* that shall be brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, <i>both</i> \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: behold, they shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto you, and ye shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* and their \w doings|strong="H5949"\w*: and ye shall be \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* concerning the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, <i>even</i> concerning all that I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon it.


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And they shall \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* you, when ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and their \w doings|strong="H5949"\w*: and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I have not \w done|strong="H6213"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w* all that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in it, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, What is the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* more than any \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, <i>or than</i> a \w branch|strong="H2156"\w* which is among the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*?


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Shall \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* be \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* thereof to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* any \w work|strong="H4399"\w*? or will <i>men</i> \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w pin|strong="H3489"\w* of it to \w hang|strong="H8518"\w* any \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* thereon?


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Behold, it is \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* for \w fuel|strong="H0402"\w*; the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w ends|strong="H7098"\w* of it, and the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of it is \w burned|strong="H2787"\w*. Is it \w meet|strong="H6743"\w* for <i>any</i> \w work|strong="H4399"\w*?<n>Is it…: Heb. Will it prosper?</n>


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Behold, when it was \w whole|strong="H8549"\w*, it was \w meet|strong="H6213"\w* for no \w work|strong="H4399"\w*: how much less shall it be \w meet|strong="H6213"\w* yet for <i>any</i> \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, when the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* it, and it is \w burned|strong="H2787"\w*?<n>meet: Heb. made fit</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; As the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* among the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, which I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* for \w fuel|strong="H0402"\w*, so will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And I will \w set|strong="H5414"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against them; they shall go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from <i>one</i> \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and <i>another</i> \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them; and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when I \w set|strong="H7760"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against them.


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And I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, because they have \w committed|strong="H4603"\w* a \w trespass|strong="H4604"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<n>committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass</n><pb/>


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, cause \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* her \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*,


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; Thy \w birth|strong="H4351"\w* and thy \w nativity|strong="H4138"\w* <i>is</i> of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*; thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>was</i> an \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w*, and thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* an \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*.<n>birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation</n>


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And <i>as for</i> thy \w nativity|strong="H4138"\w*, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou wast \w born|strong="H3205"\w* thy \w navel|strong="H8270"\w* was not \w cut|strong="H3772"\w*, neither wast thou \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* in \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to \w supple|strong="H4935"\w* <i>thee;</i> thou wast not \w salted|strong="H4414"\w* at \w all|strong="H4414"\w*, nor \w swaddled|strong="H2853"\w* at \w all|strong="H2853"\w*.<n>to supple…: or, when I looked upon thee</n>


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None \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w pitied|strong="H2347"\w* thee, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H0259"\w* of these unto thee, to have \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* upon thee; but thou wast cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, to the \w lothing|strong="H1604"\w* of thy \w person|strong="H5315"\w*, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thou wast \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when I \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by thee, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* thee \w polluted|strong="H0947"\w* in thine own \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee <i>when thou wast</i> in thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w Live|strong="H2421"\w*; yea, I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee <i>when thou wast</i> in thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w Live|strong="H2421"\w*.<n>polluted: or, trodden under foot</n>


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I have \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* thee to \w multiply|strong="H7233"\w* as the \w bud|strong="H6780"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and thou hast \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* and waxen \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, and thou art \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w excellent|strong="H5716"\w* \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w*: <i>thy</i> \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* are \w fashioned|strong="H3559"\w*, and thine \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* is \w grown|strong="H6779"\w*, whereas thou <i>wast</i> \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* and \w bare|strong="H6181"\w*.<n>caused…: Heb. made thee a million</n><n>excellent…: Heb. ornament of ornaments</n>


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Now when I \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by thee, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* upon thee, behold, thy \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>was</i> the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w love|strong="H1730"\w*; and I \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* my \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* over thee, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* thy \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*: yea, I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto thee, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, and thou becamest mine.


