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\BibleBook{Jeremiah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Jeremiah foretelling about God punishing the Israeli people because they rejected him and would not repent. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Jeremiah }

\BibleSectionHeading{Introduction }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Introduction }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w*}, Jeremiah|strong="H3414", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w writing|strong="H3791"\+w*} these|strong="H0428" messages|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H4480" priest|strong="H3548", from|strong="H4480" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" these|strong="H3117" messages|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H3117" 13 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5704" messages|strong="H2372" when|strong="H1961" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5704" almost|strong="H3117" eleven|strong="H6249" years|strong="H8141". It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" August of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" were|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/taken|strong="H1540" as|strong="H5704" prisoners|strong="H0615"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1540" prophet|strong="H5030" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1540" prophet|strong="H5030" }
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="H5414" knew|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5414" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w*} forming|strong="H3335" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H7358". 
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Before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5030" born|strong="H3318", I|strong="H5414" ◄set|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942"/chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H5414"► 
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and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w*} prophet|strong="H5030" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1471"\+w*} for|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “O|strong="H3069", Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3069", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* qualified \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" young|strong="H5288"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H2255"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" my|strong="H5414" mouth|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"! I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" ◄putting|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310"/telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" speak|strong="H1697"►. 
\verseNumber{10}Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" appointing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" warn|strong="H2094" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H3117" kingdoms|strong="H4467". You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" tell|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H5422" and|strong="H3117" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" [DOU] some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" establish|strong="H5193" [MET|strong="H6298"] others|strong="H0312" and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" branch|strong="H6780" from|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1961" almond|strong="H8247" tree|strong="H8247".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" correct|strong="H3190". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* ‘almond’ resembles \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* ‘watching’}, it|strong="H5921" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w destroying|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H8145" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*}?” 
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I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" pot|strong="H5518" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3068" boiling|strong="H5301" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} [MTY]. It|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" tipping \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*! \+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" great|strong="H7451" trouble|strong="H7451"/destruction|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H6605"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] over|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w boiling|strong="H5301"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] pouring|strong="H5258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pot|strong="H5518"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559": 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" summoning|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Their|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" thrones|strong="H3678" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w break|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w down|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5800" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H4639"; 
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they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3027" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" gods|strong="H0430"/idols|strong="H1544". 
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They|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027"! 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6435", get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H6680" on|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w action|strong="H6213"\+w*}! Then|strong="H6965" go|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H6965" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6440" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H6440" afraid|strong="H2865" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", because|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H2865"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H2865" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H6440" truly|strong="H3588" terrified|strong="H2865" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440"! 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H2009" listen|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strong|strong="H4013"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H2346"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" has|strong="H4428" strong|strong="H4013" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H4013"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] an|strong="H5414" iron|strong="H1270" pillar|strong="H5982" or|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" bronze|strong="H5178" wall|strong="H2346". None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" or|strong="H3117" officials|strong="H8269" or|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3117" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H3588"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis sinned in spite of God’s care for them }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Israelis sinned in spite of God’s care for them }
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\chapterNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697" 
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“I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" very|strong="H1980" much|strong="H7227" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1980" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
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You|strong="H3808" loved|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3808" followed|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7121" through|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3541" desert|strong="H4057" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3478" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" harmed|strong="H2255" you|strong="H3605", my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" disasters|strong="H7451" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068". 
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and|strong="H7725" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" [RHQ] restrain|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". 
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“A|strong="H3588" robber|strong="H6782" is|strong="H3651" disgraced|strong="H0954" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" caught|strong="H4672". 
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And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3651" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588", including|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" prophets|strong="H5030", are|strong="H1992" similarly|strong="H2088" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" rejected|strong="H3988" [IDM] me|strong="H6440", 
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you|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6256" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{28}Why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H6213" [RHQ] cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213"? 
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when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451"? 
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\verseNumber{29}You|strong="H3605" complain|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rescued|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947", 
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You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" prophets|strong="H5030" that|strong="H5030" I|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w*}, 
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So|strong="H1961", why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", say|strong="H1697" ‘We|strong="H1697" are|strong="H5971" free|strong="H2670" from|strong="H3478" God’s|strong="H0430" control|strong="H3027"; 
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we|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} God|strong="H3068" anymore’? 
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\verseNumber{32}A|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" woman|strong="H0802" would|strong="H5971" certainly|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] forget|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w wear|strong="H3847"\+w*} her|strong="H7911" jewelry|strong="H5716", 
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and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" bride|strong="H3618" would|strong="H5971" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] forget|strong="H7911" to|strong="H3117" wear|strong="H3847" her|strong="H7911" wedding|strong="H1984" dress|strong="H6213", 
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but|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3117" my|strong="H7911" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" forgotten|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7911" for|strong="H3117" many|strong="H4557" years|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{33}You|strong="H4100" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1870" easily|strong="H4592" find|strong="H1245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" love|strong="H0157". 
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You|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" find|strong="H1245" them|strong="H3925" as|strong="H1571" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1245" prostitute|strong="H2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w find|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H8142"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1571"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}Although|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5315" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" murdered|strong="H2026", 
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\verseNumber{35}you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H7725" ‘We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H2398" anything|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2398" wrong|strong="H2398"; 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w*} 
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for|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H0559" ‘We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398".’ 
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but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H4100" were|strong="H4714" not|strong="H1870" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4714" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H4100". 
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Now|strong="H1571" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1571" requested|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H4100", 
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but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1571" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4714" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H4100", either|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{37}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prisoners|strong="H0615"\+w*} [MTY], 
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That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" those|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" relying on|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921".” 
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because|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H7725" [RHQ] cause|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5002" whole|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7971". 
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But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w than|strong="H3808"\+w*} prostitutes|strong="H2181" have|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1980" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1980"! 
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So|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w if|strong="H2005"\+w*} you|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7971"?” [RHQ] says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{2}“Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" barren|strong="H6135" hilltops. 
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Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H7451", 
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\verseNumber{3}That|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1961" why|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3808" any|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4456" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" times|strong="H6471" of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" year|strong="H8141" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" needed|strong="H1767" it|strong="H1961". 
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But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" prostitutes|strong="H2181" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6258" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", ‘You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6258" father|strong="H0001"! 
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You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H6258" loved|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7121" ever|strong="H3808" since|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" was|strong="H3808" young|strong="H5288"! 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3201" [RHQ] be|strong="H5769" angry|strong="H5201" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" forever|strong="H5769"!’ 
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But|strong="H2009" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3201" quit|strong="H5355" sinning|strong="H2398"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s|strong="H3478" idolatry|strong="H8655" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Israel’s|strong="H3478" idolatry|strong="H8655" }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5315", “The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H4878" from|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" worse|strong="H7489". 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" merciful|strong="H2623". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H5201" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
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So|strong="H1980" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440". 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H3068" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
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So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588", one|strong="H1121" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H5892"\+w*} city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H5892"\+w*} clan|strong="H4940", 
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\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235" [DOU] in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", 
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You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2319" one|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" people|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Jerusalem|strong="H3389" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3808"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" is|strong="H3068".” 
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And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" stubbornly|strong="H5637" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" desire|strong="H8378". 
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\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1004"\+w* ◄\+w exiled|strong="H1540"\+w*/\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3117"\+w*► \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} lands|strong="H4054" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" northeast. 
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You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5157" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" accept|strong="H7521" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
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I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*} delightful|strong="H2656" land|strong="H5159". 
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It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" more|strong="H3808" desirable|strong="H2532"/pleasant|strong="H2532" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H5414" other|strong="H7121" nation|strong="H1471"! 
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I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H5414" ‘father’, 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H1004" like|strong="H3651" wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" husbands|strong="H1167".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{21}People|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" noise|strong="H6963" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" barren|strong="H6135" hilltops. 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" admitting|strong="H5753"/saying|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H1870" from|strong="H5921" behaving|strong="H0270" as|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “You|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121", come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"! 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{23}We|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3605" help|strong="H8668" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" hilltops; 
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\verseNumber{24}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121", the|strong="H1121" shameful|strong="H1322" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*} has|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6629"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" worked|strong="H3018" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1121" acquire|strong="H7069". 
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He|strong="H1241" has|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" their|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H1241"\+w*}, their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3808", now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" feeling very|strong="H2088" ashamed|strong="H1322" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What Yahweh says about returning to him }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What Yahweh says about returning to him }
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\chapterNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “You|strong="H6440" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440"! 
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If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" detestable|strong="H8251" idols|strong="H8251" 
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and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{4}Purify|strong="H2398" your|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" minds|strong="H3824" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". 
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If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" [MTY] 
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will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="H3318" extinguish|strong="H3518".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Disaster|strong="H7451" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" }

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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7121" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3389" should|strong="H3068" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3389" 
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the|strong="H8085" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3063" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H8628" them|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{6}Shout|strong="H7321" to|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6828" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6828" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3588" north|strong="H6828". 
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and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3318" march|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H5927" your|strong="H7760" land|strong="H4725". 
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They|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H7760" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" leave|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7760" without|strong="H3427" any|strong="H3318" people|strong="H1471" still|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7760".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H4480", put|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242"/rough|strong="H8181" clothes|strong="H0899" 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" time|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H5002" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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The|strong="H5002" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" declaring|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7307" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6485"/destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H1696".” 
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It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7703" be|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H3372" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588"! 
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How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3820" you|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H3885" to|strong="H5704" think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w*} evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451"? 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H0168" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H8104" like|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521" [SIM] around|strong="H5439" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="H7105"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" punished|strong="H6485" very|strong="H5704" severely|strong="H5953"; 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" anguished|strong="H6862"/sad|strong="H7451"; 
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the|strong="H8085" pain|strong="H2342" in|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3820" very|strong="H7023" severe|strong="H3515". 
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My|strong="H8085" heart|strong="H3820" beats|strong="H2342" wildly|strong="H8264". 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H3808" silent|strong="H2790" 
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\verseNumber{20}Disasters|strong="H4672" will|strong="H7703" occur|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" after|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" 
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Suddenly|strong="H6597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} our|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" will|strong="H7703" be|strong="H3588" destroyed|strong="H7703"; 
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\verseNumber{21}How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" this|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H4421" continue|strong="H1961"? 
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They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" relationship with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3808". 
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who|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H1992" very|strong="H3190" cleverly do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1121" wrong|strong="H7489", 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1121" good|strong="H3190".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" coming|strong="H0935" disaster|strong="H7489" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" coming|strong="H0935" disaster|strong="H7489" }
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that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8064" was|strong="H8064" barren|strong="H6135" and|strong="H8064" without|strong="H3808" form|strong="H8414". 
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I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H8064" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H8064" no|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216" there|strong="H2009". 
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H1389", 
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and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3605" shook|strong="H7493" and|strong="H7200" moved|strong="H7493" from|strong="H2022" side|strong="H6285" to|strong="H7200" side|strong="H6285". 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H8064" no|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H7200"\+w*} people|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" had|strong="H8064" flown away|strong="H5074". 
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\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H3759" that|strong="H7200" previously|strong="H6440" were|strong="H5892" fertile|strong="H3759" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" desert|strong="H4057". 
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The|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" ruined|strong="H7703"; 
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they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H5422" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H2009" destruction|strong="H7667" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"/Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H2009" destruction|strong="H7667" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"/Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{27}This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559": 
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“The|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H8077", 
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but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H3617". 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H8064" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H8064" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162" my|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H5162". 
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So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" mourn|strong="H6937" 
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and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" become|strong="H6937" very|strong="H4605" dark|strong="H6937".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H2004"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w terrified|strong="H0926"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5927"\+w*} they|strong="H2004" flee|strong="H1272" from|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927" will|strong="H5892" find|strong="H4672" places|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5927" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" bushes|strong="H7880", 
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and|strong="H6963" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H5892" run|strong="H7323" toward|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022"/hills|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H1272"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" abandoned|strong="H5800"; 
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not|strong="H5927" one|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5927" will|strong="H5892" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" surely|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5315" destroyed|strong="H7703", 
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Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" wearing|strong="H2296" beautiful|strong="H3302" clothes|strong="H3847" and|strong="H2091" jewelry|strong="H5716"? 
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Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" putting|strong="H3847" paint|strong="H6320" around|strong="H5439" your|strong="H6213" eyes|strong="H5869"? 
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Doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H5716" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w*} love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w actually|strong="H7901"\+w*} despise|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H2091" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" already|strong="H3528" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} crying|strong="H6963" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963", 
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like|strong="H2026" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H1323" cries|strong="H6963" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5315" giving|strong="H1069" birth|strong="H1069" to|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6566" first|strong="H1323" child|strong="H1069"; 
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she|strong="H3588" gasps for|strong="H3588" breath|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6963" pleads|strong="H7453" for|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5315" to|strong="H8085" help|strong="H1323" her|strong="H6566". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} is|strong="H5315" crying|strong="H6963", “Something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H3372" is|strong="H5315" happening to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4994"! They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6726" about|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" murder|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{No one in Judah is honest }

