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-- thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,


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-- Fear not, for I <n>[am]</n> with thee; be not dismayed, for I <n>[am]</n> thy God I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.


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Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.


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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them -- them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.


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Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.


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Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;


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thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.


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The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst I, Jehovah, will answer them, <n>[I]</n>, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.


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I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.


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I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;


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that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.


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Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; -- or let us hear things to come


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declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.


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Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...


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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, -- from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.


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Who hath declared <n>[it]</n> from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, <n>[It is]</n> right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.


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The first, <n>[I said]</n> to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.


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And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, -- and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.


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Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect <n>[in whom]</n> my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.


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A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.


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He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law.


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Thus saith щGod, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein


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I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,


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to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.


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I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.


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Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare before they spring forth will I cause you to hear them.


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Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants.


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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up <n>[their voice]</n>, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains


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Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.


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Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once.


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I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.


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And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.


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They shall be turned back, they shall be covered with shame, that confide in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.


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Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,


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Jehovah had delight <n>[in him]</n> for his righteousness' sake he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.


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But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and hidden in prison-houses; they are become a prey, and none delivereth, -- a spoil, and none saith, Restore.


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Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not Jehovah, he against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.


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And he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart.


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But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called <n>[thee]</n> by thy name; thou art mine.


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When thou passest through the waters, I <n>[will be]</n> with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.


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For I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.


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Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee; and I will give men for thee, and peoples for thy life.


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Fear not, for I <n>[am]</n> with thee I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;


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I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth,


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every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory I have formed him, yea, I have made him.


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Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled who among them declareth this, or causeth us to hear former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, <n>[It is]</n> truth.


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Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I <n>[am]</n> HE before me there was no щGod formed, neither shall there be after me.


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It is I that have declared, and have saved, and have shewed, when there was no strange <n>[god]</n> among you; and ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, that I <n>[am]</n> щGod.


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Yea, since the day was, I <n>[am]</n> HE, and there is none that delivereth out of my hand I will work, and who shall hinder it?


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Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.


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who bringeth forth chariot and horse, army and power -- they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as tow


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behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.


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The beast of the field shall glorify me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I will give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the waste, to give drink to my people, my chosen.


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thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings, neither hast thou glorified me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to toil with an oblation, nor wearied thee with incense.


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Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast made me to toil with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.


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-- I, I <n>[am]</n> He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.


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Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; rehearse thine own <n>[cause]</n>, that thou mayest be justified.


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And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.


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thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.


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For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.


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One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call <n>[himself]</n> by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand <n>[I am]</n> Jehovah's, and surname <n>[himself]</n> by the name of Israel.


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Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts I <n>[am]</n> the first, and I <n>[am]</n> the last, and beside me there is no God.


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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the coming things, and those that shall happen, let them declare unto them.


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Fear not, neither be afraid. Have I not caused thee to hear from that time, and have declared it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a +God beside me? yea, there is no Rock I know not any.


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They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses they see not, nor know; -- that they may be ashamed.


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Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.


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The iron-smith <n>[hath]</n> a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; -- but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.


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The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man that it may remain in the house.


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When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth -- he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh <n>[it]</n> grow.


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And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a щgod, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.


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He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.


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And with the remainder thereof he maketh a щgod, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my щgod.


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They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.


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And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten <n>[it]</n>, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?


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He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?


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Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee thou art my servant, Israel; thou shalt not be forgotten of me.


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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.


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Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.


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Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself;


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-- he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;


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that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built up, and I will raise up their ruins;


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that saith of Cyrus, <n>[He is]</n> my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.


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Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him -- and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut


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I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;


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and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, <n>[am]</n> the God of Israel.


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For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;


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I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;


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-- that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, and there is none else;


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forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil I, Jehovah, do all these things.


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Drop down, <n>[ye]</n> heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it.


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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd <n>[strive]</n> with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?


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Woe unto him that saith unto <n>[his]</n> father, What begettest thou? Or to <n>[his]</n> mother, What hast thou brought forth?


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Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.


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It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.


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It is I that have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.


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Thus saith Jehovah The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, <n>[saying,]</n> Surely щGod is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ...


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They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.


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Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages.


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For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it, -- not as waste did he create it he formed it to be inhabited -- I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, and there is none else.


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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.


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Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a щgod that cannot save.


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Declare and bring <n>[them]</n> near; yea, let them take counsel together who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? <n>[who]</n> hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just щGod and a Saviour, there is none besides me.


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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth for I <n>[am]</n> щGod, and there is none else.


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I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth <n>[in]</n> righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.


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Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall <n>[men]</n> come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.


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Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary <n>[beast]</n>.


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They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.


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Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, ye who have been borne from the belly, who have been carried from the womb


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Even to old age, I <n>[am]</n> HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry <n>[you]</n> It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver.


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-- They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a щgod they fall down, yea, they worship.


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They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble.


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Remember the former things of old; for I <n>[am]</n> щGod, and there is none else; <n>[I am]</n> God, and there is none like me;


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declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;


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calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.


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I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay; and I will give salvation in Zion, <n>[and]</n> unto Israel my glory.


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Come down and sit in the dust, virgin-daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground, -- <n>[there is]</n> no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.


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Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers


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thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none <n>[to stay me]</n>. ...


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Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.


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I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;


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and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.


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And now hear this, thou voluptuous one, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know loss of children


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yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments.


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For thou hast confided in thy wickedness thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.


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But evil shall come upon thee -- thou shalt not know from whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to ward off; and desolation that thou suspectest not shall come upon thee suddenly.


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Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror.


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Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavens, the observers of the stars, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee.


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Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame there shall not be a coal to warm at, <n>[nor]</n> fire to sit before it.


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Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.


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Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.


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For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel Jehovah of hosts is his name.


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I have declared the former things long ago; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to be heard I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.


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so I have long ago declared <n>[them]</n> to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear <n>[them]</n>; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.


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Thou heardest, see all this; -- and ye, will not ye declare <n>[it]</n>? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not


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they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.


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Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.


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For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and <n>[for]</n> my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.


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For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do <n>[it]</n>; for how should <n>[my name]</n> be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.


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Hearken unto me, Jacob, and <n>[thou]</n> Israel, my called. I <n>[am]</n> HE; I, the first, and I, the last.


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Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens I call unto them, they stand up together.


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All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm <n>[shall be on]</n> the Chaldeans.


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I, <n>[even]</n> I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.


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Come near unto me, hear ye this I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.


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Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for <n>[thy]</n> profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.


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Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;


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and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.


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Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.


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And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.


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Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.


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And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hath concealed me under the shadow of his hand, and he hath made me a polished shaft in his quiver hath he hidden me.


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-- And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.


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And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;)


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-- and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.


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Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.


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Thus saith Jehovah In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;


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saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.


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They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.


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Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.


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Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.


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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.


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Lift up thine eyes round about and behold they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.


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For <n>[in]</n> thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.


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The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me make room for me, that I may dwell.


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And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost my children and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath brought up these? behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in <n>[their]</n> bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.


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And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.


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For thus saith Jehovah Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.