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Then \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* I thee with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; yea, I throughly washed \w away|strong="H7857"\w* thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* from thee, and I \w anointed|strong="H5480"\w* thee with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n>


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I \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* thee also with broidered \w work|strong="H7553"\w*, and \w shod|strong="H5274"\w* thee with \w badgers’ skin|strong="H8476"\w*, and I \w girded|strong="H2280"\w* thee about with fine \w linen|strong="H8336"\w*, and I \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* thee with \w silk|strong="H4897"\w*.


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I \w decked|strong="H5710"\w* thee also with \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w*, and I \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w bracelets|strong="H6781"\w* upon thy \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and a \w chain|strong="H7242"\w* on thy \w neck|strong="H1627"\w*.


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And I \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w jewel|strong="H5141"\w* on thy \w forehead|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w earrings|strong="H5694"\w* in thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and a \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* upon thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.<n>forehead: Heb. nose</n>


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Thus wast thou \w decked|strong="H5710"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; and thy \w raiment|strong="H4403"\w* <i>was of</i> fine \w linen|strong="H8336"\w*, and \w silk|strong="H4897"\w*, and broidered \w work|strong="H7553"\w*; thou didst \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w*, and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*: and thou wast \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3302"\w*, and thou didst \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* into a \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*.


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And thy \w renown|strong="H8034"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* for thy \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*: for it <i>was</i> \w perfect|strong="H3632"\w* through my \w comeliness|strong="H1926"\w*, which I had \w put|strong="H7760"\w* upon thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ But thou didst \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in thine own \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*, and playedst the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* because of thy \w renown|strong="H8034"\w*, and pouredst \w out|strong="H8210"\w* thy \w fornications|strong="H8457"\w* on every one that passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*; his it was.


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And of thy \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* thou didst \w take|strong="H3947"\w*, and \w deckedst|strong="H6213"\w* thy high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* with divers \w colours|strong="H2921"\w*, and playedst the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* thereupon: <i>the like things</i> shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, neither shall it be <i>so</i>.


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Thou hast also \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w fair|strong="H8597"\w* \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* of my \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and of my \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, which I had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee, and \w madest|strong="H6213"\w* to thyself \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of \w men|strong="H2145"\w*, and didst commit \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w* with them,<n>of men: Heb. of a male</n>


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And \w tookest|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w broidered|strong="H7553"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w coveredst|strong="H3680"\w* them: and thou hast \w set|strong="H5414"\w* mine \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* and mine \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.


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My \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* also which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee, fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, <i>wherewith</i> I \w fed|strong="H0398"\w* thee, thou hast even \w set|strong="H5414"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them for a \w sweet|strong="H5207"\w* \w savour|strong="H7381"\w*: and <i>thus</i> it was, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<n>a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest</n>


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Moreover thou hast \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, whom thou hast \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* unto me, and these hast thou \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* unto them to be \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*. <i>Is this</i> of thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w* a small \w matter|strong="H4592"\w*,<n>to be…: Heb. to devour</n>


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That thou hast \w slain|strong="H7819"\w* my \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them to cause them to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* <i>the fire</i> for them?


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And in all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* and thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w* thou hast not \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, when thou wast \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* and \w bare|strong="H6181"\w*, <i>and</i> wast \w polluted|strong="H0947"\w* in thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.


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And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* all thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, (\w woe|strong="H0188"\w*, \w woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto thee! \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*;)


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<i>That</i> thou hast also \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto thee an eminent \w place|strong="H1354"\w*, and hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee an high \w place|strong="H7413"\w* in every \w street|strong="H7339"\w*.<n>eminent…: or, brothel house</n>


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Thou hast \w built|strong="H1129"\w* thy high \w place|strong="H7413"\w* at every \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and hast made thy \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w* to be \w abhorred|strong="H8581"\w*, and hast \w opened|strong="H6589"\w* thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* to every one that passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w*.