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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, “Go|strong="H7751" up|strong="H7200" and|strong="H4941" down|strong="H3381" every|strong="H6213" street|strong="H2351". 
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Search|strong="H1245" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" marketplaces to|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4672" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3426" fair|strong="H3303"/right|strong="H4941", 
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who|strong="H4672" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3426" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w even|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3389" forgive|strong="H5545" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H6213"\+w*} their|strong="H1245" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3651" surely|strong="H3651" as|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*},’ 
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they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H8267".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5869" certainly|strong="H7725" [RHQ] searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} truth|strong="H3808". 
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You|strong="H6440" struck|strong="H5221"/punished|strong="H6485" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" any|strong="H5221" attention|strong="H6440". 
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You|strong="H6440" crushed|strong="H7533" them|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" ignored|strong="H6313" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" were|strong="H5869" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" extremely|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] 
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and|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6440". 
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they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3588" sense|strong="H3820". 
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They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"; 
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they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3068" requires|strong="H1870" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1696" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315".” 
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But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" obeying|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" lead|strong="H3212" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588", lions|strong="H3715" will|strong="H5892" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" forests|strong="H3293" and|strong="H5892" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921"; 
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wolves|strong="H2061" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H5892" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921"; 
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leopards|strong="H5246" that|strong="H3588" lurk|strong="H6845"/wait|strong="H0693" outside|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" maul|strong="H4650" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" walks|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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and|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H2015" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3651" frequently. 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] forgive|strong="H5545" these|strong="H2063" people|strong="H1121"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} their|strong="H5800" children|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5800". 
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When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" something|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" their|strong="H5800" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5800" people|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" needed|strong="H1767", 
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each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5483" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" desires|strong="H0183" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" neighbor’s|strong="H7453" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{9}◄Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" [RHQ]?/I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"!► 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" [RHQ] on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" behave|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5315"! 
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He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451"! 
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We|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w disasters|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w predict|strong="H3045"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6213"!’ ” 
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I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414" [MTY] that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784", 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" survivors|strong="H8300" ask|strong="H7592", ‘Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6213"?’ 
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\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3820" this|strong="H2063", you|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" foolish|strong="H5530" and|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5869" any|strong="H7200" sense|strong="H3820": 
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\verseNumber{22}Why|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H6440" [RHQ]? 
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You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" [RHQ] tremble|strong="H2342" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440"! 
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I|strong="H7760", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" barrier|strong="H1366" along|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" shores 
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You|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" stubborn|strong="H5637" and|strong="H3212" rebellious|strong="H4784". 
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You|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" constantly|strong="H8548" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" yourselves|strong="H3068", 
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‘We|strong="H4994" should|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" sends|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1653" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" times|strong="H6256" when|strong="H6256" we|strong="H4994" need|strong="H4270" it|strong="H5414", 
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it|strong="H5186" is|strong="H2896" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H5771" been|strong="H1961" prevented|strong="H4513" from|strong="H4480" receiving|strong="H3947" those|strong="H4480" blessings|strong="H1293". 
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\verseNumber{26}Among|strong="H4672" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" hide|strong="H5641" along|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" roads|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5971" ambush|strong="H0693"/attack|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" 
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like|strong="H4672" [SIM] men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" hunt|strong="H6679" birds|strong="H5775" ◄put|strong="H7563" out|strong="H4672" nets|strong="H2764"/set|strong="H5324" traps|strong="H4170"► to|strong="H5971" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H4672". 
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and|strong="H4941" there|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1571" no|strong="H3808" limit|strong="H4557" to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5674" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H1697". 
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They|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1697" defend|strong="H8199" orphans|strong="H3490" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5674" courtrooms, 
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and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5826" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1697" get|strong="H3947" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" a|strong="H5674" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1697" receive|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] ◄get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471"/do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3068" deserve|strong="H0376"►. 
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\verseNumber{30}Very|strong="H3966" appalling|strong="H8047"/horrible|strong="H8186" and|strong="H8047" terrible|strong="H3372" [DOU] things|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" happening in|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022": 
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\verseNumber{31}Prophets|strong="H5030" speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} lies|strong="H8267" 
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and|strong="H3027" priests|strong="H3548" rule|strong="H7287" by|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3548" authority|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H5971"! 
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But|strong="H3651" when|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" [RHQ]?” 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem }
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flee|strong="H5756" from|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"! 
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Blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H5921" trumpets|strong="H7782" in|strong="H5921" Tekoa|strong="H8620" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}! 
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We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921" noontime. 
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\verseNumber{5}we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" at|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3915" 
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and|strong="H6965" tear|strong="H7167" down|strong="H7843" their|strong="H5927" fortresses|strong="H0759".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" predicts what|strong="H5927" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" predicts what|strong="H5927" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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This|strong="H1931" city|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" 
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because|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" continually|strong="H3605" oppresses|strong="H6231" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{8}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3389" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" warning|strong="H3256" you|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} [APO] Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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and|strong="H3389" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3389" become|strong="H1961" desolate|strong="H8077", 
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a|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H4480" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" lives|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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like|strong="H3478" [SIM] farmers|strong="H0406" go|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" vines|strong="H1612" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" pick|strong="H1219" any|strong="H3605" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* ◄\+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*/\+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w picked|strong="H5375"\+w*►}.” 
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◄who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921"?/No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921".► [RHQ] 
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they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1697". 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" restrain|strong="H3607" it|strong="H5921" any|strong="H1571" longer|strong="H5750".” 
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tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" very|strong="H4392" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H1571" [DOU], also|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{13}Everyone|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H6213" money|strong="H3701" by|strong="H5704" tricking others|strong="H0312", 
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when|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" going|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" [RHQ] ashamed|strong="H3637" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213", 
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So|strong="H3651", they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" among|strong="H3808" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5307". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6213".” 
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“Stand|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" crossroads and|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pass|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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Ask|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H2896" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" behavior|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w*} long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769". 
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If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" rest|strong="H4771" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" souls|strong="H5315".” 
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But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200"!’ 
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but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H7181".’ 
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You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" examine|strong="H0974" my|strong="H5414" people’s|strong="H5971" behavior|strong="H1870". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah spoke at the temple }

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\chapterNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", 
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You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" here|strong="H2088", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{23}What|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" was|strong="H1961", ‘Obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963"; 
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\verseNumber{25}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117", 
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I|strong="H5921" never|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1121"; 
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I|strong="H5921" never|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H3820" that|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3605" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" beware|strong="H2009"! 
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instead|strong="H3588", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5002" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Slaughter|strong="H2028". 
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\verseNumber{34}There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" singing|strong="H7440" and|strong="H3063" laughing|strong="H7814" anymore|strong="H5750" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{19}Throughout|strong="H6963" our|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" ask|strong="H4428", 
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I|strong="H5921" mourn|strong="H6937", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" dismayed|strong="H2865". 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" mob of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H0312". 

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like|strong="H1980" people|strong="H5971" shoot|strong="H3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" bows|strong="H7198". 
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and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921". 
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and|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5002" truth|strong="H0571". 
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Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H1980" certainly|strong="H3588" ◄get|strong="H1980" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921"/give|strong="H5375" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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because|strong="H1097" those|strong="H3427" areas|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5414" desolate|strong="H8077", and|strong="H3063" no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" will|strong="H5892" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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There|strong="H3427" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5414" no|strong="H1097" cattle|strong="H4735" there|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5414" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H0312", 
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and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3063" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3063" fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6310" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3068" ruins|strong="H2723", 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" deserted|strong="H5307"; 
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no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1097".” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}, “Only|strong="H0389" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1980" wise|strong="H2450" [RHQ] can|strong="H1980" understand|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808". 
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Only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" taught|strong="H3925" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1980" [RHQ] explain|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" others|strong="H0312". 
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The|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" [RHQ] the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0389" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1980" explain|strong="H5046" why|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H8085" ruined|strong="H7703" 
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with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" everyone|strong="H3605" [RHQ] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1980" travel|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3925" people|strong="H3820" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3925" laws|strong="H8451" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3820" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H3925"; 
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they|strong="H3820" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3212" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H3925" or|strong="H0176" my|strong="H3925" instructions|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{14}Instead|strong="H8478", they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" stubbornly|strong="H5637" done|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3651" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3541" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H5971" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="H3541" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168", 
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which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" what|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w*}, the|strong="H3045" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3045" armies|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3615" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3045" Israelis, say|strong="H0559": 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H3068" neither|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" nor|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" known|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3541"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" 
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until|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}This|strong="H5375" is|strong="H5869" also|strong="H5869" what|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H5869" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H0559": 
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“Think|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5869"\+w* happening}, 
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\verseNumber{18}Tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H8085" come|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H3966" and|strong="H6963" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H8085" wail|strong="H3213", 
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with|strong="H6726" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" tears|strong="H1832" will|strong="H7703" stream|strong="H5158" down|strong="H7993" from|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085"(pl) eyes|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{19}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" crying|strong="H1058"/lamenting|strong="H8386", saying|strong="H1697", 
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‘We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703"/destroyed|strong="H4229"! 
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We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3947" terrible|strong="H3372" disaster|strong="H7451"! 
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Now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" ashamed|strong="H0954", 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5927" what|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" [MTY]. 
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Pay|strong="H5927" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3588" words|strong="H1697" [DOU]. 
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Teach|strong="H3925" your|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" wail|strong="H3213". 
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Teach|strong="H3925" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" sing|strong="H7891" funeral songs|strong="H7892", 
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\verseNumber{21}because|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" dying|strong="H0006" [PRS] in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" palaces|strong="H0759". 
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There|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" playing|strong="H5059" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" streets|strong="H2351", 
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\verseNumber{22}There|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" corpses|strong="H6297" scattered|strong="H6327" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3541" fields|strong="H7704" like|strong="H3541" dung|strong="H1828"; 
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their|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" bodies|strong="H6297" will|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" there|strong="H3541" like|strong="H3541" [SIM] grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" by|strong="H3068" reapers|strong="H7114"/farmers|strong="H0406", 
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and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" bury|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" this|strong="H2063": 
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“Wise|strong="H7919" men|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H7919", 
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strong|strong="H2388" men|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388"; 
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and|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H3045" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6223". 
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\verseNumber{24}Instead|strong="H2009", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" want|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" should|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" knowing|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5921" understanding|strong="H8394" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" just|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662", 
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that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" delighted|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{25-26}There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, 
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all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" live|strong="H3427" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" desert|strong="H6160" areas|strong="H0776" (OR|strong="H0176", who|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" their|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181" short|strong="H7138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}) far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} circumcising|strong="H4135" them|strong="H5414" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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but|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421". 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H1571"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Worthless idols }

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\chapterNumber{10}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696": 
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\verseNumber{2}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3541"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" act|strong="H6213", 
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even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H2865". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3588" customs|strong="H2708" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H5971"\+w*} are|strong="H5971" worthless|strong="H1892". 
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and|strong="H3372" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1571" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H6805". 
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Do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3372" idols|strong="H1544", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" cannot|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3372" they|strong="H1992" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H1992"\+w*} good|strong="H3190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hymn of|strong="H3372" praise|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Hymn of|strong="H3372" praise|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1419" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3644". 
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You|strong="H3644" [MTY] are|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3644" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"! 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" [RHQ] revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" what|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376". 
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Among|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H1471" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" 
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◄there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4310" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3588"./who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" compare|strong="H3644" with|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588"?► 
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The|strong="H1197" idols|strong="H1892" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" worship|strong="H7812" are|strong="H3117" only|strong="H0389" made|strong="H6086" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086"! 
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Those|strong="H1931" idols|strong="H1892" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H1931" anything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{9}People|strong="H5971" hammer|strong="H6360" into|strong="H3027" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H3027" Tarshish|strong="H8659" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H3027" Uphaz|strong="H0210", 
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and|strong="H3701" then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3027" skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H2796"/craftsmen|strong="H2796" to|strong="H3027" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544". 
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Then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" put|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" expensive purple|strong="H8504" robes|strong="H3830" 
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that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" by|strong="H3027" skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H2796". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} true|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4428"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" nations|strong="H1471" cannot|strong="H3808" endure|strong="H3557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w*} when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H7110" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H8064" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H6213" sky|strong="H8064" by|strong="H3559" his|strong="H5186" understanding|strong="H8394". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" speaks|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}, there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H7307" thunder|strong="H6963" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" sky|strong="H8064"; 
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he|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" clouds|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3318" form|strong="H8389" over|strong="H5414" every|strong="H5414" part|strong="H7097" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5414" earth|strong="H5927". 
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He|strong="H6213" sends|strong="H5414" lightning|strong="H1300" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" 
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and|strong="H8064" releases|strong="H5425" the|strong="H5414" winds|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" storehouses|strong="H0214". 
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\verseNumber{14}People|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5262" senseless|strong="H1197" and|strong="H7307" know|strong="H1847" very|strong="H3966" little|strong="H4592" [HYP]; 
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those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H1197" idols|strong="H6459" are|strong="H5262" always|strong="H3605" disappointed|strong="H0954" 
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because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6459" do|strong="H8267" nothing|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588". 
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The|strong="H3605" images|strong="H5262"/statues|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" make|strong="H1197" are|strong="H5262" not|strong="H3808" real \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5262" lifeless. 
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\verseNumber{15}Idols|strong="H1892" are|strong="H1992" worthless|strong="H1892"; they|strong="H1992" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H6256" be|strong="H6256" ridiculed; 
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there|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1992" be|strong="H6256" a|strong="H6256" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H6256" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} will|strong="H1992" be|strong="H6256" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis worship|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H3335" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w exists|strong="H1961"\+w*}; 
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we|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626"/people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H1931"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H0935" destruction|strong="H7667" }