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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, <n>[am]</n> thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.


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Thus saith Jehovah Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.


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Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.


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The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.


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I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.


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But the Lord Jehovah will help me therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.


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He is near that justifieth me who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.


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Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.


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Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, -- let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.


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Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks <n>[that]</n> ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand ye shall lie down in sorrow.


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Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah look unto the rock <n>[whence]</n> ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit <n>[whence]</n> ye were digged.


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Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.


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For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.


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Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.


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My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust.


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Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.


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Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.


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For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.


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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, <n>[as in]</n> the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, <n>[and]</n> pierced the monster?


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Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?


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So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.


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I, <n>[even]</n> I, am he that comforteth you who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;


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and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?


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He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.


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And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people.


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Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment


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-- there is none to guide her among all the children that she hath brought forth; neither is there any to take her by the hand of all the children that she hath brought up.


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These two <n>[things]</n> are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? -- desolation and destruction, and famine and sword how shall I comfort thee?


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Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.


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thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again


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and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.


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Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.


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Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.


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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;


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and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.


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Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore <n>[they shall know]</n> in that day that I <n>[am]</n> HE, that saith, Here am I.


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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!


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-- The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.


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Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.


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Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.


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-- Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.


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For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear-guard.


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As many were astonished at thee -- his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the children of men


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-- so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him for what had not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.


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For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.


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He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom <n>[men]</n> hide their faces; -- despised, and we esteemed him not.


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Surely *he* hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did regard him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.


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But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.


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All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.


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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.


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He was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.


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And <n>[men]</n> appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.


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Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected <n>[him]</n> to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong <n>[his]</n> days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.


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He shall see of <n>[the fruit of]</n> the travail of his soul, <n>[and]</n> shall be satisfied by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he* shall bear their iniquities.


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Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.


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Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.


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Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.


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For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess nations, and they shall make desolate cities to be inhabited.


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Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.


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For thy Maker is thy husband Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel the God of the whole earth shall he be called.


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For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.


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In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.


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For this is <n>[as]</n> the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.


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For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee.


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<n>[Thou]</n> afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;


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and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones.


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And all thy children <n>[shall be]</n> taught of Jehovah, and great shall be the peace of thy children.


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In righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.


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Behold, they shall surely gather together, <n>[but]</n> not by me whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.


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Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.


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No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah; and their righteousness is of me, saith Jehovah.


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Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!


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Wherefore do ye spend money for <n>[that which is]</n> not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye <n>[that which is]</n> good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.


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Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.


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Behold, I have given him <n>[for]</n> a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.


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Behold, thou shalt call a nation thou knowest not, and a nation <n>[that]</n> knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.


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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.


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For <n>[as]</n> the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.


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For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater


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so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for which I send it.


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For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.


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Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign <n>[that]</n> shall not be cut off.


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Thus saith Jehovah Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.


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Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.


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And let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak saying, Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree;


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for thus saith Jehovah Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,


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even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.


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Also the sons of the alien, that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast to my covenant;


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even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.


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The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith Yet will I gather <n>[others]</n> to him, with those of his that are gathered.


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His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber


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and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them


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Come, <n>[say they,]</n> I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, <n>[and]</n> much more abundant.


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The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.


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He entereth into peace they rest in their beds, <n>[each one]</n> that hath walked in his uprightness.


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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, <n>[and]</n> draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,


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inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?


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Among the smooth <n>[stones]</n> of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?


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Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.


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Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance for apart from me, thou hast uncovered thyself, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and hast made agreement with them; thou lovedst their bed, thou sawest their nakedness.


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And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.


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Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; <n>[but]</n> thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick <n>[of it]</n>.


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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?


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When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.


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And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.


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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy I dwell in the high and holy <n>[place]</n>, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.


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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls <n>[which]</n> I have made.


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For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.


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I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.


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I create the fruit of the lips peace, peace to him <n>[that is]</n> afar off, and to him <n>[that is]</n> nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.


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But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.


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Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.


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Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God


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-- Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth <n>[you]</n>, and exact all your labours.


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Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.


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Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, -- that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes <n>[under him]</n>? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?


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Is not this the fast which I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?


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Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?


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Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.


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Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,


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and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;


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and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.


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And they <n>[that come]</n> of thee shall build the old waste places thou shalt raise up the foundations <n>[that have remained]</n> from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths.


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If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, <n>[from]</n> doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy <n>[day]</n> of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking <n>[idle]</n> words;


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then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.


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Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;


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but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid <n>[his]</n> face from you, that he doth not hear.


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For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness


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none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.


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They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.


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Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.


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Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;


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the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.


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Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, <n>[but]</n> we walk in obscurity.


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We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.


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We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, <n>[but]</n> it is far from us.


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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and our iniquities, we know them


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in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.


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And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.


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And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw <n>[it]</n>, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.


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And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.


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And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance <n>[for]</n> clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.


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According to deeds, so will he repay fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.


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And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.


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And the Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.


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And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.


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For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.


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Lift up thine eyes round about, and see all they gather themselves together, they come to thee thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.


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Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.


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A multitude of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall publish the praises of Jehovah.


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All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.


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For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.


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And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.


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And thy gates shall stand open continually (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led <n>[to thee]</n>.


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For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted.


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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, pine, and box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.


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And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.


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Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that no one went through <n>[thee]</n>, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy from generation to generation.


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And thou shalt suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, <n>[am]</n> thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.


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For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; and I will make thine officers peace, and thy rulers righteousness.


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Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.


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The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.


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Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.


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Thy people also shall be all righteous they shall possess the land for ever -- the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.


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The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.


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The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;


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to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;


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to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.


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And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the places desolate from generation to generation.


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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.


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But as for you, ye shall be called priests of Jehovah; it shall be said of you Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and into their glory shall ye enter.


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Instead of your shame <n>[ye shall have]</n> double; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.


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For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.


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And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a seed that Jehovah hath blessed.


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I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.


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For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.


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For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.


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And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will name.


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And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.


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Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.


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For <n>[as]</n> a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride, shall thy God rejoice over thee.


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I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence,


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Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, I will indeed no more give thy corn <n>[to be]</n> food for thine enemies; and the sons of the alien shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast laboured;


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for they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.


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Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.


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Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.


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And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah; and thou shalt be called, The sought out, The city not forsaken.


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Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? -- I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.


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I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.


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And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.


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And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury; and their blood have I brought down to the earth.


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I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.


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In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.


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But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.


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But he remembered the days of old, Moses <n>[and]</n> his people Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him,


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his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,


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As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.


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Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory! Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy tender mercies? Are they restrained toward me?


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For thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not thou, Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer, from everlasting, is thy name.


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Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.


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Thy holy people have possessed <n>[it]</n> but a little while our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.


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Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, -- that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,


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-- as fire kindleth brushwood, as the fire causeth water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at thy presence!


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When thou didst terrible things <n>[which]</n> we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.


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Never have <n>[men]</n> heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor hath eye seen a God beside thee, who acteth for him that waiteth for him.


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Thou meetest him that rejoiceth to do righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways (behold, thou wast wroth, and we have sinned) in those is perpetuity, and we shall be saved.