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Thou hast also committed \w fornication|strong="H2181"\w* with the \w Egyptians|strong="H1121"\w* thy \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w*, \w great|strong="H1432"\w* of \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*; and hast \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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Behold, therefore I have stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* over thee, and have \w diminished|strong="H1639"\w* thine \w ordinary|strong="H2706"\w* <i>food</i>, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* thee unto the \w will|strong="H5315"\w* of them that \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* thee, the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, which are \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* of thy \w lewd|strong="H2154"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>daughters: or, cities</n>


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Thou hast played the \w whore|strong="H2181"\w* also with the \w Assyrians|strong="H1121"\w*, \w because|strong="H1115"\w* thou wast \w unsatiable|strong="H7646"\w*; yea, thou hast played the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* with them, and yet couldest not be \w satisfied|strong="H7654"\w*.


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Thou hast moreover \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* thy \w fornication|strong="H8457"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* unto \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w*; and yet thou wast not \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* \w herewith|strong="H2063"\w*.


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How \w weak|strong="H0535"\w* is thine \w heart|strong="H3826"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, seeing thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w* all these <i>things</i>, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of an \w imperious|strong="H7986"\w* \w whorish|strong="H2181"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*;


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In that thou \w buildest|strong="H1129"\w* thine eminent \w place|strong="H1354"\w* in the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of every \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w makest|strong="H6213"\w* thine high \w place|strong="H7413"\w* in every \w street|strong="H7339"\w*; and hast not been as an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, in that thou \w scornest|strong="H7046"\w* \w hire|strong="H0868"\w*;<n>In that thou buildest…: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc</n>


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<i>But as</i> a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* that committeth \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, <i>which</i> \w taketh|strong="H3947"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* instead of her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*!


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They \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w gifts|strong="H5078"\w* to all \w whores|strong="H2181"\w*: but thou \w givest|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w gifts|strong="H5083"\w* to all thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, and \w hirest|strong="H7809"\w* them, that they may \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w* for thy \w whoredom|strong="H8457"\w*.<n>hirest: Heb. bribest</n>


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And the \w contrary|strong="H2016"\w* is in thee from <i>other</i> \w women|strong="H0802"\w* in thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w*, whereas none \w followeth|strong="H0310"\w* thee to commit \w whoredoms|strong="H2181"\w*: and in that thou \w givest|strong="H5414"\w* a \w reward|strong="H0868"\w*, and no \w reward|strong="H0868"\w* is \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto thee, therefore thou \w art|strong="H1961"\w* \w contrary|strong="H2016"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Wherefore, O \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Because thy \w filthiness|strong="H5178"\w* was poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w*, and thy \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w* \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* through thy \w whoredoms|strong="H8457"\w* with thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, and with all the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of thy \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, and by the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, which thou didst \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto them;


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Behold, therefore I will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* all thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, with whom thou hast taken \w pleasure|strong="H6149"\w*, and all <i>them</i> that thou hast \w loved|strong="H0157"\w*, with all <i>them</i> that thou hast \w hated|strong="H8130"\w*; I will even \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* them round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* against thee, and will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* thy \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w* unto them, that they may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* all thy \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*.


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And I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thee, as women that break \w wedlock|strong="H5003"\w* and \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* are \w judged|strong="H4941"\w*; and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* and \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w*.<n>as: Heb. with judgments of</n>


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And I will also \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and they shall throw \w down|strong="H2040"\w* thine eminent \w place|strong="H1354"\w*, and shall break \w down|strong="H5422"\w* thy high \w places|strong="H7413"\w*: they shall \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* thee also of thy \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and shall \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w fair|strong="H8597"\w* \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w leave|strong="H3240"\w* thee \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* and \w bare|strong="H6181"\w*.<n>thy fair…: Heb. instruments of thine ornament</n>


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They shall also bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* a \w company|strong="H6951"\w* against thee, and they shall \w stone|strong="H7275"\w* thee with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and thrust thee \w through|strong="H1333"\w* with their \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.