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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}: 
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“The|strong="H3427" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3427" enemies|strong="H0341" surrounds|strong="H5439" your|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892", 
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so|strong="H3427" gather|strong="H6908" up|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3427" possessions|strong="H7399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w*} to|strong="H3427" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3588" throw|strong="H7049" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H4672" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6887" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" severe|strong="H3515" pain|strong="H4341" (OR|strong="H3068", none|strong="H4672" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" left|strong="H4672" here|strong="H3541").” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w replied|strong="H0559"\+w*, “\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5375" been|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w badly|strong="H3966"\+w*} wounded|strong="H2470", 
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and|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4347" very|strong="H2088" grieved|strong="H2470"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" very|strong="H2088" serious|strong="H2470" illness|strong="H2483", 
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and|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0587" must|strong="H5375" endure|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" pain|strong="H2470". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} our|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} tent|strong="H3407" is|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H7703"; 
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our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H3318" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3318" return|strong="H7725"; 
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there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" rebuild|strong="H1129" our|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" tent|strong="H3407". 
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\verseNumber{21}Our|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" [MET|strong="H6298"] no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" sense|strong="H3820"; 
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they|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* ◄\+w guide|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*►}, 
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so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} prosper|strong="H7919", 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" scattered|strong="H6327". 
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\verseNumber{22}Listen|strong="H6963"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7760" north|strong="H6828" are|strong="H5892" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1419"\+w*} big|strong="H0931" noise|strong="H6963"/commotion|strong="H7494" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w march|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H7760" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H2009" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" live|strong="H4583".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" prayer|strong="H8605" }

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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" person|strong="H1980" controls|strong="H3820" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H3045"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" direct|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3588" events|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6435"\+w*} correct|strong="H3256"/discipline|strong="H3256" us|strong="H6435", but|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" gently|strong="H0328". 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" correct|strong="H3256"/punish|strong="H3256" us|strong="H6435" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3256" are|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734", 
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because|strong="H6435" we|strong="H6435" would|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" if|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3256" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{25}Punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" acknowledge|strong="H3045"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" God|strong="H3808"; 
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punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H3615" destroying|strong="H7843" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" 
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and|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" causing|strong="H8074" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H4940" to|strong="H5921" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Judah did not keep the agreement with Yahweh }

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\chapterNumber{11}This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1961": 
\verseNumber{2}“Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" made|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". Then|strong="H1696" remind|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H1285"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H8085" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H8085" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3541" made|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8085". 
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I|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H6030", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5414" said|strong="H6030" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6965".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121", “Go|strong="H3068" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". Proclaim|strong="H7121" my|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085". Tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4672", “The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" are|strong="H3068" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H7195" me|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{14}Jeremiah|strong="H3414", do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H2088" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6256" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7121". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7121", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085"; and|strong="H5971" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7451" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" in|strong="H8085" distress|strong="H7451", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H2088" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6256" them|strong="H7121".” 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5921" previously|strong="H8543" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1419" like|strong="H5921" an|strong="H7121" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3068" green|strong="H7488" leaves|strong="H1817" 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H8145" message|strong="H1697". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" warning|strong="H2094" regarding|strong="H7760" wine|strong="H3196" bags|strong="H2754" }

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\BibleSectionHeading{The terrible drought }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The terrible drought }
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‘Day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H1419" night|strong="H3915" my|strong="H3588" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5971" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1323" tears|strong="H1832". 
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I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H2308" crying|strong="H1058". 
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I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", 
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who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w precious|strong="H3368"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] my|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3381" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" wounded|strong="H2470"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" crushed|strong="H7665" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704", 
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I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" have|strong="H3045" been|strong="H3808" slaughtered|strong="H7819" by|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3318" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" along|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", 
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I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*} from|strong="H3318" hunger|strong="H7458". 
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The|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" travel|strong="H1980" through|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7704", preaching|strong="H7150" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H3808", 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H3318"\+w*} (OR|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H7704"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" about|strong="H3045").’” 

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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3988"\+w*}: 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5221" completely|strong="H6960" rejected|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063"? 
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Do|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5221" really|strong="H2088" despise|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY]? 
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Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5221" [RHQ] wounded|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5315" very|strong="H2896" badly|strong="H3966", 
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with|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5315" healed|strong="H7495"? 
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We|strong="H5315" hoped|strong="H6960" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" would|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3063" peace|strong="H7965", 
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but|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H5315" no|strong="H3808" peace|strong="H7965". 
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We|strong="H5315" hoped|strong="H6960" that|strong="H5315" there|strong="H2009" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" a|strong="H5221" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H6256" we|strong="H5315" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" healed|strong="H7495", 
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but|strong="H2009" all|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" received|strong="H3947" were|strong="H3063" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5315" terrified|strong="H0926" us|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" admit|strong="H8085"/know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7562" people|strong="H3045", 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} did|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7562" things|strong="H1697". 
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We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, in|strong="H8034" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4616" we|strong="H8034" may|strong="H3519" honor|strong="H3519" [MTY] you|strong="H2142", 
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do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" despise|strong="H5006"/abandon|strong="H5800" us|strong="H2142". 
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Do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" dishonor|strong="H7036" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w*} [MTY] your|strong="H2142" glorious|strong="H3519" throne|strong="H3678" is|strong="H8034". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" forget|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H2142"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1285" do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" ◄break|strong="H6565" your|strong="H2142" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H2142"/stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2142" you|strong="H2142" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4616" do|strong="H6565" for|strong="H8034" us|strong="H2142"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}Those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1892" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1471"\+w*} other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] bring|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1652" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] cause|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1652" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588". 
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So|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh said what would happen to the people of Judah }

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The|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4194" in|strong="H3068" wars|strong="H2719" [MTY], will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194" in|strong="H3068" wars|strong="H2719". 
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The|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4194" from|strong="H3318" hunger|strong="H7458", will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194" from|strong="H3318" hunger|strong="H7458". 
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The|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" [RHQ] weep|strong="H1058"/cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". 
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No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" [RHQ] ask|strong="H7592" ◄how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4310"/if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4310" well|strong="H7965"►. 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5203" me|strong="H5921"; 
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you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" walk|strong="H3212" away|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*} [DOU]. 
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So|strong="H3027", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" up|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" fist|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" smash|strong="H7665" you|strong="H5921"; 
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And|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" children|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H5315", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2719" them|strong="H5414". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H5414".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" complaint|strong="H7879" and|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" complaint|strong="H7879" and|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725" }
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808", 
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Their|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" payment|strong="H4242"/reward|strong="H7939" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} 
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because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1366" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" committed|strong="H5414" throughout|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5921" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" prisoners|strong="H0615", 
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It|strong="H1961" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H4325" [RHQ] my|strong="H1961" wounds|strong="H4347" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495". 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" [DOU] you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" seized|strong="H8610" by|strong="H3027" cruel|strong="H0394" people|strong="H3709". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah was warned about the coming disaster }

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\chapterNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1697"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{5}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3212": “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" funerals to|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" or|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7356" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w relatives|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H4184" sorry|strong="H5110" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" protecting|strong="H5437" them|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" them|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" mercifully toward|strong="H3212" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{20}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" [RHQ] make|strong="H6213" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430"; 
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the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" make|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}; they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" real gods|strong="H0430".’ ” 
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Then|strong="H3651", finally|strong="H5704", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s promise to punish Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh’s promise to punish Judah }
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and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" cannot|strong="H3045" change|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3045". 
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It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" completely|strong="H3605" impossible|strong="H1219" [RHQ] for|strong="H3605" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3820" understand|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1870" I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068", search|strong="H2713" what|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" everyone’s|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3629", 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3820" rewards|strong="H5023", 
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what|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3068" deserve|strong="H6529" for|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{15}People|strong="H5971" often|strong="H1767" ridicule|strong="H4912" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", 
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Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" terrified|strong="H2865"! 
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Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H7665" them|strong="H1992"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Keeping|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" holy|strong="H6944" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Keeping|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" holy|strong="H6944" }
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\verseNumber{19}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H3318": “Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" in|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w First|strong="H1121"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1980"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} gates|strong="H8179". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The potter and the clay }

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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5800" snow|strong="H7950" certainly|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] completely|strong="H3617" disappears|strong="H0622"/melts|strong="H4549" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5800" rocky|strong="H6697" slopes|strong="H7704" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5800" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5800" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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The|strong="H5800" cold|strong="H7119" streams|strong="H5140" that|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H5140" down|strong="H5140" from|strong="H4325" those|strong="H1992" distant|strong="H7350" mountains|strong="H2022" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] cease|strong="H7673" flowing|strong="H5140". 
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They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7911". 
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And|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1992" difficulties/disasters|strong="H4672", 
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\verseNumber{22}Cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" scream in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H8085" homes|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7272" hidden|strong="H2934" traps|strong="H6341" along|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" path|strong="H0734". 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440". 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" forgive|strong="H3722" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" crimes|strong="H6588" 
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Cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judah will be like a smashed jar }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Pashhur arrested Jeremiah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Pashhur arrested Jeremiah }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H3212" }

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\verseNumber{13}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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I|strong="H3808" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" my|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H7358", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954" now|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3318" die|strong="H4191"; 
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why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7200" necessary|strong="H2706" [RHQ] for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7200" born|strong="H3318"? 

\BibleSectionHeading{God rejected King Zedekiah’s request }

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\chapterNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Pashhur|strong="H6583", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Malkijah|strong="H4441", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" named|strong="H7121" Zephaniah|strong="H6846", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pleaded|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*}, saying|strong="H1697", 
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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Judah’s|strong="H3063" kings|strong="H4428" }
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Help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" robbed|strong="H1497". 
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If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", 
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“No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H6697" can|strong="H4310" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" through|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w defenses|strong="H1354"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" deeds|strong="H4611" like|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" deserve|strong="H6529" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" light|strong="H0216" a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" forests|strong="H3293" 
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that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H3341" up|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3605"!’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about punishing the evil kings of Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message about punishing the evil kings of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{22}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*}: “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3381": 
\verseNumber{2}‘You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H3427" [MTY], like|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068". You|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" listen|strong="H8085" 
\verseNumber{3}to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" justly|strong="H4941". Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941". Help|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" robbed|strong="H1497". Rescue|strong="H5337" people|strong="H1818" from|strong="H3027" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" oppress|strong="H3238" them|strong="H3027". Stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H3238" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H4941" here|strong="H2088" from|strong="H3027" other|strong="H2088" countries|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H3238" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H3068" widows|strong="H0490". Stop|strong="H2308" murdering here|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} [MTY] those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" ◄are|strong="H3027" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" wrong|strong="H3238"►. 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" obey|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" commands|strong="H1697" carefully|strong="H6213", there|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" ruling|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4428" ride|strong="H7392" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H8179" in|strong="H3427" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H8085" commands|strong="H1697", I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H8085", with|strong="H1004" myself|strong="H0589" [MTY] as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H8085", that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" palace|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H1004" rubble|strong="H2721".” ’ ” 
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\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3063" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004", like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" forests|strong="H3293" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3427" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" this|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057", 
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a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" lives|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5307" summon|strong="H7121" enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H5307" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H6942" palace|strong="H1004"; 
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each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3627" their|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5307" use|strong="H4399" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" tools|strong="H0240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* wreck \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5307" cut|strong="H3772" into|strong="H5307" pieces|strong="H5409" the|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H3303" big|strong="H0931" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beams|strong="H3772"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5307" throw|strong="H5307" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5307" a|strong="H3772" fire|strong="H0784".” 
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\verseNumber{8}People|strong="H1471" from|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ruins|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H7453", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1419"\+w*} great|strong="H1419"?” 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H5800" will|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5800" stopped|strong="H5800" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5647" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Instead|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Josiah|strong="H2977"\+w*}; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". 
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Instead|strong="H3588", mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\+w*, \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1980" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H5750" country|strong="H2022", 
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and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121", King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" indeed|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H4480" him|strong="H7725": “He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3588" far-away country|strong="H4725" and|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H4725" again|strong="H5750".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H8033" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H8033" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" }
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1004" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoahaz’s|strong="H3059"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H7453"\+w*, \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1004" unjustly|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" his|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". 
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The|strong="H5414" rooms|strong="H5944" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" upper|strong="H5944" level|strong="H4334" were|strong="H5414" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w*} unjustly|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H6467"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H1004" forced|strong="H4522" his|strong="H5414" neighbors|strong="H7453" to|strong="H5414" work|strong="H6467" for|strong="H1004" nothing|strong="H3808"; 
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he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" huge|strong="H1995" beautiful|strong="H3303" palace|strong="H1004" 
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with|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H7304" rooms|strong="H5944" and|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} windows|strong="H2474". 
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They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1004" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fragrant|strong="H5561"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" panels/timber|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H1004" paint|strong="H6320" them|strong="H1129" bright|strong="H8350" red|strong="H8350".’” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H2896" cedar|strong="H0730" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" causes|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" great|strong="H6213"! 
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Jehoiakim’s|strong="H3079" father|strong="H0001", Josiah|strong="H2977", also|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3588" [RHQ] plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H4941" things|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4941" drink|strong="H8354". 
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But|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4941" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" just|strong="H4941", 
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and|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" why|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{16}Josiah|strong="H2977" acted|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H6664" and|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H3068" needy|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808", 
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so|strong="H3808" things|strong="H2896" went|strong="H3068" well|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" [RHQ] the|strong="H5002" way|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3068" person|strong="H5315" should|strong="H3068" behave|strong="H6213" who|strong="H1931" knows|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" [MTY] are|strong="H5869" greedy|strong="H1214" and|strong="H5869" desire|strong="H8378" only|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" obtain|strong="H5381" things|strong="H1697" by|strong="H5921" acting|strong="H4603" dishonestly|strong="H5766". 
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You|strong="H3588" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H1818", 
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you|strong="H3588" oppress|strong="H6231" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H1818", 
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and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" treat|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" cruelly|strong="H6233" and|strong="H5869" violently|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", the|strong="H3541" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4428". 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3541" other|strong="H3541", ‘It|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3651" sad|strong="H7451"; we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H3651" sorry|strong="H5162"!’ 
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The|strong="H3541" people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3651" ruled|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" sad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191"; we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H3651" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w*} his|strong="H7993" corpse|strong="H5038" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3389" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3389" a|strong="H3389" dead|strong="H4191" donkey|strong="H2543"; 
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his|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*} will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H3389" dragged|strong="H5498" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H8179" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" dumped|strong="H7760" outside|strong="H1973" the|strong="H7993" gates|strong="H8179"! 
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cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124", 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H6258"\+w*, \+w your|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} enjoys|strong="H0398" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3205" cedar|strong="H0730" rooms|strong="H2315" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3205" palace|strong="H1004", 
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but|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3205"\+w*} he|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" be|strong="H2256" punished|strong="H6485", 
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and|strong="H3427" then|strong="H4100" he|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" groan|strong="H2603" 
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like|strong="H3427" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3427" is|strong="H4100" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4100" punish|strong="H6485" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4100" punish|strong="H6485" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" }
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\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" this|strong="H3588": “Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", as|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" ring|strong="H2885" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" finger|strong="H0676" that|strong="H3588" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" pull|strong="H5423" you|strong="H3588" off|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H3016" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H2428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w*} they|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3027" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5414" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3045" his|strong="H5921" children|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1980"► to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2088" foreign|strong="H5237" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{30}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" during|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117", 
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because|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2233"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ever|strong="H3117"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H3678" 
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to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God will punish the evil leaders }