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And we are all become as an unclean <n>[thing]</n>, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;


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and there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast caused us to melt away through our iniquities.


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And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.


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Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.


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Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.


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Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?


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I am sought out of them that inquired not <n>[for me]</n>, I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.


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I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;


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the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;


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who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things <n>[is in]</n> their vessels;


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who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.


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Behold, it is written before me I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,


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your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills; and I will measure their former work into their bosom.


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Thus saith Jehovah As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is said, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy <n>[them]</n> all.


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And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah a possessor of my mountains; and mine elect shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.


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And the Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a couching-place of the herds, for my people that have sought me.


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But ye who forsake Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and fill up mixed wine unto Meni


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I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed;


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behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and *ye* shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.


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And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto mine elect; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and will call his servants by another name


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so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine eyes.


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For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.


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But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.


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And I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and will joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.


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There shall be no more thenceforth an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not completed his days; for the youth shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.


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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof


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they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.


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They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.


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And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.


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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest?


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Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.


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He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, <n>[it is as]</n> swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, <n>[is as]</n> he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,


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I also will choose their calamities, and will bring their fears upon them; because I called, and none answered, I spoke, and they did not hear, but did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.


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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed.


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A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompence to his enemies!


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Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Can a land be made to bring forth in one day? shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her sons.


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Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah; I who cause to bring forth, shall I shut <n>[the womb]</n>? saith thy God.


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Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her


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because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.


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For thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing torrent; and ye shall suck, ye shall be carried upon the side, and be dandled upon the knees.


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And ye shall see <n>[this]</n>, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and he will have indignation toward his enemies.


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For behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.


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For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.


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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst; that eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah.


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And I, -- their works and their thoughts <n>[are before me]</n>. ... <n>[The time]</n> cometh for the gathering of all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.


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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory and they shall declare my glory among the nations.


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And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations as an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in covered waggons, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.


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For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.


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And it shall come to pass from new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.


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And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh.


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The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkijah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin


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to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign;


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it came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.


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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.


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But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.


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And Jehovah put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.


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See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant.


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And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.


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And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething-pot, and its face is from the north.


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And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.


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For behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah, and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah


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and I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.


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Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I shall command thee be not dismayed at them, lest I cause thee to be dismayed before them.


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And I, behold, I appoint thee this day as a strong city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land; against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.


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And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.


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Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.


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Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain?


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And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?


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And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.


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The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after <n>[things that]</n> do not profit.


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For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.


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Hath a nation changed <n>[its]</n> gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.


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For my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.


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The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate his cities are burned, without inhabitant.


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Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?


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And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?


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Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.


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For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, <n>[and]</n> burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.


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And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?


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For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!


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-- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.


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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.


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As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --


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saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!


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Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.


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In vain have I smitten your children they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.


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O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?


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Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.


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How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness.


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Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but <n>[it is found]</n> upon all these.


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And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.


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Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.


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Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.


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They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.


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Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.


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And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.


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Will he keep <n>[his anger]</n> for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art <n>[so]</n> determined.


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And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.


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And I said, After she hath done all these <n>[things]</n>, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw <n>[it]</n>.


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And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.


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And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.


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And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.


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Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep <n>[anger]</n> for ever.


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Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.


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Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.


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And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.


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And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied in the land and become fruitful, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, Ark of the covenant of Jehovah! neither shall it come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit <n>[it]</n>; neither shall it be done any more.


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At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.


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In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel; and they shall come together out of the land of the north, to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.


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And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.


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Surely <n>[as]</n> a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.


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A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.


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-- Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ... Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.


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Truly in vain <n>[is salvation looked for]</n> from the hills, <n>[and]</n> the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.


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But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.


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We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.


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If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be a wanderer;


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-- and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.


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For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.


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Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.


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Declare ye in Judah, and cause it to be heard in Jerusalem, and say, ... and blow the trumpet in the land, cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities.


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Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.


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The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.


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For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.


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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.


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And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.


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At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind <n>[cometh]</n> from the heights in the wilderness, on the way of the daughter of my people, not for fanning, nor for cleansing.


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Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are destroyed.


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Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?


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Inform the nations; behold, make Jerusalem to hear Besiegers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.


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As keepers of a field are they against her round about; for she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.


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Thy way and thy doings have procured these <n>[things]</n> unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.


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My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! <n>[Oh,]</n> the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.


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Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.


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For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.


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I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.


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For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom.


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At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, every city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks every city is forsaken and no man dwelleth therein.


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-- And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair <n>[thy]</n> lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.


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For I hear a voice, as of a woman in travail, anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion she moaneth, she spreadeth forth her hands, <n>[saying]</n>, Woe unto me! for my soul faileth because of murderers.


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Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be <n>[any]</n> that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.


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Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.


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And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.


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I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God; but these have altogether broken the yoke, have burst the bonds.


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Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.


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Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.


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Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?


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Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.


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For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.


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They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.


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Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.


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And they shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall destroy with the sword thy strong cities, wherein thou trustedst.


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And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.


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Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.


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Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?


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And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest.


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For among my people are found wicked <n>[men]</n> they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.


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As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.


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They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.


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Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?


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the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love <n>[to have it]</n> so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?


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Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.


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Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch <n>[their]</n> tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.


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Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.


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For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.


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As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.


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Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel turn back thy hand, as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets.


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To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.


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And I am full of the fury of Jehovah, I am weary with holding in. Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together for even the husband with the wife shall be taken; the aged with him <n>[that is]</n> full of days.


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And their houses shall be turned unto others, <n>[their]</n> fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.


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For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.


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And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.


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Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk <n>[therein]</n>.


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Also I have set watchmen over you -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.


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Hear, O earth behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it.


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To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall over them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.


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Thus saith Jehovah Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.


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They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.


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We have heard the report thereof our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.


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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for <n>[there is]</n> the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.


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Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes make mourning, <n>[as]</n> for an only son -- bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.


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They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.


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The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.


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Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.


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Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.


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But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,


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<n>[if]</n> ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;


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then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.


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What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ...


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then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, -- in order to do all these abominations!


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Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah.


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For go now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it, for the wickedness of my people Israel.


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And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;


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I will even do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh;


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And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, and make not intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.


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The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.


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Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place; upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.


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For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;


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but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.


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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.


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Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, unto this day, have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them;


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but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck they have done worse than their fathers.


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And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee.


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And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.


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Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.


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For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.


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And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither did it come up into my mind.


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Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when it shall no more be said, Topheth, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place.


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And the carcases of this people shall be food for the fowl of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall scare <n>[them]</n> away.


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And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.


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At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;


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and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground.


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And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.


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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah Do <n>[men]</n> fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?


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Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.


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I hearkened and heard they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.


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Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.


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How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.


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The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?


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Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess <n>[them]</n>; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.


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Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.


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I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.


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Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.


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The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein.


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For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.


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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?


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-- For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.


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Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?


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Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!


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Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.


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And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.


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Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.


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And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else could I do for the daughter of my people?


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Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. <n>[A man]</n> speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.