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And they shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* thine \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgments|strong="H8201"\w* upon thee in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: and I will cause thee to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from playing the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, and thou also shalt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* no \w hire|strong="H0868"\w* any more.


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So will I make my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* toward thee to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, and my \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w* shall \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from thee, and I will be \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, and will be no more \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.


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Because thou hast not \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, but hast \w fretted|strong="H7264"\w* me in all these <i>things;</i> \w behold|strong="H1887"\w*, therefore I also will \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* upon <i>thine</i> \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*: and thou shalt not \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* this \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w* above all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, every one that useth \w proverbs|strong="H4911"\w* shall use <i>this</i> \w proverb|strong="H4911"\w* against thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, As <i>is</i> the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, <i>so is</i> her \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.


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Thou <i>art</i> thy \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, that \w lotheth|strong="H1602"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* and her \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; and thou <i>art</i> the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, which \w lothed|strong="H1602"\w* their \w husbands|strong="H0582"\w* and their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: your \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* <i>was</i> an \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*, and your \w father|strong="H0001"\w* an \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w*.


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And thine \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* <i>is</i> \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, she and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* at thy left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w*: and thy \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*, that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* at thy right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, <i>is</i> \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.<n>thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou</n>


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Yet hast thou not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* after their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, nor \w done|strong="H6213"\w* after their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*: but, as <i>if that were</i> a \w very|strong="H6985"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* <i>thing</i>, thou wast \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* more than \w they|strong="H2004"\w* in all thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>as if…: or, that was lothed as a small thing</n>


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<i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* thy \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* hath not \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, she nor her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, as thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, thou and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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Behold, this was the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of thy \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w pride|strong="H1347"\w*, \w fulness|strong="H7653"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w abundance|strong="H7962"\w* of \w idleness|strong="H8252"\w* was in her and in her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, neither did she \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*.


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And they were \w haughty|strong="H1361"\w*, and \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me: therefore I took them \w away|strong="H5493"\w* as I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>good</i>.


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Neither hath \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*; but thou hast \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* more than \w they|strong="H2007"\w*, and hast \w justified|strong="H6663"\w* thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w* in all thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* which thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Thou also, which hast \w judged|strong="H6419"\w* thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* thine own \w shame|strong="H3639"\w* for thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* that thou hast committed more \w abominable|strong="H8581"\w* than \w they|strong="H2004"\w*: they are more \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* than thou: yea, be thou \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w* also, and \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w shame|strong="H3639"\w*, in that thou hast \w justified|strong="H6663"\w* thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*.


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When I shall bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* their \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*, the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, then <i>will I bring again</i> the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of thy \w captives|strong="H7622"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of them:


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That thou mayest \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* thine own \w shame|strong="H3639"\w*, and mayest be \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w* in all that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, in that thou art a \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* unto them.


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When thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to their former \w estate|strong="H6927"\w*, and \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to their former \w estate|strong="H6927"\w*, then thou and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to your former \w estate|strong="H6927"\w*.


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For thy \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* was not \w mentioned|strong="H8052"\w* by thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w pride|strong="H1347"\w*,<n>mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing</n><n>pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies</n>


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Before thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* was \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, as at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of <i>thy</i> \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and all <i>that are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* her, the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, which \w despise|strong="H7590"\w* thee round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.<n>Syria: Heb. Aram</n><n>despise: or, spoil</n>


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Thou hast \w borne|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w* and thine \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>borne: Heb. borne them</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; I will even \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* with thee as thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, which hast \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* the \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* in \w breaking|strong="H6565"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Nevertheless I will \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with thee in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, and I will \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* unto thee an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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Then thou shalt \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and be \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*, when thou shalt \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, thine \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* and thy \w younger|strong="H6996"\w*: and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them unto thee for \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, but not by thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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And I will \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with thee; and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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That thou mayest \w remember|strong="H2142"\w*, and be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*, and never \w open|strong="H6610"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* any more \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of thy \w shame|strong="H3639"\w*, when I am \w pacified|strong="H3722"\w* toward thee for all that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* a \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H4911"\w* a \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; A \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, \w longwinged|strong="H0083"\w*, \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w feathers|strong="H5133"\w*, which had divers \w colours|strong="H7553"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the highest \w branch|strong="H6788"\w* of the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*:<n>divers…: Heb. embroidering</n>