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\chapterNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002", “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*—\+w those|strong="H1945"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w*} shepherds|strong="H7462" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629"—because|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H6327" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462" away|strong="H7462", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7725" later|strong="H0310" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6629" gather|strong="H6908" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8033" still|strong="H7725" alive|strong="H2416", from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" forced|strong="H5080" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6629" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H6629" have|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7235"/population|strong="H1546" will|strong="H6629" increase|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6965"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808", leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" [DOU] of|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H6965" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w*} lost|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", 
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who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" descendant|strong="H6780" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4427" wisely|strong="H7919". 
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He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" just|strong="H6662" and|strong="H6965" right|strong="H4941" throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [DOU] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H3467". 
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And|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3068" vindicates|strong="H4941"/defends|strong="H1755" us|strong="H3117".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w solemnly|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w promising|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" say|strong="H3478", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3651"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
\verseNumber{8}Instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} as|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H3427" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" northeast and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" exiled|strong="H1540" us|strong="H5921".” And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" false|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" false|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" }
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I|strong="H1697" stagger|strong="H5128" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" drunk|strong="H7910" 
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after|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196". 
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and|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". 
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Even|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" pastures|strong="H4999" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" are|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3651" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", 
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because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4057" what|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3651" evil|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w false|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} use|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" power|strong="H1369" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4057" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3512"/fair|strong="H3303". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H3068" ungodly|strong="H7563"; 
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they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" even|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" paths|strong="H2519" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1992" slippery|strong="H2519". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" being|strong="H1961" chased|strong="H7291" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" darkness|strong="H2822", 
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and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451" 
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at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1992". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"; 
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they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" prophesying|strong="H5012", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" Baal|strong="H1168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" deceiving|strong="H8582" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" doing|strong="H7451" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605". 
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They|strong="H3605" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" 
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and|strong="H1980" habitually tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H8267". 
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They|strong="H3605" encourage|strong="H2388" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1980" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H7489" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605", 
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with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H1115" stop|strong="H1115" sinning|strong="H7489". 
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Those|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H7451" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H1980" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" were|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030": 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H8248" those|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" bitter|strong="H4751" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" 
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and|strong="H3068" poison|strong="H7219" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248", 
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because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1697" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H3808"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921", 
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because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" just|strong="H1697" deceiving|strong="H8267" you|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H1992" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3820"/created|strong="H1254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" minds|strong="H3820", 
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not|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" habitually say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5921", 
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‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965".’ 
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And|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stubbornly|strong="H5637" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", 
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‘Nothing|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5975" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H4310" been|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" council|strong="H5475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7200". 
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None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5975" has|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3318", listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3068": I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921"; it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H2342" storm|strong="H5591"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" whirlwind|strong="H5591", swirling|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H5704" accomplish|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289". 
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In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" clearly|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*,} “I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5030" not|strong="H3808" appointed|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1992" prophets|strong="H5030", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} prophesy|strong="H5012". 
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\verseNumber{22}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" in|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" council|strong="H5475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{meetings}, 
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they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" speak|strong="H1697" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" committing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", “Am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" nearby|strong="H7138"? 
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No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350", also|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3808", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H7200" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" secret|strong="H5641" place|strong="H4565" 
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with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5002" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200". 
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I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H3068" everywhere|strong="H3605", in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5002" earth|strong="H8064"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559"! 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H8085" have|strong="H5030" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesy|strong="H5012" lies|strong="H8267", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8034" are|strong="H5030" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8034". They|strong="H8034" say|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492" that|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8034" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915"! I|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} had|strong="H2492" this|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3820" they|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3426" this|strong="H3820"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3820" those|strong="H1992" lying|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" prophesy|strong="H5012" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5030" come|strong="H0935" only|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3820" own|strong="H1961" minds|strong="H3820"? 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H5971" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5971" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7911" dreams|strong="H2472" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5608" to|strong="H2803" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7911", like|strong="H2803" their|strong="H7911" ancestors|strong="H0001" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7911" when|strong="H2472" they|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2803" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{28}Allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" dreams|strong="H2472", but|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" should|strong="H3068" proclaim|strong="H5608" those|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H1697" faithfully|strong="H0571". I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1697"\+w*} straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1250" are|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" different|strong="H8133", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", 'I oppose|strong="H7853" all|strong="H1697" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" steal|strong="H1589" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H3068" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H1697" came|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H2005" oppose|strong="H7853" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" messages|strong="H2372" but|strong="H3947" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H2372" came|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{32}I|strong="H2005" oppose|strong="H7853" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5971" falsely|strong="H8267" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2005" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" vision|strong="H2377", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} telling|strong="H5608" lies|strong="H8267" that|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H8267" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403". I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" benefit|strong="H3276" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921".' \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H5608".” 

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\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “If|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2088" prophets|strong="H5030" or|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" asks|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", ‘What|strong="H4100" problem|strong="H2008" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*}?’, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5002" problem|strong="H2008"! And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5203" you|strong="H3588"!’ 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1931" any|strong="H6485" prophet|strong="H5030" or|strong="H1004" priest|strong="H3548" or|strong="H1004" anyone|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w*} says|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" prophecy|strong="H5030" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{35}What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" each|strong="H3541" other|strong="H7453" is|strong="H3068", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H6030"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}?’ 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H1697" ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7521" their|strong="H3068" ideas, and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" distort|strong="H5186"/change|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{37}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" each|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030": ‘What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6030"\+w*}? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6030"\+w*}?’ 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" replies|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ you|strong="H7971" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘You|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068"” even|strong="H3651" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3541" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" prophecies|strong="H1697"/messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5892" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" presence|strong="H6440". And|strong="H5892" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" this|strong="H3651" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5414" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5414" disgraced|strong="H0954".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Good figs and bad figs }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Good figs and bad figs }
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\chapterNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" captured|strong="H3920" Jehoiachin|strong="H3204", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" skilled|strong="H2796" workers|strong="H2796" [DOU] and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". After|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" baskets|strong="H1736" of|strong="H1121" figs|strong="H8384" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1964". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H3808" basket|strong="H1731" was|strong="H7451" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384", like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H2896" that|strong="H7451" ripen first|strong="H7223". The|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" basket|strong="H1731" was|strong="H7451" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384" that|strong="H7451" were|strong="H7451" bad|strong="H7451"/rotten|strong="H7539", with|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3808" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w*} figs|strong="H8384". Some|strong="H4480" are|strong="H4100" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" ones|strong="H8384", but|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" are|strong="H4100" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{5}“This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, say|strong="H3478": ‘The|strong="H3541" good|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384" represent|strong="H7969" [SIM] the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3541" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5921" [SYN] will|strong="H5869" ◄watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H5921"/take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H5869"► them|strong="H5921" well|strong="H2896", and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" establish|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" cause|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" prosperous|strong="H6743" [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" exile|strong="H1540" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H7725" know|strong="H3045" [IDM] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" sincerely|strong="H8549".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3588" bad|strong="H7451" figs|strong="H8384" represent|strong="H7969" [SIM] Zedekiah|strong="H6667", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2063"\+w*} people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3651" people|strong="H3427" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" rotten|strong="H7539" figs|strong="H8384". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4725" every|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H4467" on|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" horrified|strong="H2113", and|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5414" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H5971". Wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" scatter|strong="H5080" them|strong="H5414", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H4725" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8033" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" disgraced|strong="H0954", and|strong="H8033" ridicule|strong="H4912" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8033" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" experience|strong="H7200" wars|strong="H2719" and|strong="H7971" famines|strong="H3615" and|strong="H7971" diseases|strong="H1698", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5414" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H1992" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prediction about being exiled for 70 years }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A prediction about being exiled for 70 years }
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\chapterNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" spoke|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063": 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5704" 23 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977", the|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526", had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5704" almost|strong="H3117" 13 years|strong="H8141". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" faithfully|strong="H0571" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117" those|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" any|strong="H4480" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{4}Many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971" or|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{5}Each|strong="H5414" time|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3068" message|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414": ‘Turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"], from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H5769" been|strong="H5769" doing|strong="H1870". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{6}Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H3027" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" serving|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3027" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3808" hands|strong="H3027". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H3707", he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H7489"/harm|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3808".’ 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", ‘But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. You|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027". That|strong="H8085" resulted|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H5012" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892". 
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Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H5856" of|strong="H4428" ruins|strong="H5856". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" [RHQ] King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" or|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" kill|strong="H4191" Micah|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}? No|strong="H3808"! Instead|strong="H3808", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" ◄act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921"/not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H4191"► them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H5315" about|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971". And|strong="H3063" now|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\+w*}, we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H6213" ourselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1696" experienece a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" sent|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494" the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Acbor|strong="H5907" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4714" several|strong="H2669" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{24}However|strong="H0389", Ahikam|strong="H0296" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227" defended|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269" not|strong="H1115" to|strong="H4191" allow|strong="H5414" [MTY] the|strong="H5414" mob to|strong="H4191" murder|strong="H7523" me|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah urged them to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah urged them to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar }
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\chapterNumber{27}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Hananiah|strong="H2608" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1696" now|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" while|strong="H2088" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Hananiah|strong="H2608" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H4133" off|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3947" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H5030" broke|strong="H7665" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Hananiah|strong="H2608" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Hananiah|strong="H2608", listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w*}: Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="H7971"; instead|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H8085"\+w*} lies|strong="H8267" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" believed|strong="H0539" your|strong="H3068" lies|strong="H8267". 
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\verseNumber{17}Hananiah|strong="H2608" died|strong="H4191" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The letter Jeremiah sent to the people of Judah who had been exiled to Babylonia }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The letter Jeremiah sent to the people of Judah who had been exiled to Babylonia }
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\chapterNumber{29}\verseNumber{1-2}After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", his|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269", other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" craftsmen|strong="H2796" [DOU] had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894", I|strong="H0589" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894" by|strong="H0801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh promised to bring his people back }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh promised to bring his people back }
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\chapterNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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Men|strong="H1397" certainly|strong="H7200" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H7200" [RHQ] give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" babies|strong="H3245". 
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Therefore|strong="H5921", why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H4994" strong|strong="H2388" men|strong="H1397" stand|strong="H5975" there|strong="H3605", 
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with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" white|strong="H3836"/pale|strong="H3420", 
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with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" pressed|strong="H6555" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" stomachs|strong="H4578", 
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that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H3372" day|strong="H3117"! 
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There|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3644" such|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256". 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" free|strong="H2670" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" ◄slaves|strong="H5647"/forced|strong="H6635" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" King|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647"► [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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People|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" other|strong="H5750" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" bosses|strong="H1354". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w home|strong="H7725"\+w*} from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" exiled|strong="H1540". 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H6327" you|strong="H3588". 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588". 
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because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4100" committed|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7230" sins|strong="H2403" 
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and|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H2403" very|strong="H6213" guilty|strong="H5771". 
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will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} possessions|strong="H7399" stolen|strong="H4933", 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" healthy|strong="H1277" again|strong="H7495".” 
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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" possess|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725". 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6485" any|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" oppresses|strong="H3905" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" invite|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H2088" [RHQ] would|strong="H4310" ◄dare|strong="H6148"/have|strong="H1961" courage|strong="H3820"► to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" 
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\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" whirlwind|strong="H5591", swirling|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" 
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until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H5704" accomplishes|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289". 
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In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clearly|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel will be restored }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Israel will be restored }
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\chapterNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H5971" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Those|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" remained|strong="H8300" alive|strong="H8300" and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" 
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were|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w even|strong="H3068"\+w*} in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3541" desert|strong="H4057"; 
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I|strong="H3541" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{3}Long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H7200", 
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‘I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H4900" to|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617" you|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769". 
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By|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" myself|strong="H0589".’ 
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\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1129"\+w*}, my|strong="H3318" Israeli people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3478" love|strong="H0157" [MET|strong="H6298"], that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H5750" a|strong="H1129" nation|strong="H1471" again|strong="H5750". 
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You|strong="H1129" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*} dance|strong="H4234" as|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1129" play|strong="H7832" your|strong="H3318" tambourines|strong="H8596". 
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\verseNumber{5}Again|strong="H5750" you|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" plant|strong="H5193" your|strong="H2490" vineyards|strong="H3754" on|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2490" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Samaria|strong="H8111", 
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and|strong="H2022" you|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" eat|strong="H2490" the|strong="H2490" grapes|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H3426" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" watchmen|strong="H5341" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" [MTY], 
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‘Come|strong="H5927", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!' ” 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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Shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442", praising|strong="H1984" me|strong="H3467" and|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", rescue|strong="H3467" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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the|strong="H8085" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" alive|strong="H2416"!’ 
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from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3205" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776". 
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women|strong="H2030" who|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1419" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H7725" women|strong="H2030" who|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1419" ◄having|strong="H3205" labor|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735"/about|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" babies|strong="H3245"►. 
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They|strong="H3162" will|strong="H6828" be|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3205" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3205" people|strong="H6908"! 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" crying|strong="H1065" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725", 
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on|strong="H1870" level|strong="H4334" paths|strong="H1870" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" stumble|strong="H3782". 
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Then|strong="H8085" proclaim|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" coasts|strong="H1366" far|strong="H4801" away|strong="H2219". 
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I|strong="H1697" scattered|strong="H2219" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H1471", but|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" them|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462" 
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like|strong="H3478" [SIM] a|strong="H8085" shepherd|strong="H7462" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" sheep|strong="H6908". 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" back|strong="H1350" 
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H1121" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" slopes|strong="H0794" of|strong="H1121" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H7442" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H2898" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" abundantly|strong="H8317" given|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"— 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5771" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H5771" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5002" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" took|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1992" by|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H1992" broke|strong="H6565" that|strong="H3117" agreement|strong="H1285", even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loved|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] husbands|strong="H1167" love|strong="H0157" their|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802".’ 
\verseNumber{33}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H3478": ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" new|strong="H2319" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" some|strong="H1992" day|strong="H3117": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" minds|strong="H3820" and|strong="H3478" write|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H1004" beings|strong="H2421". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5704" teach|strong="H3925" their|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7453" or|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068",” because|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605", including|strong="H5704" unimportant people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H3808", will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3925". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H3925" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3808" been|strong="H2142" very|strong="H5704" wicked|strong="H7563", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" again|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0216" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3119", 
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and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0216" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" night|strong="H3915". 
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He|strong="H3068" stirs|strong="H7280" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" seas|strong="H3220", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" waves|strong="H1530" roar|strong="H1993". 
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His|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", 
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and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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\verseNumber{36}“I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" reject|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471" 
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anymore|strong="H5750" than|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H2706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* universe}. 
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\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H3478" this|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" say|strong="H3478": 
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‘No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" measure|strong="H4058" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H3478" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" find|strong="H2713" out|strong="H2713" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" supporting|strong="H5583" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
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Similarly|strong="H2088", I|strong="H3541" cannot|strong="H8064" reject|strong="H3988" forever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" 
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because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H6213"\+w*} things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", also|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rebuilt|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1129", from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H3068" Hananel|strong="H2606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* northeast \+w corner|strong="H6438"\+w*, \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" Corner|strong="H6438" Gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{39}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} will|strong="H5750" stretch|strong="H5186" a|strong="H3318" measuring|strong="H4060" line|strong="H6957"/string|strong="H8439" over|strong="H5921" Gareb|strong="H1619" Hill|strong="H1389" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} to|strong="H3318" Goah|strong="H1601". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H6944" where|strong="H3808" corpses|strong="H6297" and|strong="H3068" ashes|strong="H1880" are|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H2040" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kidron|strong="H6939"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Horse|strong="H5483" Gate|strong="H8179", will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3808". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" or|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H2040".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah bought some land }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah bought some land }
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\chapterNumber{32}After|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697", during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" guards|strong="H7323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" stayed|strong="H3607". 
\verseNumber{3}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" there|strong="H3541". I|strong="H2005" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H5012" there|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H3920" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" ◄take|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696"/put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428"► the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3588" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". And|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5002" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5704" Babylonia|strong="H3778", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6743".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{7}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3588"\+w* cousin} Hanamel|strong="H2601", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w uncle|strong="H1730"\+w*}, will|strong="H1121" come|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588", ‘Buy|strong="H7069" my|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H7704" Anathoth|strong="H6068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w hometown|strong="H4725"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w closest|strong="H1350"\+w* \+w relative|strong="H7069"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1121" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696", my|strong="H3068" cousin Hanamel|strong="H2601" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" my|strong="H3068" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H3068" Anathoth|strong="H6068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*.}” When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7069"\+w*}, I|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H7069" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H7704" Anathoth|strong="H6068". I|strong="H1121" paid|strong="H5414" Hanamel|strong="H2601" 17 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1121". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The promise that God will enable the Israeli people to prosper again }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The promise that God will enable the Israeli people to prosper again }
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You|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{15}At|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" [DOU] I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1931" appoint|strong="H6485" a|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6666" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" descendant|strong="H6780" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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Throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1931" just|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3117" right|strong="H4941". 
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And|strong="H3063" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3068" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w*} vindicates|strong="H4941"/defends|strong="H1755" us’. 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah }
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\chapterNumber{34}King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{2}“Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414", ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H1980" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": “I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H1980" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5414" down|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414"; they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". And|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" take|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" Babylon|strong="H0894".” ’ 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" this|strong="H3541" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068": ‘You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" [MTY]; 
\verseNumber{5}you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" peacefully|strong="H7965". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, people|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H1696" honor|strong="H3519"/remember|strong="H2142" you|strong="H3588" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", crying|strong="H4191", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3651" sad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191"!” I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" took|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H3063" Azekah|strong="H5825". Those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3920". 