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Shall I not visit them for these <n>[things]</n>? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?


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For the mountains will I take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness, a lamentation; for they are burnt up, so that none passeth through them; and the voice of the cattle is not heard. Both the fowl of the heavens and the beasts are fled; they are gone.


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And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.


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Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?


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And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,


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but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;


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therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink,


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and will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;


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and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.


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For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled, sorely put to shame! For we have forsaken the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.


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Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.


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For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.


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Speak, Thus saith Jehovah Yea, the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the reaper, and there shall be none to gather.


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Thus saith Jehovah Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches


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but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when I will visit all <n>[them that are]</n> circumcised with the uncircumcised;


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Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners <n>[of their beard]</n> cut off, that dwell in the wilderness for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.


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Thus saith Jehovah Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them.


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For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for <n>[it is]</n> a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;


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they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.


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They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.


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Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.


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Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing they are all the work of skilful <n>[men]</n>.


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But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.


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Thus shall ye say unto them The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.


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He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.


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When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.


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Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.


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The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all <n>[things]</n>, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance Jehovah of hosts is his name.


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For thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will this time sling out the inhabitants of the land, and will distress them, that they may be found.


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Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is <n>[my]</n> grief, and I will bear it.


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My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.


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For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought Jehovah; therefore have they not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.


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The voice of a rumour! Behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.


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I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.


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Pour out thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, yea, they have eaten him up and consumed him, and have laid waste his dwelling-place.


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Hear ye the words of this covenant; and speak ye unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant


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which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God


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that I may perform the oath that I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered and said, Amen, Jehovah!


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And Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.


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For I earnestly protested unto your fathers, in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Hearken unto my voice.


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But they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, but have walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart; and I have brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded <n>[them]</n> to do, and they have not done.


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And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them.


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Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they have burned incense; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.


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For <n>[as]</n> the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah; and <n>[as]</n> the number of the streets of Jerusalem, have ye set up altars to the Shame, altars to burn incense unto Baal.


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And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.


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What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing that the more part practise their evil devices, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.


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Jehovah had called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair, of goodly fruit with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.


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For Jehovah of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves, to provoke me to anger in burning incense unto Baal.


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And I was like a tame lamb <n>[that]</n> is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, <n>[saying,]</n> Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.


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But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them for unto thee have I revealed my cause.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand,


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-- therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts Behold, I punish them the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;


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and there shall be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.


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Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of <n>[thy]</n> judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? <n>[wherefore]</n> are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?


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Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.


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But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.


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How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.


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If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?


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For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good <n>[words]</n> unto thee.


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I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.


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My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me therefore have I hated it.


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My heritage is unto me <n>[as]</n> a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.


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Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness


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they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.


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Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the <n>[other]</n> end of the land no flesh hath peace.


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They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, <n>[and]</n> do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.


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And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.


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And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people.


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Thus said Jehovah unto me Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins; but dip it not in water.


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Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.


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And it came to pass at the end of many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there.


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And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.


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Thus saith Jehovah After this manner will I spoil the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.


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This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and go after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing.


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For as a girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory but they would not hear.


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And thou shalt speak unto them this word Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every skin shall be filled with wine. And they will say unto thee, Do we not very well know that every skin shall be filled with wine?


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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings that sit for David upon his throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.


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And I will dash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy so as not to destroy them.


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Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make <n>[it]</n> gross darkness.


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And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for <n>[your]</n> pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.


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Say unto the king and to the queen Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence.


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The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open <n>[them]</n>; all Judah is carried away captive it is wholly carried away captive.


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Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?


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What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee, since thou thyself hast trained them to be princes in chief over thee? Shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?


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And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, <n>[and]</n> thy heels have suffered violence.


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Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? <n>[Then]</n> may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.


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This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.


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Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, -- thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?


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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.


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And their nobles send their little ones for water they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.


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Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.


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For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh <n>[its young]</n>, because there is no grass.


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And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.


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Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many -- we have sinned against thee.


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Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?


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Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name leave us not.


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Thus saith Jehovah to this people Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; and Jehovah hath no delight in them now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.


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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.


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And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.


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And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed;


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and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword; and there shall be none to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour their wickedness upon them.


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And thou shalt say this word unto them Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.


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If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.


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-- Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, -- and a time of healing, and behold terror!


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Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.


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For thy name's sake, do not spurn <n>[us]</n>, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory remember, break not thy covenant with us.


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Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.


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And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my soul <n>[would]</n> not <n>[turn]</n> toward this people. Send <n>[them]</n> out of my sight, and let them go forth.


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And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.


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For I will visit them with four kinds <n>[of punishments]</n>, saith Jehovah the sword to slay, and dogs to tear, and the fowl of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.


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And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.


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For who shall have pity upon thee, Jerusalem? and who shall bemoan thee? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare?


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Thou hast cast me off, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward; and I have stretched out my hand against thee, and will destroy thee I am become weary of repenting.


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And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave of children <n>[and]</n> destroy my people they have not returned from their ways.


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Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.


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She that hath borne seven languisheth, she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it is yet day; she is put to shame and confounded. And the residue of them will I give up to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.


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Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; <n>[yet]</n> every one of them doth curse me.


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Jehovah said, Verily I will set thee free for <n>[thy]</n> good; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.


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Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, and in all thy borders;


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and I will make <n>[them]</n> to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not for a fire is kindled in mine anger; it shall burn upon you.


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Jehovah, thou knowest remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away know that for thy sake I bear reproach.


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Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.


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I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.


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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous <n>[spring]</n>, <n>[as]</n> waters that fail?


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah If thou return, then will I bring thee again, thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.


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And I will make thee unto this people a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee, to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah;


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yea, I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.


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For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bear them, and concerning their fathers that beget them in this land


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They shall die of painful deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground, and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carcases shall be food for the fowl of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.


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For thus saith Jehovah Enter not into the house of wailing, neither go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, the loving-kindness and the tender mercies.


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Both great and small shall die in this land they shall not be buried; and none shall lament for them, or cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.


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Nor shall they break <n>[bread]</n> for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall they give them the cup of consolations to drink for their father or for their mother.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.


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And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt declare unto this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? and what is our iniquity? and what is our sin which we have committed against Jehovah our God?


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then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;


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and you, ye have done still worse than your fathers; and there ye are walking every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, not to hearken unto me


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and I will cast you forth out of this land, into a land that ye know not, ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night because I will shew you no favour.


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Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;


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but, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them. For I will bring them again into their land, which I gave unto their fathers.


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Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them, from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.


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For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.


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But first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have profaned my land with the carcases of their detestable things, and with their abominations have they filled mine inheritance.


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Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood <n>[and]</n> vanity; and in these things there is no profit.


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Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.


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The sin of Judah is written with a style of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;


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whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherahs, by the green trees, upon the high hills.


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My mountain in the field, thy substance, all thy treasures will I give for a spoil, -- thy high places, because of sin throughout thy borders.


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And of thyself thou shalt let go thine inheritance which I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in a land that thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, -- it shall burn for ever.


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Thus saith Jehovah Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.