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He cropped \w off|strong="H6998"\w* the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of his young \w twigs|strong="H3242"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* it into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w traffick|strong="H3667"\w*; he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* it in a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*.


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He \w took|strong="H3947"\w* also of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w planted|strong="H5414"\w* it in a \w fruitful|strong="H2233"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; he \w placed|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i> by \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, <i>and</i> \w set|strong="H7760"\w* it <i>as</i> a willow \w tree|strong="H6851"\w*.<n>planted…: Heb. put it in a field of seed</n>


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And it \w grew|strong="H6779"\w*, and became a \w spreading|strong="H5628"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* of \w low|strong="H8217"\w* \w stature|strong="H6967"\w*, whose \w branches|strong="H1808"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* toward him, and the \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* thereof were under him: so it became a \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and brought \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w branches|strong="H0905"\w*, and \w shot|strong="H7971"\w* forth \w sprigs|strong="H6288"\w*.


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There was also \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w feathers|strong="H5133"\w*: and, behold, this \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* did \w bend|strong="H3719"\w* her \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* toward him, and shot \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* her \w branches|strong="H1808"\w* toward him, that he might \w water|strong="H8248"\w* it by the \w furrows|strong="H6170"\w* of her \w plantation|strong="H4302"\w*.


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It was \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* in a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w soil|strong="H7704"\w* by \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, that it might bring \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w branches|strong="H6057"\w*, and that it might \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*, that it might be a \w goodly|strong="H0155"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*.<n>soil: Heb. field</n>


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* thou, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Shall it \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? shall he not pull \w up|strong="H5423"\w* the \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* thereof, and cut \w off|strong="H7082"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof, that it \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*? it shall \w wither|strong="H3001"\w* in all the \w leaves|strong="H2964"\w* of her \w spring|strong="H6780"\w*, even without \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H2220"\w* or \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to pluck it \w up|strong="H5375"\w* by the \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* thereof.


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Yea, behold, <i>being</i> \w planted|strong="H8362"\w*, shall it \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? shall it not \w utterly|strong="H3001"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*, when the \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w toucheth|strong="H5060"\w* it? it shall \w wither|strong="H3001"\w* in the \w furrows|strong="H6170"\w* where it \w grew|strong="H6780"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* now to the \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* ye not what these <i>things mean</i>? \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* <i>them</i>, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and hath \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* thereof, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof, and \w led|strong="H0935"\w* them with him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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And hath \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4410"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with him, and hath \w taken|strong="H0935"\w* an \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* of him: he hath also \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* the \w mighty|strong="H0352"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*:<n>taken an…: Heb. brought him to an oath</n>


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That the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* might be \w base|strong="H8217"\w*, that it might not lift itself \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, <i>but</i> that by \w keeping|strong="H8104"\w* of his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* it might \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*.<n>but…: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it</n>


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But he \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against him in \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* his \w ambassadors|strong="H4397"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, that they might \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. Shall he \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? shall he \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* that \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* such <i>things</i>? or shall he \w break|strong="H6565"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*?