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\verseNumber{8}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" their|strong="H3605" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H5927" capture|strong="H3920" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269". Although|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" have|strong="H3063" left|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w short|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The lesson from the Rechabites }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The lesson from the Rechabites }
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" represented the|strong="H3605" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940". Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Habazziniah|strong="H2262". 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*}, say|strong="H1696": 'You have|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" called|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3605". Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961".' ” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" turned|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H8085", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H6680" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H8085"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" ancestor Jehonadab|strong="H3082" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680". You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117" say|strong="H3478": “There|strong="H5975" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehonadab|strong="H3082" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440".” ’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{36}When|strong="H1961" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961": 
\verseNumber{2}“Get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" scroll|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3063" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1471" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" regarding|strong="H2088" Israel|strong="H3478", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" nations|strong="H1471". Write|strong="H3789" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697", starting|strong="H4161" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H3117" message|strong="H1697", when|strong="H3117" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", up|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H8085" plan|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200", perhaps|strong="H0194" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1004" repent|strong="H7725". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H7725" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" done|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Baruch|strong="H1263" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} read|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" Micaiah|strong="H4321", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gemariah|strong="H1587" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" sent|strong="H7971" Jehudi|strong="H3065", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson of|strong="H1121" Cushi|strong="H3570", to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H3605" Baruch|strong="H1263" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w also|strong="H3027"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" Baruch|strong="H1263" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697", they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H6342". They|strong="H1697" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H4428" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “We|strong="H8085" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}Baruch|strong="H1263" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Jeremiah|strong="H3414" dictated|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" wrote|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" ink|strong="H1773" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" scroll|strong="H5612".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" Baruch|strong="H1263", “You|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3212" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" must|strong="H4191" both|strong="H3045" hide|strong="H5641". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H8269"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H1697" put|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H3957" of|strong="H4428" Elishama|strong="H0476", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608". Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H1697" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H4428" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Baruch|strong="H1263"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5046"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" scroll|strong="H4039" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" scroll|strong="H4039" }
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" Jehudi|strong="H3065" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039". Jehudi|strong="H3065" brought|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7121" from|strong="H5921" Elishama’s room|strong="H3957" and|strong="H7971" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", while|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H8269" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396", Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azriel|strong="H5837", and|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abdeel|strong="H5655" to|strong="H3068" arrest Baruch|strong="H1263" and|strong="H1121" me|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" hidden|strong="H5641" us|strong="H5608". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" scroll|strong="H5612" written|strong="H3789" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" scroll|strong="H5612" written|strong="H3789" }
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\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3068" scroll|strong="H4039" on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3068" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3068" dictated|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3068" Baruch|strong="H1263", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961": 
\verseNumber{28}“Get|strong="H3947" another|strong="H0312" scroll|strong="H4039", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Baruch|strong="H1263"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" everything|strong="H3605" again|strong="H7725", the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H2063": “You|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H4039" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H3541" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" would|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H2063" [RHQ] come|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3063" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{30}Now|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}, Jehoiakim|strong="H3079": 'None of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" this|strong="H3651" kingdom|strong="H4428" [MTY]. Your|strong="H3068" corpse|strong="H5038" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" thrown|strong="H7993" out|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}; it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" under|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hot|strong="H2552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sun|strong="H8121"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w struck|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} frost|strong="H7140" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" nights|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696", because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" would|strong="H7451" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}!' ” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" another|strong="H5750" scroll|strong="H5612", and|strong="H1121" again|strong="H5750" I|strong="H5414" dictated|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" Baruch|strong="H1263". He|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} scroll|strong="H5612", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w time|strong="H7227"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*} added|strong="H3254" more|strong="H3254" messages|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah }
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\chapterNumber{37}After|strong="H0310" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\+w* \+w became|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w for|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w months|strong="H2320"\+w*, \+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3063"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", the|strong="H8478" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", appointed|strong="H1121" him|strong="H4427" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" paid|strong="H8085" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{3}However|strong="H0389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" sent|strong="H7971" Jehucal|strong="H3081" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", and|strong="H1121" Zephaniah|strong="H6846" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994". They|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3318" I|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", so|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" could|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1004" go|strong="H3318" wherever|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" whenever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w hindered|strong="H0989"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3318"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hophra|strong="H6548"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", came|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085", they|strong="H5921" stopped|strong="H5975" surrounding|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5892" Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H5892" return|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2063" and|strong="H7725" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H7725" burn|strong="H8313" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921".’ 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1980"\+w*}, this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis}: ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H5377" yourselves|strong="H5315", thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778" has|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H1980". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6965" even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" could|strong="H2428" destroy|strong="H5221" almost|strong="H4592" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H6965" Babylonia|strong="H3778" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5892" attacking|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6965" allow|strong="H5414" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H5221" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" wounded|strong="H5221" to|strong="H6965" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168", they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3605" come|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" burn|strong="H8313" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" completely|strong="H3605"!” ’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" was|strong="H5892" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" was|strong="H5892" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H6440" Babylonia|strong="H3778" left|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" approaching|strong="H0935", 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3212" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" city|strong="H5892". I|strong="H3212" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" area|strong="H1508" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427", in|strong="H8432" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" possession|strong="H2505" of|strong="H8432" my|strong="H3318" share|strong="H2505" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" property|strong="H2505" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" family|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" walking|strong="H1980" out|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3414" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Gate|strong="H8179", a|strong="H1961" guard|strong="H6488" seized|strong="H8610" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1121" deserting|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5307"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w*} Babylonia|strong="H3778"!” The|strong="H3414" man|strong="H1167" who|strong="H1931" seized|strong="H8610" me|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" Irijah|strong="H3376", the|strong="H3414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protested|strong="H5749"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8085"\+w*} said|strong="H8085", “That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3414" not|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8267" that|strong="H8085"!” But|strong="H3808" Irijah|strong="H3376" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085". He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H8610" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" dungeon|strong="H1004"/cell|strong="H2588" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" remained|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" secretly|strong="H5643" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3426" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?” I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3426" handed|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “What|strong="H4100" crime|strong="H2398" have|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H2398" [RHQ] against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H1004" against|strong="H2398" your|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H5650" or|strong="H1004" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". Why|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5030" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" fulfilled|strong="H4390"? 
\verseNumber{20}Your|strong="H6440" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H6258" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1004" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" dungeon|strong="H1004"/cell|strong="H2588" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Jonathan|strong="H3083" your|strong="H6440" secretary|strong="H5608", because|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*,} I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H4307"\+w* \+w cell|strong="H2588"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*,} I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H5892" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3117" watched|strong="H7200" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} also|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3117"\+w*} bring|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" fresh|strong="H3892" bread|strong="H3899" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H5892" no|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" left|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah was put in a dry well }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah was put in a dry well }
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\chapterNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w*,} Shephatiah|strong="H8203" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattan|strong="H4977", Gedaliah|strong="H1436" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", Jehucal|strong="H3116" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", and|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Malkijah|strong="H4441", heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" telling|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" stays|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" or|strong="H2719" from|strong="H3318" famines|strong="H3615" or|strong="H2719" from|strong="H3318" diseases|strong="H1698". But|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3068" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H3427", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" spared|strong="H2421". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" [DOU].” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\+w*} should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"! Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" discouraging|strong="H7503" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" also|strong="H3027" discouraging|strong="H7503" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" help|strong="H5971" us|strong="H4994"; he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{5}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" said|strong="H1697", “All|strong="H1697" right|strong="H2009", do|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3201"; I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3201" stop|strong="H2308" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1121" officials|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3947" cell|strong="H2588" and|strong="H1121" lowered|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7971" by|strong="H7971" ropes|strong="H2256" into|strong="H7993" a|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" courtyard|strong="H2691". The|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" Malkijah|strong="H4441", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} mud|strong="H2916", so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" sank|strong="H2883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w deep|strong="H8415"\+w*} into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3588" mud|strong="H2916". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663", a|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" official|strong="H5631" from|strong="H8085" Ethiopia|strong="H3569", heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" well|strong="H3190". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1931" deciding/judging|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" cases|strong="H1697" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{8}Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{9}“Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5030" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" well|strong="H3190". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3605" gone|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H6440" hunger|strong="H7458"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6680" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663", “Take|strong="H3947" thirty|strong="H7970" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947"/soldiers|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4428" pull|strong="H2040" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3027" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" die|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3947" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" took|strong="H3947" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H3947" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1004" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" stored|strong="H6845" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H8033" old|strong="H1094" rags|strong="H4418" and|strong="H7971" discarded|strong="H3988" clothing|strong="H3830". They|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7971" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190". They|strong="H8033" fastened|strong="H8628" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" rope|strong="H2256" and|strong="H7971" lowered|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3947" rope|strong="H2256" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3651" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" called|strong="H7760" down|strong="H7760" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994", “Put|strong="H7760" these|strong="H6213" rags|strong="H4418" underneath|strong="H8478" your|strong="H7760" armpits|strong="H0679", to|strong="H6213" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w injured|strong="H8295"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" ropes|strong="H2256"!” So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H7760" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H2691" pulled|strong="H4900" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" well|strong="H3190". I|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" courtyard|strong="H2691" where|strong="H2691" the|strong="H4480" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" stayed|strong="H3427", and|strong="H5927" I|strong="H4480" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zedekiah|strong="H6667" questioned|strong="H7592" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" }