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And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.


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For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.


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I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.


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<n>[As]</n> the partridge sitteth on <n>[eggs]</n> it hath not laid, <n>[so]</n> is he that getteth riches and not by right in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.


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Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.


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But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest that which came out of my lips was before thy face.


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Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking.


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Thus hath Jehovah said unto me Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;


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and say unto them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates;


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thus saith Jehovah Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;


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and carry forth no burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers,


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but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.


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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, and to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;


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then shall there enter in, through the gates of this city, kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and this city shall be inhabited for ever.


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And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and oblations, and incense, and bringing thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah.


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But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the sabbath day and not to bear a burden and enter in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.


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And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.


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House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel.


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At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,


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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.


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if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.


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And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you turn ye then every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.


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But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do <n>[according to]</n> the stubbornness of his evil heart.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.


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Shall the snow of Lebanon cease from the rock of the field? Shall the cool flowing waters coming from afar be dried up?


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For my people hath forgotten me they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths of a way not cast up;


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to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.


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As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.


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And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.


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Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.


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Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.


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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet.


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And thou, Jehovah, knowest all their counsel against me to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee deal with them in the time of thine anger.


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Thus saith Jehovah Go and buy a potter's earthen flagon, and <n>[take]</n> of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;


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and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,


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and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle;


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because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place <n>[from me]</n>, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;


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and they have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire as burnt-offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it up into my mind


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therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.


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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life, and their carcases will I give as food to the fowl of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.


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And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.


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And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.


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and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.


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Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, and make this city as Topheth.


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And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be as the place of Topheth, defiled, all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heavens, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.


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And Jeremiah came from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her cities all the evil that I have spoken against it; for they have hardened their necks, not to hear my words.


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And Pashur the son of Immer, the priest -- and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah -- heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.


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And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.


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And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.


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For thus saith Jehovah Behold, I make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall see <n>[it]</n>; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.


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And, I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.


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And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there thou shalt be buried, thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied falsehood.


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Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day every one mocketh me.


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For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.


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And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.


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For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.


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But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not prospered it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten.


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And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.


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Sing ye unto Jehovah, praise Jehovah, for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.


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Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!


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And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,


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because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great <n>[with me]</n>!


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Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?


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The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,


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Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that Jehovah will deal with us according to all his marvellous works, that he may go up from us.


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Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.


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And I myself will fight against you with a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.


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And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast they shall die of a great pestilence.


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And afterwards, saith Jehovah, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.


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And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.


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He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and deserteth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.


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For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.


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House of David, thus saith Jehovah Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.


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Behold, I am against thee, inhabitress of the valley, the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; ye that say, Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter into our dwellings?


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And I will visit you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.


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and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these gates.


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Thus saith Jehovah Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.


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For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in through the gates of this house kings sitting in the place of David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, -- he, and his servants, and his people.


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But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.


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For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah Thou art a Gilead unto me, the summit of Lebanon verily I will make thee a wilderness, cities not inhabited.


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And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast <n>[them]</n> into the fire.


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And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?


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And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.


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Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him; <n>[but]</n> weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.


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For thus saith Jehovah concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place He shall not return thither any more;


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Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;


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that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.


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Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.


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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.


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But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah They shall not lament for him, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister! They shall not lament for him, Ah, lord! or Ah, his glory!


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He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.


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Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and give forth thy voice in Bashan, and cry from <n>[the heights of]</n> Abarim for all thy lovers are destroyed.


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I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity; <n>[but]</n> thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy way from thy youth, that thou hearkenedst not unto my voice.


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The wind shall feed on all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; surely, then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.


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Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail!


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence;


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and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them before whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.


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And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.


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Is this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?


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Thus saith Jehovah Write this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.


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And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.


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And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.


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In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.


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Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;


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but, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.


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Concerning the prophets My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.


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For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.


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For both prophet and priest are profane even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.


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Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.


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And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.


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And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.


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They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.


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For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?


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Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.


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The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.


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But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.


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Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.


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I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.


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How long shall <n>[this]</n> be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?


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who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.


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The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.


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Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer <n>[that]</n> breaketh the rock in pieces?


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Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.


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Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah.


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And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.


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And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.


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Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?


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And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.


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But since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;


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therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.


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Jehovah shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs, set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive from Jerusalem, Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.


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One basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.


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And Jehovah said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs the good figs very good; and the bad very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.


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Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel Like these good figs, so will I regard for good them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans;


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and I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.


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And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.


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And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, surely, thus saith Jehovah So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt.


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And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;


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and I will send among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.


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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah (that is, the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),


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which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying


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From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, the king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.


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And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,


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when they said, Turn again now every one from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers from of old even for ever.


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And go not after other gods, to serve them and to worship them; and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.


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But ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, to your own hurt.


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behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and <n>[I will send]</n> to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.


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And I will cause to perish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.


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And this whole land shall become a waste, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.


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And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, <n>[that]</n> I will visit on the king of Babylon and on that nation, saith Jehovah, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it perpetual desolations.


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And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.


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For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.


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For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.


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And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.


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And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me


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Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;


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and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;


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and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles that are beyond the sea;


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and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.


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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.


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And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Ye shall certainly drink.


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For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.


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And thou, prophesy unto them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar upon his dwelling-place, he will give a shout, as they that tread <n>[the vintage]</n>, against all the inhabitants of the earth.


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The noise shall come to the end of the earth for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations, he entereth into judgment with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them up to the sword, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.


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And the slain of Jehovah shall <n>[be]</n> at that day from <n>[one]</n> end of the earth even unto the <n>[other]</n> end of the earth they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.


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Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves <n>[in the dust]</n>, noble ones of the flock for the days of your slaughter are accomplished, and I will disperse you; and ye shall fall like a precious vessel.


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There shall be a voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the noble ones of the flock for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture;


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He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.


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In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,


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Thus saith Jehovah Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them diminish not a word.


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Peradventure they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the wickedness of their doings.


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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah If ye will not hearken unto me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,


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to hearken unto the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent unto you, even rising early and sending <n>[them]</n>, but ye have not hearkened,


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-- then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.


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And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.


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And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded <n>[him]</n> to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.


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Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.


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And the princes of Judah heard these things; and they went up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah, and sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah.


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And the priests and the prophets spoke unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.


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And Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.


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And now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.


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only know for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.


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And the princes and all the people said unto the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.


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Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Zion shall be ploughed <n>[as]</n> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.


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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and supplicate Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil that he had pronounced against them? And we should be doing a great evil against our souls.


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And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;


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and Jehoiakim the king, and all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death; but Urijah heard it, and he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.


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and they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; and he slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.


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-- Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.


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In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,


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and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah.


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And give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Thus shall ye say unto your masters


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I have made the earth, man and beast that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give them unto whom it seemeth right in mine eyes.


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And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.


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And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude.


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And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.


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And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.


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For they prophesy falsehood unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.


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But the nation that bringeth its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serveth him, will I let remain still in its own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.


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And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.


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Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?


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And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy falsehood unto you.