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<i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, surely in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* <i>where</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>dwelleth</i> that made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, whose \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* he \w despised|strong="H0959"\w*, and whose \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* he \w brake|strong="H6565"\w*, <i>even</i> with him in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Neither shall \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* with <i>his</i> \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* and \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w company|strong="H6951"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* for him in the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, by casting \w up|strong="H8210"\w* \w mounts|strong="H5550"\w*, and \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w forts|strong="H1785"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w persons|strong="H5315"\w*:


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Seeing he \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* the \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* by \w breaking|strong="H6565"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, when, lo, he had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these <i>things</i>, he shall not \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; <i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, surely mine \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* that he hath \w despised|strong="H0959"\w*, and my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that he hath \w broken|strong="H6331"\w*, even it will I \w recompense|strong="H5414"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And I will \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* my \w net|strong="H7568"\w* upon him, and he shall be \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* in my \w snare|strong="H4686"\w*, and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and will \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* with him there for his \w trespass|strong="H4603"\w* that he hath \w trespassed|strong="H4604"\w* against me.


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And all his \w fugitives|strong="H4015"\w* with all his \w bands|strong="H0102"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and they that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* shall be \w scattered|strong="H6566"\w* toward all \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*: and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; I will also \w take|strong="H3947"\w* of the highest \w branch|strong="H6788"\w* of the \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, and will \w set|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it;</i> I will crop \w off|strong="H6998"\w* from the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of his young \w twigs|strong="H3127"\w* a tender \w one|strong="H7390"\w*, and will \w plant|strong="H8362"\w* <i>it</i> upon an \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* and \w eminent|strong="H8524"\w*:


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In the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* will I \w plant|strong="H8362"\w* it: and it shall bring \w forth|strong="H5375"\w* \w boughs|strong="H6057"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*, and be a \w goodly|strong="H0117"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*: and under it shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* all \w fowl|strong="H6833"\w* of every \w wing|strong="H3671"\w*; in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of the \w branches|strong="H1808"\w* thereof shall they \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w*.


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And all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have brought \w down|strong="H8213"\w* the \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, have \w exalted|strong="H1361"\w* the \w low|strong="H8217"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, have \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* up the \w green|strong="H3892"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and have made the \w dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* to \w flourish|strong="H6524"\w*: I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me again, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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What mean ye, that ye \w use|strong="H4911"\w* this \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* concerning the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* sour \w grapes|strong="H1155"\w*, and the \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* are set on \w edge|strong="H6949"\w*?


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<i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, ye shall not have <i>occasion</i> any more to \w use|strong="H4911"\w* this \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Behold, all \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* are mine; as the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, so also the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* is mine: the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* that \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w*, it shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* that which is \w lawful|strong="H4941"\w* and \w right|strong="H6666"\w*,<n>that…: Heb. judgment and justice</n>


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<i>And</i> hath not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, neither hath lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, neither hath \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, neither hath come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* to a \w menstruous|strong="H5079"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*,


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And hath not \w oppressed|strong="H3238"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>but</i> hath \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w debtor|strong="H2326"\w* his \w pledge|strong="H2258"\w*, hath \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* none by \w violence|strong="H1500"\w*, hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* his \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and hath \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* the \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* with a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*;


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He <i>that</i> hath not given \w forth|strong="H5414"\w* upon \w usury|strong="H5392"\w*, neither hath \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* any \w increase|strong="H8636"\w*, <i>that</i> hath \w withdrawn|strong="H7725"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*, hath \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* between \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and \w man|strong="H0376"\w*,


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Hath \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and hath \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, to \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0571"\w*; he <i>is</i> \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ If he \w beget|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>that is</i> a \w robber|strong="H6530"\w*, a \w shedder|strong="H8210"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and <i>that</i> \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* the \w like|strong="H0251"\w* to <i>any</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of these <i>things</i>,<n>robber: or, breaker up of an house</n><n>that doeth…: or, that doeth to his brother besides any of these</n>


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And that \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* not any of those <i>duties</i>, but even hath \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*,


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Hath \w oppressed|strong="H3238"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*, hath \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* by \w violence|strong="H1500"\w*, hath not \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the \w pledge|strong="H2258"\w*, and hath lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, hath \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*,