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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" summoned|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H3996" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H1697" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H7971" something|strong="H1697". I|strong="H1697" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w truthfully|strong="H0530"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3947" conceal|strong="H3582" anything|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*} be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". And|strong="H8085" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3289" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} advice|strong="H3289", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" secretly|strong="H5643" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}! And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" hand|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w*} then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3541" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H5315"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3808" spared|strong="H2421"/not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026"►, and|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H1672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w surrender|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, because|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" officers|strong="H7860" may|strong="H4428" hand|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3064" who|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3027" already|strong="H3528" joined|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H3778", and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3064" will|strong="H4428" mistreat|strong="H3238" me|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H3190" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3190", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hand|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5315". Things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421". 
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and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" have|strong="H3063" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3605".’ 
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\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" Babylonia|strong="H3778", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H4428" seize|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3045" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3045" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697"; if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605", my|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H8269" may|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1697"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" came|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w summoned|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5046"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5046" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" being|strong="H1961" guarded|strong="H8104" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

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\chapterNumber{39}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" came|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5921" January with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w broken|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w into|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H1272". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w waited|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w*} it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" garden|strong="H1588", through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" between|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H4480" walls|strong="H2346". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" started|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w running|strong="H1961"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" Valley|strong="H6010". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H3778" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3947" caught|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" plains|strong="H6160" near|strong="H7126" Jericho|strong="H3405". They|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. There|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" told|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4941"\+w*} they|strong="H3947" should|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6485" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah|strong="H3414" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} being|strong="H1961" guarded|strong="H8104" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah decided to stay with Gedaliah }

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Then|strong="H7971" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H7227" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" at|strong="H3427" Mizpah|strong="H4708", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" still|strong="H3427" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" land|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" plot|strong="H2513" to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H2026" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" plot|strong="H2513" to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H2026" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" }
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5221", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Baalis|strong="H1185", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418" to|strong="H7971" assassinate you|strong="H3588"?” But|strong="H3588" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{15}Later|strong="H0310" Johanan|strong="H3110" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3045" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" privately|strong="H5643". He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" murder|strong="H7523" Ishmael|strong="H3458" secretly|strong="H5643". It|strong="H3045" would|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H4100" [RHQ] to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H4994" him|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" murder|strong="H7523" you|strong="H3605"! If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5315" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" this|strong="H3045" area|strong="H1508"? They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" scattered|strong="H6327", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Johanan|strong="H3110", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H6213"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" lying|strong="H8267" about|strong="H1697" Ishmael|strong="H3458".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gedaliah was murdered }

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\chapterNumber{41}Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" king’s|strong="H4428" family|strong="H2233". He|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269". In|strong="H4428" October of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" year|strong="H7637", he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" Mizpah|strong="H4709" with|strong="H3899" ten|strong="H6235" other|strong="H3162" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3899"\+w*} Gedaliah|strong="H1436". While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" eating|strong="H0398" together|strong="H3162", 
\verseNumber{2}Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H1121" jumped up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436"—the|strong="H5221" man|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6485" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H6485"! 
\verseNumber{3}Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} also|strong="H3458" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H1961" Babylonia|strong="H3778" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H4421" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" at|strong="H4421" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", before|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026", 
\verseNumber{5}eighty|strong="H8084" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3027" Shechem|strong="H7927", Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H1548" their|strong="H3068" beards|strong="H2206" and|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H1413" themselves|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" incense|strong="H3828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Ishmael|strong="H3458" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1980" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H3318", crying|strong="H1058" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" went|strong="H1980". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" reached|strong="H1961" them|strong="H3318", he|strong="H4480" said|strong="H3318", “Come|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} Gedaliah|strong="H1436"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H5892", Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" their|strong="H8432" corpses|strong="H6297" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H3426" were|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H7704" them|strong="H4672" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ◄spared|strong="H2550"/did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191"►. They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" Ishmael|strong="H3458" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4672"\+w*} lots|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7704" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H8081" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H8081" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H8081" honey|strong="H1706" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" hidden|strong="H4301". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" where|strong="H8033" Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" thrown|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H6440" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3478" murdered|strong="H2026" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" deep|strong="H8415" well|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Asa’s|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H3478" dug|strong="H2658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} if|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931". Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" filled|strong="H4390" that|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H4390" corpses|strong="H6297". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5674" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} captured|strong="H7617" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H6485" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H4428" Mizpah|strong="H4709" by|strong="H5674" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" would|strong="H5971" take|strong="H5674" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7617". Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" back|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H8085" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" not|strong="H6213" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H2308" them|strong="H3947". They|strong="H3605" caught|strong="H4672" up|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3947" at|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H7227" pool|strong="H4325" near|strong="H5973" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" saw|strong="H7200" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H7200", they|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shouted|strong="H7321"\+w*} joyfully|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H7617" in|strong="H3212" Mizpah|strong="H4709" escaped|strong="H5437", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" help|strong="H4480" Johanan|strong="H3110". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5221"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H5337" at|strong="H4421" Gibeon|strong="H1391". They|strong="H5971" included|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269". They|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H3947" after|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Geruth-Kimham \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} near|strong="H7126" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". And|strong="H3212" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3212" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H4428" what|strong="H3372" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6440"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" Ishmael|strong="H3458" had|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436", who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H6485" appointed|strong="H6485" by|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6440" governor|strong="H6485". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah warned them to not go to Egypt }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah warned them to not go to Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{42}Then|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hoshaiah|strong="H1955", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w surrendered|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H5704" [HYP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" important|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" important|strong="H5704", came|strong="H5066" 
\verseNumber{2}to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3068" request|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994". Although|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5869" previously|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5869", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H4592" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w survived|strong="H7604"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Pray|strong="H6419"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H2005" replied|strong="H6030", “Okay, I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" requested|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" ◄tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605"/not|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H5641" anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605"►.” 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H2088": ‘Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534", I|strong="H3588" severely|strong="H5953" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7200" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725" again|strong="H5750".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah was taken to Egypt }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah was taken to Egypt }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah predicted disaster would come because of their idolatry }

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\chapterNumber{45}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Baruch|strong="H1263", wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1697"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H4428" dictated|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H1696" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Baruch|strong="H1263"\+w*}, this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H2040" this|strong="H1931" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" established|strong="H3559". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" planted|strong="H5193" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H2009" pull|strong="H2040" up|strong="H1129" with|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" roots|strong="H5428". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5414", should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ] desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1320" do|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H3212"? Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" disaster|strong="H7451", but|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Messages about other nations }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Messages about other nations }
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\chapterNumber{46}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1471" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Messages|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" }