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For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, yet they prophesy falsely in my name; in order that I should drive you out, and that ye should perish, ye, and the prophets who prophesy unto you.


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And I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy falsehood unto you.


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Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live wherefore should this city become a waste?


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But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,


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which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;


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yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem


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They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day of my visiting them, saith Jehovah; then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.


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And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, <n>[that]</n> Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,


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Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.


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Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon;


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and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.


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And the prophet Jeremiah spoke unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah.


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And the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen, may Jehovah do so! may Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again from Babylon, into this place, the vessels of Jehovah's house, and all them of the captivity!


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Nevertheless, hear, I pray thee, this word which I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people


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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.


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The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, shall be known as the prophet whom Jehovah hath really sent.


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And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah So will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.


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And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,


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Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah Thou hast broken the yokes of wood, and thou hast made in their place yokes of iron.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him and I have given him the beasts of the field also.


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And the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah, Hear now, Hananiah Jehovah hath not sent thee; and thou makest this people to trust in falsehood.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth this year thou shalt die, for thou hast spoken revolt against Jehovah.


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And these are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon


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(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem);


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by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkijah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon


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Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.


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And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.


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For thus saith Jehovah When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.


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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.


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and I will be found of you, saith Jehovah. And I will turn your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again into the place whence I have caused you to be carried away captive.


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yea, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;


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thus saith Jehovah of hosts Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.


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And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them


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because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.


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But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name Behold, I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall smite them before your eyes.


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And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;


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because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them and I <n>[am]</n> he that knoweth, and <n>[am]</n> witness, saith Jehovah.


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Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,


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Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers <n>[in]</n> the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.


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Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell <n>[in them]</n>, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.


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Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;


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therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah.


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Thus speaketh Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Write thee in a book all the words that I have spoken unto thee.


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For behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.


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Ask ye now, and see, whether a male doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail; and all faces are turned into paleness?


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Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.


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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more reduce him to servitude.


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And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel for behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and at ease, and none shall make <n>[him]</n> afraid.


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For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether guiltless.


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All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not. For I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity thy sins are manifold.


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Why criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, <n>[because]</n> thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee.


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Therefore all that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be for a spoil; and all they that prey upon thee will I give to be a prey.


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For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast This is Zion that no man seeketh after.


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Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his habitations; and the city shall be built upon her own heap; and the palace shall be inhabited after the manner thereof.


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And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished; and I will honour them, and they shall not be small.


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And their sons shall be as aforetime; and their assembly shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.


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And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to approach, and he shall draw near unto me. For who is this that engageth his heart to draw near unto me? saith Jehovah.


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Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, a sweeping storm it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.


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The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart. At the end of the days ye shall consider it.


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At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.


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Thus saith Jehovah The people <n>[that were]</n> left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, <n>[even]</n> Israel, when I go to give him rest.


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Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, <n>[saying,]</n> Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.


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I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.


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Thou shalt again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat the fruit.


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For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.


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For thus saith Jehovah Sing aloud <n>[with]</n> gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; publish ye, praise ye, and say, Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.


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Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; <n>[and]</n> among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together a great assemblage shall they return hither.


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They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.


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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare <n>[it]</n> to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.


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And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.


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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.


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And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, -- Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.


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Thus saith Jehovah Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.


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And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.


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I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself <n>[thus]</n> Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.


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Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon <n>[my]</n> thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.


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Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.


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Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.


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How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel They shall again use this speech, in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness!


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And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.


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Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah <n>[with]</n> the seed of man and the seed of beast.


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And it shall come to pass, as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to overthrow, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build, and to plant, saith Jehovah.


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In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge


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for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.


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Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah


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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.


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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.


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And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.


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Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, -- Jehovah of hosts is his name


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If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.


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Thus saith Jehovah If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah, from the tower of Hananeel unto the corner-gate.


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And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.


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And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the torrent Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more for ever.


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The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.


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And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.


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For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;


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and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans; for he shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;


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and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?


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Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying, Buy for thyself my field which is in Anathoth; for thine is the right of redemption, to buy <n>[it]</n>.


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And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine buy <n>[it]</n> for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.


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And I bought of Hanameel, mine uncle's son, the field which is in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.


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And I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.


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And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed <n>[according to]</n> the law and the statutes, and that which was open;


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and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's <n>[son]</n>, and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Take these writings, this writing of the purchase, both that which is sealed and this writing which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.


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And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,


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Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee


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who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty щGod, -- Jehovah of hosts is his name;


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great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings


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who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among <n>[other]</n> men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.


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And thou broughtest forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs, and by wonders, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terror;


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and didst give them this land, which thou hadst sworn unto their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.


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And they came in and possessed it but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.


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Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest <n>[it]</n>.


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And thou, Lord Jehovah, thou hast said unto me, Buy for thyself the field for money, and take witnesses; -- and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.


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And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come in and set fire to this city, and shall burn it, and the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.


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For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have been doing only evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.


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For this city hath been to me <n>[a provocation]</n> of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,


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because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.


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and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through <n>[the fire]</n> their sons and their daughters unto Molech which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.


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And now therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith thus concerning this city, whereof ye say, It hath been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence


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Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them, in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.


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And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all <n>[their]</n> days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.


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And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.


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And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soul.


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For thus saith Jehovah Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have spoken concerning them.


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And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.


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<n>[Men]</n> shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.


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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.


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For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down because of the mounds and because of the sword


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They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.


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Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.


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And I will turn the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, as at the beginning.


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And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.


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And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.


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Thus saith Jehovah In this place of which ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast! in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,


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there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness <n>[endureth]</n> for ever, -- of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts In this place which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, there shall again be a habitation of shepherds causing <n>[their]</n> flocks to lie down.


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In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that counteth <n>[them]</n>, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform the good word which I have spoken unto the house of Israel and unto the house of Judah.


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In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.


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In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called Jehovah our Righteousness.


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For thus saith Jehovah There shall never fail to David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;


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neither shall there fail to the priests the Levites a man before me to offer up burnt-offerings, and to burn oblations, and to do sacrifice continually.


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Thus saith Jehovah If ye can break my covenant <n>[in respect]</n> of the day, and my covenant <n>[in respect]</n> of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,


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<n>[then]</n> shall also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.


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As the host of the heavens cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.


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Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, The two families that Jehovah had chosen, he hath even cast them off? And they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.


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Thus saith Jehovah If my covenant of day and night <n>[stand]</n> not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth,


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<n>[then]</n> will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them.


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The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the peoples, fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities thereof, saying,


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Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.


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And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt certainly be taken, and given into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.


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Only, hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah. Thus saith Jehovah as to thee Thou shalt not die by the sword;


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thou shalt die in peace, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they will lament for thee, Ah, lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.


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And the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah; for these were amongst the cities of Judah, the fenced cities that were left.


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The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them


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that every man should let his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, the Hebrew and the Hebrewess, go free, that none should exact service of them, <n>[that is,]</n> of a Jew his brother.