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Hath given \w forth|strong="H5414"\w* upon \w usury|strong="H5392"\w*, and hath \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w increase|strong="H8636"\w*: shall he then \w live|strong="H2425"\w*? he shall not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*: he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*; he shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall be upon him.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n><pb/>


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¶ Now, lo, <i>if</i> he \w beget|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* which he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w considereth|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* not such \w like|strong="H2004"\w*,


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<i>That</i> hath not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, neither hath lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, hath not \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*,


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Neither hath \w oppressed|strong="H3238"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w*, hath not \w withholden|strong="H2254"\w* the \w pledge|strong="H2258"\w*, neither hath \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* by \w violence|strong="H1500"\w*, <i>but</i> hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* his \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and hath \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* the \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* with a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*,<n>hath not…: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge</n>


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<i>That</i> hath taken \w off|strong="H7725"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*, <i>that</i> hath not \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w usury|strong="H5392"\w* nor \w increase|strong="H8636"\w*, hath \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, hath \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*; he shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w* for the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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<i>As for</i> his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, because he \w cruelly|strong="H6233"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*, \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* by \w violence|strong="H1499"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, lo, even he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Yet \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye, Why? doth not the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w father|strong="H0001"\w*? When the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* that which is \w lawful|strong="H4941"\w* and \w right|strong="H6666"\w*, <i>and</i> hath \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* all my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* them, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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The \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* that \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w*, it shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. The \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall not \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, neither shall the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: the \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall be upon him, and the \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be upon him.<pb/>


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But if the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* will \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from all his \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* that he hath \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* all my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* that which is \w lawful|strong="H4941"\w* and \w right|strong="H6666"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, he shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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All his \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* that he hath \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, they shall not be \w mentioned|strong="H2142"\w* unto him: in his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* that he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* he shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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Have I any \w pleasure|strong="H2654"\w* at \w all|strong="H2654"\w* that the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* should \w die|strong="H4194"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*: <i>and</i> not that he should \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ But when the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* turneth \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w committeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*, <i>and</i> \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* according to all the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* that the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* <i>man</i> \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w*, shall he \w live|strong="H2425"\w*? All his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* that he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* shall not be \w mentioned|strong="H2142"\w*: in his \w trespass|strong="H4603"\w* that he hath \w trespassed|strong="H4604"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* that he hath \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, in them shall he \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Yet ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* is not \w equal|strong="H8505"\w*. \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Is not my \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w equal|strong="H8505"\w*? are not your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w unequal|strong="H8505"\w*?


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When a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* <i>man</i> turneth \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w committeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*, and \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in them; for his \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* that he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* shall he \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Again, when the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* <i>man</i> turneth \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w* that he hath \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* that which is \w lawful|strong="H4941"\w* and \w right|strong="H6666"\w*, he shall \w save|strong="H2421"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.


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Because he \w considereth|strong="H7200"\w*, and turneth \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from all his \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* that he hath \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, he shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Yet \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* is not \w equal|strong="H8505"\w*. O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, are not my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w equal|strong="H8505"\w*? are not your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w unequal|strong="H8505"\w*?<pb/>


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Therefore I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* you, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*. \w Repent|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* <i>yourselves</i> from all your \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*; so \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* shall not be your \w ruin|strong="H4383"\w*.<n>yourselves: or, others</n><pb/>


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¶ Cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* from you all your \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*, whereby ye have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w*; and \w make|strong="H6213"\w* you a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* and a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: for why will ye \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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For I have no \w pleasure|strong="H2654"\w* in the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*: wherefore \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* <i>yourselves</i>, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w* ye.<n>yourselves: or, others</n><pb/>


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Moreover take thou \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w* for the \w princes|strong="H5387"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>is</i> thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*? A \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w*: she lay \w down|strong="H7257"\w* among \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, she \w nourished|strong="H7235"\w* her \w whelps|strong="H1482"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*.


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And she brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of her \w whelps|strong="H1482"\w*: it became a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*, and it \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* to \w catch|strong="H2963"\w* the \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*; it \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.