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\verseNumber{2}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", this|strong="H5221" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H6549" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*: “\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H2428"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}‘Prepare|strong="H6186" your|strong="H5066" shields|strong="H4043" 
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and|strong="H4043" march|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5066" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5066" battle|strong="H4421"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Put|strong="H3847" harnesses on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" horses|strong="H5483", 
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and|strong="H5483" get|strong="H5927" on|strong="H3847" their|strong="H3320" backs|strong="H6203". 
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◄Get|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3320" positions|strong="H7896"/Line|strong="H6957" up|strong="H5927"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" helmets|strong="H3553". 
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Sharpen|strong="H4838" your|strong="H3320" spears|strong="H7420", 
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and|strong="H5483" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" armor|strong="H3847"!’ 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H7200" [RHQ] do|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"? 
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I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5002" soldiers|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" terrified|strong="H4032" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" fleeing|strong="H5127". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" bravest|strong="H0533" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H1368" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", 
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without|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} looking|strong="H6437" backward|strong="H0268"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1368"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" terrified|strong="H4032" on|strong="H7200" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439"! 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" fastest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w runners|strong="H7323"\+w*} will|strong="H3027" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5921" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", 
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but|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w greatest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} their|strong="H5921" warriors|strong="H1368" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5307" escape|strong="H4422". 
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In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828", by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H3027" fall|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{7}What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H4325" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H0776" 
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like|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5927" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" floods|strong="H5104"? 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" 
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that|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H5892" covering|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" land|strong="H0776" like|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" surging|strong="H7227"/huge|strong="H1995" flood|strong="H5104", 
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and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1607" will|strong="H4714" boast|strong="H1984" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1607" will|strong="H4714" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" earth|strong="H5927" 
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and|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" destroy|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3680" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w riders|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483", charge|strong="H4931"/rush|strong="H8264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}! 
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You|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{drivers \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393", drive|strong="H1984" furiously|strong="H7697"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H5927"\+w*} you|strong="H3318" warriors|strong="H1368" from|strong="H3318" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" and|strong="H7393" Libya|strong="H6316" 
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who|strong="H1368" carry|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" shields|strong="H4043", 
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you|strong="H3318" warriors|strong="H1368" from|strong="H3318" Lydia|strong="H3865" 
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who|strong="H1368" shoot|strong="H1869" arrows|strong="H7198", 
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you|strong="H3318" come|strong="H5927"! 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3117" angels|strong="H4397", will|strong="H2719" get|strong="H7646" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H6862". 
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With|strong="H7646" my|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" [PRS] I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6862"\+w*} until|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" satisfied|strong="H7646"; 
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my|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" will|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w monster|strong="H8577"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298", PRS] drinks|strong="H8354" the|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w kills|strong="H5221"\+w*} until|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" thirsty|strong="H6771". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3117" angels|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" [IDM] of|strong="H1323" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" obtain|strong="H3947" medicine|strong="H7499"; 
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but|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5927" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H1330" useless|strong="H1892" to|strong="H5927" take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5927" those|strong="H1992" medicines|strong="H7499"; 
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you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H4714" not|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1330" healed|strong="H7499". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" hear|strong="H8085" how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1471" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1471"\+w*} all|strong="H3162" over|strong="H5307" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1471" hear|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" wailing|strong="H4553". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w mighty|strong="H1368"\+w*} warriors|strong="H1368" will|strong="H1471" stumble|strong="H3782" over|strong="H5307" each|strong="H1471" other|strong="H8147" 
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and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3162" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" together|strong="H3162".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1696"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5221" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{14}“Shout|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} throughout|strong="H5439" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
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Proclaim|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8085" Migdol|strong="H4024", Memphis|strong="H5297", and|strong="H4714" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}! 
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‘◄Get|strong="H3559" into|strong="H4714" your|strong="H8085" positions|strong="H7896"/Line|strong="H6957" up|strong="H3320"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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Prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4714" defend|strong="H1598" yourselves|strong="H3320", 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H2719" killed|strong="H2719".’ [PRS, MTY] 
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\verseNumber{15}Your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H6499"; 
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Why|strong="H4069" does|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H1920"? 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" knock|strong="H3766" him|strong="H5975" down|strong="H1920". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5971" from|strong="H7725" other|strong="H7453" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5971" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H6965" fall|strong="H5307" over|strong="H5307" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453", 
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and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H6965"\+w*} they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453", 
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‘Let’s|strong="H3238" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" land|strong="H6440". 
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Let’s|strong="H3238" get|strong="H6965" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" swords|strong="H2719" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H6965"!’ 
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\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘The|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" talks loudly|strong="H6963", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6213" severely|strong="H3256" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H4941": 
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It|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H4941" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Philistia }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message about Philistia }
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\chapterNumber{47}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5221"\+w*} before|strong="H2962" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H4393"; 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" scream; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" wail|strong="H3213". 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" weak|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" helpless|strong="H1800" [MTY]. 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" [PRS] put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5704" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H2719" their|strong="H3068" sheaths and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8252" them|strong="H5704" there|strong="H1945"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3068" it|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" [RHQ] for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", 
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because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w*}; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" intends|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ashkelon|strong="H0831" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3068" coast|strong="H2348". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Moab }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message about Moab }
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\chapterNumber{48}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3478" Moab|strong="H4124". The|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559": 
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“Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Nebo|strong="H5015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3588"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703". 
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Kiriathaim|strong="H7156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} humiliated|strong="H3637"; 
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the|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3001" ashamed|strong="H3001". 
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\verseNumber{2}No|strong="H3772" one|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1471" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" again|strong="H5750"; 
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the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" plan|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3212" destroy|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} Heshbon|strong="H2809". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*,} ‘Come|strong="H3212", let’s|strong="H1980" cause|strong="H2600" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H3212" no|strong="H3772" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3772" nation|strong="H1471".’ 
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You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H5921" Madmen|strong="H4086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H5750" silenced|strong="H1826"; 
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enemy|strong="H0340" armies|strong="H6635" [MTY] will|strong="H1471" pursue|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6963" Horonaim|strong="H2773" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} screaming; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H7667"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w wailing|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w*} devastated|strong="H7701" and|strong="H1419" destroyed|strong="H7701" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8085"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H2201" ruined|strong="H7703"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" little|strong="H6810" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4124" cry|strong="H2201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H6818" bitterly|strong="H1065" 
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as|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Luhith|strong="H3872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H4608"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wail|strong="H3213"\+w*} on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" road|strong="H1870" down|strong="H4174" to|strong="H5927" Horonaim|strong="H2773", 
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being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4608" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w*} destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, ‘Flee|strong="H5127"! 
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Hide|strong="H5127" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H4057"!’ 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H8269" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H3548" powerful|strong="H2392", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w*}; 
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so|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645" and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3162" his|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" officials|strong="H8269" 
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will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3920" away|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" distant|strong="H7350" lands|strong="H4054". 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H8045"; 
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none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8045" will|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Towns|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H6010" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" plateau|strong="H4334" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H8045", 
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because|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}Spread|strong="H3318" salt|strong="H4417" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" 
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in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wasteland|strong="H4057" with|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w growing|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H5892" no|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" eagerly|strong="H6960" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" desires|strong="H0183", 
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anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" refrains|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3068" using|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2719" [MTY] others|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" have|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" felt|strong="H4959" secure|strong="H7599"; 
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they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H8252" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776"►. 
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They|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3627" like|strong="H3651" [MET|strong="H6298"] wine|strong="H8105" that|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4124" been|strong="H8252" left|strong="H1980" undisturbed|strong="H8252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w container|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w flavor|strong="H2940"\+w*}, 
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so|strong="H3651" now|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" smells|strong="H7381" good|strong="H2896", 
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and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H1931" tastes|strong="H2938" good|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" like|strong="H3651" people|strong="H5971" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H7971" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H2009" smash|strong="H7665" the|strong="H5002" wine|strong="H3196" jar|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" ashamed|strong="H0954" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w god|strong="H1008"\+w*/\+w idol|strong="H3478"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" ashamed|strong="H0954" because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H1008" gold|strong="H2091" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3478" calf|strong="H5695" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w smashed|strong="H7665"\+w*} at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368"; 
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we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" bravely in|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" called|strong="H8034" ‘the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels’|strong="H0047", says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5002" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7703". 
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Their|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" young|strong="H4005" men|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5927"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819". 
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\verseNumber{16}Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" very|strong="H3966" soon|strong="H4116" be|strong="H7451" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4124" soon|strong="H4116" experience|strong="H7200" disaster|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} near|strong="H7126" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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who|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045" is|strong="H8034" very|strong="H3045" famous|strong="H8034", 
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should|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H8034" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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and|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559", “Its|strong="H3605" glorious|strong="H8597" power|strong="H5797" [MTY, DOU] is|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*} ended|strong="H1961"/broken|strong="H7665".” 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" Dibon|strong="H1769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H4013"\+w*}, stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1961" proud|strong="H1343" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1323" being|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519", 
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and|strong="H5927" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083", 
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because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4124" destroy|strong="H7843" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" attack|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H4013"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5927" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346". 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H4100" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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stand|strong="H5975" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H1870" watch|strong="H6822". 
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Shout|strong="H7321" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1870" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1870" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" fleeing|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}, 
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“What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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“Moab|strong="H4124" is|strong="H4124" ruined|strong="H7703" and|strong="H2865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H7703"\+w*} disgraced|strong="H0954"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} weep|strong="H1058" and|strong="H2865" wail|strong="H3213" [DOU]. 
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Proclaim|strong="H5046" at|strong="H7703" the|strong="H3588" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H2865" destroyed|strong="H7703". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H4941" have|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" ◄plateau|strong="H4334"/high|strong="H1116" level|strong="H4334"►: 
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Holon|strong="H2473" and|strong="H4941" Jahaz|strong="H3096" and|strong="H4941" Mephaath|strong="H4158", 
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\verseNumber{22}Dibon|strong="H1769" and|strong="H5015" Nebo|strong="H5015" and|strong="H5015" Beth-Diblathaim|strong="H1015", 
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\verseNumber{23}Kiriathaim|strong="H7156" and|strong="H5921" Beth-Gamul|strong="H1014" and|strong="H5921" Beth-Meon|strong="H1010", 
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\verseNumber{24}Kerioth|strong="H7152" and|strong="H5892" Bozrah|strong="H1224", 
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cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5892" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “The|strong="H5002" power|strong="H2220" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961"; 
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so|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stagger|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [SIM] drunken|strong="H7937" people|strong="H1931". 
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and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ridiculed. 
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\verseNumber{27}You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*} ridiculed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" [RHQ]. 
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You|strong="H3588" treated|strong="H3190" them|strong="H4672" as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" thieves|strong="H1590" [RHQ]. 
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You|strong="H3588" shook|strong="H1607" your|strong="H3588" head|strong="H7218" at|strong="H3478" them|strong="H4672" scornfully and|strong="H3478" despised|strong="H0959" them|strong="H4672" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H5800" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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you|strong="H5800" should|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800" your|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5892" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" caves|strong="H6354". 
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Be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] doves|strong="H3123" that|strong="H5892" make|strong="H3427" their|strong="H1961" nests|strong="H7077" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5676" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3427" caves|strong="H6354".” 
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they|strong="H3820" are|strong="H3820" extremely|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1343" and|strong="H8085" conceited/arrogant|strong="H7312". [IDM, DOU] 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “I|strong="H3651" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045", 
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but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H3808" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4124" wail|strong="H3213" for|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4124" cry|strong="H2199" about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2199". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4124" moan|strong="H1897" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5921" Sibmah|strong="H7643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5307" many|strong="H5704" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" joyful|strong="H7440" or|strong="H3808" happy|strong="H8057" in|strong="H3808" Moab|strong="H4124" now|strong="H6258"; 
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your|strong="H3808" fruit|strong="H6529" and|strong="H8057" grapes|strong="H6025" that|strong="H3808" ripen in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" ◄summer|strong="H7019"/hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► will|strong="H3808" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" grape|strong="H3196" juice|strong="H6071" coming|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7673" the|strong="H3808" winepresses|strong="H3342", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w*} there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" wine|strong="H3196". 
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People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H1959" joyfully|strong="H8057" 
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as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3808" tread|strong="H1869" on|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" grapes|strong="H6025"; 
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people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H1959", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" shouting|strong="H1959" joyfully|strong="H8057". 
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\verseNumber{34}Instead|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" their|strong="H5414" wailing|strong="H6963" will|strong="H1961" rise|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Elealeh|strong="H0500" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H6963" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, 
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from|strong="H5704" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Horonaim|strong="H2773" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H6963" Eglath-Shelishiyah|strong="H5700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. 
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Even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5414" Nimrim|strong="H5249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Stream|strong="H4325"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H4923" up|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H5927" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H6999" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" hilltops, 
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and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H5921" [SYN] moan|strong="H1897" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820" of|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6213" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" 
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because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w*} their|strong="H5921" wealth|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3820" disappear|strong="H0622". 
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" will|strong="H3027" shave|strong="H1548" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" beards|strong="H2206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" slash|strong="H8296" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" wear|strong="H3847" ◄rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899"/sackscloth► around|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" waists. 
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\verseNumber{38}In|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" home|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7339" plazas|strong="H7339"/centers in|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w*} mourning|strong="H4553", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7665" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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like|strong="H4124" [SIM] someone|strong="H0376" smashes an|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w old|strong="H1121"\+w*} jar|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" shattered|strong="H2865"! 
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And|strong="H6437" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" wailing|strong="H3213" loudly|strong="H6963"! 
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They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" ridicule|strong="H4912". 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1961" nearby|strong="H7138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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‘Look|strong="H2009"! Their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" swooping|strong="H2363"/rushing|strong="H7494" down|strong="H1675" over|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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like|strong="H4124" an|strong="H3588" eagle|strong="H5404" [SIM] swoops|strong="H1675" down|strong="H1675" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{41}Its|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920", 
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its|strong="H1961" fortresses|strong="H0759" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" seized|strong="H8610". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w*} their|strong="H1961" warriors|strong="H1368" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*}, 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" birth|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" boasted|strong="H1431" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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so|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045". 
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\verseNumber{43}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926", and|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5921" pits|strong="H6354" and|strong="H3068" traps|strong="H6341". 
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\verseNumber{44}Those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926" and|strong="H3068" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5307" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5927" deep|strong="H8415" pits|strong="H6354". 
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Whoever|strong="H3605" climbs|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" pit|strong="H6354" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" caught|strong="H3920" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3588" trap|strong="H6341", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977".’ 
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\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" flee|strong="H5127" as|strong="H3588" far|strong="H5127" as|strong="H3588" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" any|strong="H3588" further|strong="H5750", 
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because|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5975" Heshbon|strong="H2809", 
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and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" [SYN] in|strong="H5975" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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who|strong="H1121" noisily/loudly|strong="H6963" boasted|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124", terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588"! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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Your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H7725" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" again|strong="H7725". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725".” 
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That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4941" I|strong="H3117" prophesied|strong="H5012" about|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Ammon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message about Ammon }
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\chapterNumber{49}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“There|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5971" [RHQ] plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1121" Israeli people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3427" 
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to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Gad|strong="H1410". 
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So|strong="H3541", why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H5971" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Molech|strong="H4432" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892"? 
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with|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3220" shake|strong="H7493", 
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and|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" wailing|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3220" be|strong="H6963" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5307"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{22}Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H6887" troops|strong="H1416" will|strong="H1961" swoop|strong="H1675"/rush|strong="H8264" down|strong="H1675" over|strong="H5921" Bozrah|strong="H1224" 
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like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" eagle|strong="H5404" spreads|strong="H6566" its|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" swoops|strong="H1675" down|strong="H1675" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w strongest|strong="H1368"\+w*} warriors|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3117" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" give|strong="H5927" birth|strong="H3205".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Damascus|strong="H1834" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Damascus|strong="H1834" }
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H8052"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7451"\+w*} about|strong="H8085" Damascus|strong="H1834". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}: 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3220"\+w*} Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H8085" Arpad|strong="H0774" are|strong="H3808" confused|strong="H1101", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" bad|strong="H7451" news|strong="H8052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" anxious|strong="H1672" and|strong="H8085" restless|strong="H7300", 
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like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" big|strong="H0931" storm|strong="H2230". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3205" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3205" Damascus|strong="H1834" have|strong="H3205" become|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H7503", 
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and|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} have|strong="H3205" ◄panicked|strong="H0926"/fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3205" are|strong="H6869" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372"►. 
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The|strong="H3205" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H6869" anguished|strong="H6862" and|strong="H2388" in|strong="H2388" pain|strong="H2256" 
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like|strong="H3644" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w experiences|strong="H3045"\+w*} who|strong="H3205" is|strong="H6869" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3205" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H5892" famous|strong="H8034" city|strong="H5892", that|strong="H5892" I|strong="H3808" was|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*} pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5892", 
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will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{26}Its|strong="H3605" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H7339". 
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Its|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H2346" I|strong="H0589", the|strong="H3341" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3341" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H2346" angels|strong="H4397", will|strong="H2346" start|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" to|strong="H1834" burn|strong="H3341" the|strong="H3341" walls|strong="H2346" that|strong="H0834" surround|strong="H5439" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
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and|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3341" palaces|strong="H0759" of|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" will|strong="H2346" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H3341".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3341" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" Kedar|strong="H6938" and|strong="H2346" Hazor|strong="H2674" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H3341" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" Kedar|strong="H6938" and|strong="H2346" Hazor|strong="H2674" }
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Kedar|strong="H6938" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Hazor|strong="H2674" which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" attacked|strong="H5221". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} advance|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Kedar|strong="H6938" 
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and|strong="H1121" destroy|strong="H7703" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" east|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}Their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} will|strong="H6629" be|strong="H5375" captured|strong="H3947". 
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The|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627" will|strong="H6629" be|strong="H5375" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w*} men|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6629" shout|strong="H7321", 
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‘We|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" terrified|strong="H4032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* happening} all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" us|strong="H5921"!’ 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559", ‘Run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H3966"\+w*}! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hazor|strong="H2674", go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H5127" in|strong="H3427" deep|strong="H6009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caves|strong="H4631"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3588"!’ 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\+w*}, 
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‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6965" attack|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" feel|strong="H4184" secure|strong="H3427"; 
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they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" allies|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walls|strong="H1280"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} gates|strong="H1817" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" bars|strong="H1280" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{32}Your|strong="H3068" troops|strong="H1416" will|strong="H3068" seize|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5676"\+w*} livestock|strong="H4735". 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" direction|strong="H3027" [IDM] those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1995" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" remote|strong="H3411" places|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" cut|strong="H7112" their|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181" short|strong="H7112"). 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672" from|strong="H6285" every|strong="H3605" direction|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{33}Hazor|strong="H2674" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H8033" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" live|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307" forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" again|strong="H1961"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" settle|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" [DOU].’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Elam|strong="H5867" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Elam|strong="H5867" }
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\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H1697" received|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H3068" starting|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4438" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{35}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541": 
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“The|strong="H3541" men|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" are|strong="H3068" famous|strong="H8034" ◄archers|strong="H7198"/men|strong="H6635" who|strong="H3068" shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H7198" well|strong="H3190"►; 
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that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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But|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7665" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H5080" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253" [IDM, DOU], 
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and|strong="H8064" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" scatter|strong="H2219" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H7307" Elam|strong="H5867" in|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253". 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H7307" Elam|strong="H5867" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" [LIT|strong="H0215", HYP]. 
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\verseNumber{37}Because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867", 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" smash|strong="H7665" Elam|strong="H5867"; 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" to|strong="H5704" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H6440" disasters|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5704" kill|strong="H2719" them|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5704" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H3615" get|strong="H1245" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H7760", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" them|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033" [MTY], 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H4428"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7760" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Babylon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message about Babylon }
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\chapterNumber{50}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*,} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030", a|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}: 
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“Proclaim|strong="H8085" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8085" nations|strong="H1471"; 
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do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085" withhold|strong="H5375" any|strong="H5375" of|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5375"; 
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raise|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" signal|strong="H5251" flag|strong="H8650" 
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to|strong="H8085" announce|strong="H5046" that|strong="H8085" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Its|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w chief|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Marduk|strong="H4781", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8085"\+w*} Bel|strong="H1078", will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H8085" disgraced|strong="H0954", 
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and|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} statues|strong="H2088" and|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" shattered|strong="H2865". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" nation|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" 
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and|strong="H1980" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H1931" very|strong="H5704" thoroughly|strong="H3190", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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Both|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1980" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" run|strong="H1980" away|strong="H1980".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" return|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" return|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894" }
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the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" join|strong="H1980" together|strong="H3162". 
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They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" weeping|strong="H1058" 
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and|strong="H1121" wanting|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} me|strong="H3117", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H7592" about|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2008"\+w*}, 
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‘We|strong="H0587" must|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*}!’ 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6440" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911". 
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\verseNumber{6}My|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] lost|strong="H0006" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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Their|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*/\+w rulers|strong="H7462"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" them|strong="H8582" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w abandon|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7911"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] shepherds|strong="H7462" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" their|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H1980" wander|strong="H8582" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1961" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H1980" mountains|strong="H2022". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="H6629" 
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that|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H1961" path|strong="H0734" to|strong="H1980" return|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1961" sheepfold. 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862" who|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H4672". 
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They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attacking|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H8478" they|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" provides|strong="H3559" what|strong="H6664" they|strong="H3068" need|strong="H4270"; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H3427" faithful|strong="H0539"; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" confidently|strong="H2388" expected|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H6260"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, ‘Flee|strong="H5110" from|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Babylonia|strong="H3778"! 
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Be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] male|strong="H6260" goats|strong="H6260" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w*} in|strong="H8432" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" flock|strong="H6629"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lead|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w back|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" gather|strong="H6908" an|strong="H8033" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H1368" great|strong="H1419" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" join|strong="H2266" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1471" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5921". 
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Their|strong="H7725" arrows|strong="H2671" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] skilled|strong="H2450" warriors|strong="H1368" 
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that|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" hit|strong="H4672" what|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" aim|strong="H1245" at|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" conquered|strong="H5221", 
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and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7997" away|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H1961".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" conquest of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" conquest of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" }
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\verseNumber{11}“You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} who|strong="H3588" ◄plundered|strong="H8154"/stole|strong="H1589" everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" from|strong="H5159"► my|strong="H3588" chosen|strong="H0977" people|strong="H5159", 
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now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055" [DOU]. 
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You|strong="H3588" run|strong="H7323" around|strong="H5439" joyfully|strong="H7321" like|strong="H5159" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" calf|strong="H5697" in|strong="H8055" a|strong="H3588" meadow|strong="H0260", 
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and|strong="H8055" are|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8055" like|strong="H5159" [SIM] male|strong="H2145" horses|strong="H5483" are|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" neighing|strong="H6670". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3205"\+w*} your|strong="H2009" people|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" very|strong="H3966" disgraced|strong="H2659" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
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Your|strong="H2009" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3205" most|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819" nation|strong="H1471"; 
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it|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H3205" desert|strong="H6160", a|strong="H3205" dry|strong="H6723" and|strong="H1471" deserted|strong="H5307" land|strong="H6723". 
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\verseNumber{13}Because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7110" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" deserted|strong="H8074". 
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All|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" 
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and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄gasp|strong="H5395"/be|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074"► because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H7667" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w surround|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*,} 
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prepare|strong="H6186" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921"! 
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Tell|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" archers|strong="H7198" to|strong="H3068" shoot|strong="H3034" at|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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shoot|strong="H3034" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" arrows|strong="H2671" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" [LIT|strong="H0215"], 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*/\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{15}Shout|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{war-cries} against|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" surrender|strong="H5462"; 
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the|strong="H5921" towers|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H5307". 
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It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" getting|strong="H7075" revenge|strong="H5360" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5360". 
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Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Take|strong="H8610" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" Babylon|strong="H0894" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5971" plant|strong="H2232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H7105"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5971" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5971" reap|strong="H7114" the|strong="H6440" harvests|strong="H7114"! 
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Because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" swords|strong="H2719" carried|strong="H5375" by|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} 
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should|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3772" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", back|strong="H6437" to|strong="H6256" their|strong="H6440" own|strong="H5971" countries|strong="H0776" [DOU]!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H6437" to|strong="H6256" Israel|strong="H5971" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H6437" to|strong="H6256" Israel|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{17}“The|strong="H5019" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="H7716" 
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that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6340" by|strong="H3478" lions|strong="H3715". 
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First|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5019"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5019" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6105". 
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Then|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5019"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" smashed|strong="H7665" them|strong="H6105". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H2005", the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, say|strong="H3478": 
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‘Now|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", 
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like|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H2022" Israel|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5315" land|strong="H5116" 
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and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H7725" hilly areas|strong="H0776" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3478" Gilead|strong="H1568" will|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" all|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5315" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{20}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", there|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3808"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2403" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H5002" small|strong="H6996" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H1992" I|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H3478" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H7604".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" punishment|strong="H5771" on|strong="H3117" Babylon|strong="H0894" }