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And all the princes and all the people that had entered into the covenant obeyed, every man letting his bondman and every man his bondmaid go free, that none should exact service of them any more they obeyed, and let <n>[them]</n> go.


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But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.


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Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,


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At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother, a Hebrew, who hath sold himself unto thee; when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee. But your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.


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And you, ye had this day turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name


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but ye have turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and ye have brought them into subjection, to be unto you for bondmen and for bondmaids.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you over to be driven hither and thither among all the kingdoms of the earth.


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And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, -- the calf which they cut in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,


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-- the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;


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them will I give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their carcases shall be food for the fowl of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.


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And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.


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Behold, I command, saith Jehovah, and I will cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.


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The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,


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Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.


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And I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites,


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and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.


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And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink wine.


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And they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, ye nor your sons for ever;


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neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor shall ye have <n>[any]</n>; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many days in the land where ye sojourn.


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And we have hearkened unto the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters,


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but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.


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And it came to pass when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come and let us go into Jerusalem because of the army of the Chaldeans, and because of the army of Syria; and we dwell at Jerusalem.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Go and say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken unto my words? saith Jehovah.


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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they have drunk none, for they have obeyed their father's commandment. But I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened unto me.


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And I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land that I have given to you and to your fathers but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me.


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Yea, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;


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therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken unto them, but they have not hearkened, and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.


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And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his injunctions, and have done according unto all that he hath commanded you;


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therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, There shall not fail to Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before me, for ever.


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And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, <n>[that]</n> this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,


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Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.


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It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.


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And Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Nerijah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.


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And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, I cannot go into the house of Jehovah; but go thou in,


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and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in the house of Jehovah upon the fast day; and thou shalt also read them in the ears of all Judah that come from their cities.


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It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and that they will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.


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And Baruch the son of Nerijah did according to all that the prophet Jeremiah commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.


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And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, <n>[that]</n> they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.


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And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.


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and he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.


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And Micah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read in the book in the ears of the people.


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And all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. And Baruch the son of Nerijah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.


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And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. And Baruch read <n>[it]</n> in their ears.


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And it came to pass, when they heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will certainly report to the king all these words.


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And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote <n>[them]</n> with ink in the book.


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And the princes said unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; that none may know where ye are.


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And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.


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And the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.


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Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.


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And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe's knife, and cast it into the fire that was in the pan until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the pan.


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And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, <n>[neither]</n> the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words.


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Moreover, Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.


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And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.


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And after that the king had burned the roll, and the words that Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,


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Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.


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And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and beast?


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.


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And I will visit their iniquity upon him, and upon his seed, and upon his servants; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; and they have not hearkened.


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And Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Nerijah; and he wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.


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And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon having made him king in the land of Judah.


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And neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah.


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And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.


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And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they went up from Jerusalem.


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Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.


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And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.


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Thus saith Jehovah Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans are certainly gone away from us; for they are not gone.


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For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained <n>[but]</n> wounded men among them, <n>[yet]</n> should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.


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And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,


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that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.


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And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thou art deserting to the Chaldeans.


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And Jeremiah said, It is false I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.


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And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe for they had made that the prison.


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When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,


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king Zedekiah sent and took him out. And the king asked of him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is; and he said, Thou shalt be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.


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And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison?


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And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?


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And now hear, I pray thee, my lord, O king let my supplication, I pray thee, come before thee; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.


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Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.


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And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,


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Thus saith Jehovah He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.


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Thus saith Jehovah This city shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, and he shall take it.


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And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.


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And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.


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Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.


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And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon -- now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,


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My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he will die by reason of the famine in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city.


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And the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.


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And Ebed-melech took the men under his order, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old shreds and worn-out clothes, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.


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And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put, I pray, <n>[these]</n> old shreds and rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.


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And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.


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And king Zedekiah sent and took the prophet Jeremiah unto him, into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah; and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing hide nothing from me.


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And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare <n>[it]</n> unto thee, wilt thou not certainly put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.


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And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, <n>[As]</n> Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.


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And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.


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But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.


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And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand, and they mock me.


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And Jeremiah said, They shall not give <n>[thee]</n> over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.


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Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes; and they shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.


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And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.


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And if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; and what hath the king said unto thee?


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then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.


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-- And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported.


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And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.


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In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into;


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and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.


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And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.


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And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.


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And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah;


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And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.


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And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.


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But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left <n>[certain]</n> of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.


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And Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had given charge concerning Jeremiah by Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard, saying,


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Take him, and keep an eye upon him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.


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So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,


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even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should conduct him away home. And he dwelt among the people.


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Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall come to pass before thy face in that day.


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And I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid;


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for I will certainly save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thou shalt have thy life for a prey; for thou hast put thy confidence in me, saith Jehovah.


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The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him, being bound in chains, among all the captivity of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive to Babylon.


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And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place,


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and Jehovah hath brought <n>[it about]</n> and done according as he said; for ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.


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And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains that are upon thy hand. If it seem good in thy sight to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will keep mine eye upon thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear. See, all the land is before thee whither it seemeth good and right in thy sight to go, thither go.


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And while he had not yet given answer; <n>[he said,]</n> Yea, go back to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the cities of Judah, and abide with him in the midst of the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right in thy sight to go. And the captain of the body-guard gave him provisions and a present, and let him go.


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And Jeremiah came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and abode with him among the people that remained in the land.


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And all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon.


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And they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah; even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.


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And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.


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And as for me, behold, I dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who will come unto us; and ye, gather wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put <n>[them]</n> in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have taken.


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Likewise all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon and in Edom, and that were in all the lands, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;


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and all the Jews returned out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.


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And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah unto Mizpah,


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and said unto him, Dost thou indeed know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to smite thee to death? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.


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And Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will smite Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it why should he take thy life, and all they of Judah who are gathered unto thee be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?


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But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.


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And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and <n>[one]</n> of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah.


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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.


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And Ishmael smote all the Jews that were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.


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that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; with oblations and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.


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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and it came to pass when he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.


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And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men that were with him, slew them, <n>[and cast them]</n> into the midst of the pit.


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But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbore, and did not kill them among their brethren.


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And the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain by the side of Gedaliah was the one which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.


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And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.


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And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done;


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and they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are at Gibeon.


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And it came to pass when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.


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And all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.


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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.


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Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon;


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because of the Chaldeans; for they feared them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had smitten Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.


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And all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,


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came near and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication come before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant (for we are left a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us);


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And Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass <n>[that]</n> whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you I will keep nothing back from you.


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And they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not even according to all the word for which Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.


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Whether it be good or whether it be evil, we will hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us when we hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God.


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And he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest,


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and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him


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If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not overthrow <n>[you]</n>, and I will plant you, and not pluck <n>[you]</n> up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.


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Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah; for I will be with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.


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And I will grant mercies to you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.


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But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so as not to hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God,


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saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger for bread; and there will we dwell;


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-- and now, therefore, hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel If ye really set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there,


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then it shall come to pass, that the sword which ye fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.


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And it shall be that all the men that have set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more.


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Jehovah hath said concerning you, the remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt. Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.