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The \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* also \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of him; he was \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* in their \w pit|strong="H7845"\w*, and they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him with \w chains|strong="H2397"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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Now when she \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that she had \w waited|strong="H3176"\w*, <i>and</i> her \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* was \w lost|strong="H0006"\w*, then she \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* of her \w whelps|strong="H1482"\w*, <i>and</i> \w made|strong="H7760"\w* him a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*.


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And he went up and \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, he became a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*, and \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* to \w catch|strong="H2963"\w* the \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, <i>and</i> \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.


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And he \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* their desolate \w palaces|strong="H0490"\w*, and he laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*; and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* was \w desolate|strong="H3456"\w*, and the \w fulness|strong="H4393"\w* thereof, by the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w roaring|strong="H7581"\w*.<n>their desolate…: or, their widows</n><n>the fulness…: or, all it containeth</n>


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Then the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* against him on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w* from the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* their \w net|strong="H7568"\w* over him: he was \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* in their \w pit|strong="H7845"\w*.


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And they \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him in \w ward|strong="H5474"\w* in \w chains|strong="H2397"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him into \w holds|strong="H4685"\w*, that his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* should no more be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>in chains: or, in hooks</n><pb/>


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¶ Thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* <i>is</i> like a \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* in thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* by the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*: she was \w fruitful|strong="H6509"\w* and full of \w branches|strong="H6058"\w* by reason of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>in…: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness</n>


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And she had \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w rods|strong="H4294"\w* for the \w sceptres|strong="H7626"\w* of them that bare \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*, and her \w stature|strong="H6967"\w* was \w exalted|strong="H1361"\w* among the thick \w branches|strong="H5688"\w*, and she \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* in her \w height|strong="H1363"\w* with the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of her \w branches|strong="H1808"\w*.


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But she was plucked \w up|strong="H5428"\w* in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, she was cast \w down|strong="H7993"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w* her \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*: her \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w rods|strong="H4294"\w* were \w broken|strong="H6561"\w* and \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*; the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* them.


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And now she <i>is</i> \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, in a \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* and \w thirsty|strong="H6772"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* is gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of a \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* of her \w branches|strong="H0905"\w*, <i>which</i> hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* her \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*, so that she hath no \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* <i>to be</i> a \w sceptre|strong="H7626"\w* to \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*. This <i>is</i> a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*, and shall be for a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* <i>month</i>, the \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.


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Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Are ye \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of me? <i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, I will not be \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* of by you.


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Wilt thou \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* them, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, wilt thou \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* <i>them</i>? cause them to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*:<n>Wilt…: or, Wilt thou plead for them</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; In the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and made myself \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto them in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, when I \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* up mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*;<n>lifted…: or, sware</n>


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In the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> I lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto them, to bring them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that I had \w espied|strong="H8446"\w* for them, \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* with \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w glory|strong="H6643"\w* of all \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*:


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I unto them, Cast ye \w away|strong="H7993"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* of his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w defile|strong="H2930"\w* not yourselves with the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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But they \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* against me, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me: they did not every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* the \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* of their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, neither did they \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon them, to \w accomplish|strong="H3615"\w* my \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* against them in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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But I \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* for my \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake, that it should not be \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, \w among|strong="H8432"\w* whom they <i>were</i>, in whose \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* I made myself \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto them, in bringing them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Wherefore I caused them to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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And I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and \w shewed|strong="H3045"\w* them my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, which <i>if</i> a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, he shall even \w live|strong="H2425"\w* in them.<n>shewed…: Heb. made them to know</n>


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Moreover also I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them my \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, to be a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* between me and them, that they might \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* them.


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But the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* against me in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: they \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* not in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and they \w despised|strong="H3988"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, which <i>if</i> a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, he shall even \w live|strong="H2425"\w* in them; and my \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w* they \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w*: then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I would pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon them in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, to \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* them.