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Prepare|strong="H6942" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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Cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H3778" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3389" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H1818" [MTY] our|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427"!” 

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I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" the|strong="H3541" river|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3651"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" springs|strong="H4726" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{37}Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3427" ruins|strong="H1530", 
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a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H0834" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" live|strong="H3427". 
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It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" about|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3427" will|strong="H1961" ridicule|strong="H4912"; 
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it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H0834" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" lives|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H3715" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3162"\+w*} roar|strong="H7580" like|strong="H3162" young|strong="H3715" lions|strong="H3715"; 
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they|strong="H3162" will|strong="H3162" growl|strong="H5286" like|strong="H3162" baby|strong="H1121" lions|strong="H3715". 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" hungry|strong="H7457", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H7896" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196" until|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" drunk|strong="H7937", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" asleep|strong="H8142". 
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But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="H7896" from|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" sleep|strong="H8142"! 
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\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3381" bring|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H2873" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" slaughtered|strong="H2873", 
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like|strong="H3381" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w*} lambs|strong="H3733" or|strong="H0176" rams|strong="H3733" or|strong="H0176" goats|strong="H6260" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{41}People|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} ◄honor|strong="H3519"/praise|strong="H8416"► Babylon|strong="H8347"; 
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they|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892". 
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But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" horrified|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H3220" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5927"\+w*} huge|strong="H1995" waves|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H5892", 
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Babylonia|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H6723" desert|strong="H6160" area|strong="H1508". 
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It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6723" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H2004" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H3427" 
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and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H2004" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" walks|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{44}And|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6485" Bel|strong="H1078", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*} of|strong="H2346" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5307" back|strong="H5750" what|strong="H1571" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" stolen|strong="H1589" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Bel|strong="H1078". 
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And|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1471" collapse|strong="H5307".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3318" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1471" }

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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “My|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3068"! 
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Run|strong="H4422", because|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5315"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{46}Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H8141" discouraged|strong="H7503"/worried|strong="H1672" [IDM] or|strong="H6435" afraid|strong="H3372" 
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People|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3824" report|strong="H8052" rumors|strong="H8052" like|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085" every|strong="H8141" year|strong="H8141", 
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rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="H5921" violent|strong="H2555" things|strong="H3372" being|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H8085" rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H2009" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3117" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H2491" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H3117" lie|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} [PRS] the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H7442", 
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because|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7703" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{49}Like|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} killed|strong="H2491" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} killed|strong="H2491" others|strong="H0312" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" [HYP], 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" must|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2491". 
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\verseNumber{50}You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" been|strong="H2142" killed|strong="H2719" [MTY], get|strong="H1980" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" wait|strong="H5975"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1980" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"!” 
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\verseNumber{51}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H8085" disgraced|strong="H3639" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" foreigners|strong="H2114" have|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* ◄\+w defiled|strong="H2930"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* unfit \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*►}.” 
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\verseNumber{52}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replies|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3651"\+w*}, but|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894", 
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and|strong="H3068" throughout|strong="H3605" Babylonia|strong="H0894" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" wounded|strong="H2491" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" groan|strong="H0584". 
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\verseNumber{53}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" could|strong="H3201" extend|strong="H4900" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" its|strong="H5927" walls|strong="H2346"/fortifications|strong="H8064" were|strong="H8064" extremely|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H5797", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7703" the|strong="H5002" city|strong="H5892". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H3588".” 

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\verseNumber{54}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" crying|strong="H2201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}! 
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And|strong="H1419" listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" sounds|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" things|strong="H1419" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" all|strong="H1419" over|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778"! 
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\verseNumber{55}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroying|strong="H7703" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" loud|strong="H1419" noises in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3068" cease|strong="H7673". 
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\verseNumber{56}Enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" will|strong="H3068" surge|strong="H1607" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1368" wave|strong="H8573". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city’s mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H1368" 
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and|strong="H3068" break|strong="H2865" their|strong="H3068" weapons|strong="H3627". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" punishes|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} justly|strong="H4941"; 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H5002" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002", 
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“I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5002" city|strong="H5892" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H1368", the|strong="H5002" army|strong="H6635" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7937" drunk|strong="H7937". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" asleep|strong="H8142", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{58}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541", 
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“The|strong="H3541" thick|strong="H7342" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" flattened|strong="H1979" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" ground|strong="H0776". 
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The|strong="H3541" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H3341". 
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People|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" work|strong="H3021" hard|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H5971" it|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ◄in|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H7385"/useless|strong="H1892"►, 
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because|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H3341".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" message|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" message|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" }
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\verseNumber{59}Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6680" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" made|strong="H4427" arrangements|strong="H4941" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whenever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*}. He|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neraiah and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahseiah|strong="H4271". When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894" with|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", after|strong="H8141" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H6680" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H4427" a|strong="H6680" message|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{62}Then|strong="H1961" pray|strong="H6419", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" thoroughly|strong="H3190" destroy|strong="H3772" Babylon|strong="H0894", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H5769"\+w*} live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961". You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" desolate|strong="H8077" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
\verseNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*}, when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" reading|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612", tie|strong="H7194" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H2088" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7121" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{64}Then|strong="H6965" say|strong="H1697", ‘In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1697" way|strong="H1697", Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} will|strong="H1697" disappear|strong="H0622" and|strong="H6965" never|strong="H3808" exist again|strong="H6965", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1697" cause|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" occur|strong="H1961" there’ ” 
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That|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1697" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" messages|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zedekiah tried to flee from Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Zedekiah tried to flee from Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{52}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" twenty-one|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3414" King|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H6667" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537", the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H8034"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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Zedekiah|strong="H6667" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5892" almost|strong="H4592" eleven|strong="H0259" years|strong="H8141", by|strong="H5892" July 18 of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" year|strong="H8141", the|strong="H2388" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/lack|strong="H2637" of|strong="H5892" food|strong="H3899"► in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2388" city|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3899" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H3808"\+w*} food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2388" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5975" August 17 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" when|strong="H5975" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H6440" almost|strong="H4592" 19 years|strong="H8141", Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards and|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269", arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} tank and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" oxen|strong="H1241" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" beneath|strong="H8478" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" carts|strong="H5699", was|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808"/heavier|strong="H3513" than|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" weigh|strong="H4948". Those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, he|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w as|strong="H4932"\+w* \+w prisoners|strong="H0615"\+w*} Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3947" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", Zephaniah|strong="H6846" who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H7218" Seraiah’s deputy|strong="H5324", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3548" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3947" entrances|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5592"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H5315" released|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5315" prison|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H5315" released|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5315" prison|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" prison|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} for|strong="H1004" almost|strong="H4592" thirty-seven|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141", Evil-Merodach|strong="H0192" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3318" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H3063" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H2568" be|strong="H1961" released|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" prison|strong="H1004". That|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" March|strong="H3318" 31 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5375" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H4428" Evil-Merodach|strong="H0192" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". 
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