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For ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.


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And I have this day declared <n>[it]</n> to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God, nor anything for which he hath sent me unto you.


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And now know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn.


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And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had ended speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, with which Jehovah their God had sent him to them -- all these words,


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-- then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there;


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but Baruch the son of Nerijah is setting thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.


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So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah to abide in the land of Judah;


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but Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;


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men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerijah;


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and they came into the land of Egypt for they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. And they came as far as Tahpanhes.


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Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the Jews,


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and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones which I have hidden, and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.


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And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt such as are for death to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.


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And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.


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And he shall break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.


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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold they are, this day, a waste, and no man dwelleth therein,


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because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods which they knew not, they, <n>[nor]</n> ye, nor your fathers.


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And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!


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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.


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And my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.


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And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remnant;


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provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are come to sojourn, that ye should be cut off, and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?


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Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?


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They are not humbled unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.


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And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword <n>[and]</n> by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.


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And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;


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and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.


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Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,


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<n>[As for]</n> the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,


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but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.


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But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.


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And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?


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And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,


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Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?


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And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, <n>[and]</n> because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.


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Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.


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And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her. Ye will certainly establish your vows, and entirely perform your vows.


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Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, <n>[As]</n> the Lord Jehovah liveth.


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Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.


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And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, a very small company; and all the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine or theirs.


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And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil


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thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.


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The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerijah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,


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Thou didst say, Woe unto me! for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow; I am weary with my sighing, and I find no rest.


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Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, what I have built do I overthrow, and what I have planted I pluck up, even this whole land.


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And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek <n>[them]</n> not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.


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Of Egypt concerning the army of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah.


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Harness the horses, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail!


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Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror <n>[is]</n> on every side, saith Jehovah.


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Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! -- Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.


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It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and <n>[his]</n> waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.


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Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow <n>[and]</n> bend it.


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For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates.


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Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies there is no healing for thee.


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The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the earth; for the mighty man stumbleth against the mighty, they are both fallen together.


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The word that Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt


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Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.


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He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.


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Thou, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, furnish for thyself a captive's baggage, for Noph shall be a desolation and shall be ruined, so that none shall dwell therein.


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Also her hired men in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned back, they have fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.


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Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.


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They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.


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Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; yea, Pharaoh and them that confide in him.


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And I will give them into the hand of those that seek their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; but afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.


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But thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, neither be dismayed, Israel for behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make <n>[him]</n> afraid.


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Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless.


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The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gazah.


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Thus saith Jehovah Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,


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at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels fathers shall not look back for <n>[their]</n> children, from feebleness of hands;


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because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.


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Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley how long wilt thou cut thyself?


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Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.


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How shouldest thou be quiet? -- For Jehovah hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.


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Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled; Kirjathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed.


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Moab's praise is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her Come, and let us cut her off from <n>[being]</n> a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be cut down; the sword shall pursue thee.


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For by the ascent of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the descent of Horonaim is heard the anguish of the cry of destruction.


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For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.


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And the waster shall come upon every city, that not a city shall escape; and the valley shall perish, and the plateau shall be destroyed as Jehovah hath said.


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Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.


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Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!


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Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.


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Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him pourers that shall pour him off, and shall empty his vessels, and break in pieces his flagons.


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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.


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Moab is laid waste, and his cities are gone up <n>[in smoke]</n>, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.


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All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!


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Come down from <n>[thy]</n> glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed.


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Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?


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Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.


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And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;


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Make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.


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For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?


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Leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, ye inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, that maketh her nest in the sides of the cave's mouth.


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We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, -- <n>[he is]</n> very proud; -- his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.


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Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab for the men of Kir-heres shall there be moaning.


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O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer thy shoots passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.


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And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses they shall no more tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.


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Because of the cry from Heshbon, unto Elaleh, unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar unto Horonaim, <n>[unto]</n> Eglath-shelishijah for even the waters of Nimrim shall become desolations.


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And I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.


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Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres; because the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.


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For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.


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It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.


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They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.


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For thus saith Jehovah Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.


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Kerijoth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Moab shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.


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He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.


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They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon powerless; for a fire hath come forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath consumed the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the sons of tumult.


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Woe to thee, Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away in captivity, and thy daughters are captives.


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But I will turn the captivity of Moab at the end of the days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgement of Moab.


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Concerning the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? Why is Malcam heir of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?


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Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause the clamour of war to be heard in Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall be a desolate heap; and her towns shall be burned with fire; and Israel shall possess them that possessed him, saith Jehovah.


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Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.


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Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, <n>[saying,]</n> Who shall come against me?


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Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts, from all that are about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall assemble the fugitives.


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Concerning Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts Is there no more wisdom in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom spent?


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Flee, turn back, dwell deep down, ye inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I visit him.


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If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had enough.


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But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, that he is unable to hide himself his seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.


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For thus saith Jehovah Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and thou indeed, shouldest thou be altogether unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.


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For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.


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I have heard a rumour from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations -- Gather yourselves together, and come against her and rise up for the battle.


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Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.


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And Edom shall be an astonishment every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.


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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.


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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen <n>[man]</n> whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?


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Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, which he hath taken against Edom, and his purposes which he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them.


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The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea.


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Behold, he shall come up, and fly as an eagle, and spread forth his wings against Bozrah; and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.


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Concerning Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away there is distress on the sea; it cannot be quiet.


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Damascus is grown feeble she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.


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Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all the men of war be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.


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Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah Arise, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.


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Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!


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Flee, wander very far, dwell deep down, ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.


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Arise, get you up against the nation at ease, that dwelleth securely, saith Jehovah, which hath neither gates nor bars they dwell alone.


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And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; and I will scatter to every wind them that have the corners <n>[of their beard]</n> cut off, and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith Jehovah.


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And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever. No one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.


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The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,


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And upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four ends of the heavens, and I will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.


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And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.


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The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet.


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Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.


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For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein both man and beast are fled; they are gone.


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In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping as they go, and shall seek Jehovah their God.


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They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, <n>[saying,]</n> Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.


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My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.


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All that found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.


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Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flock.


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For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon, an assemblage of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her from thence shall she be taken. Their arrows shall be as those of a mighty expert man none shall return empty.


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For ye rejoiced, for ye triumphed, ye plunderers of my heritage; for ye have been wanton as the heifer at grass, and neighed as steeds.


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Your mother hath been sorely put to shame; she that bore you hath been covered with reproach behold, <n>[she is become]</n> hindmost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.


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Because of the wrath of Jehovah, it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate; every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all her plagues.


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Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows for she hath sinned against Jehovah.


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Shout against her round about she hath given her hand; her ramparts are fallen, her walls are thrown down for this is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.


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Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people, and let them flee every one to his own land.


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Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away first the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, like as I have visited the king of Assyria.


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And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and in Gilead.


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In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found for I will pardon those whom I leave remaining.


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Go up against the land of double rebellion, against it, and against the inhabitants of visitation; waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.


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How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!


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I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.


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Jehovah hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for this is a work for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans.


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Come ye against her from every quarter, open her storehouses; pile her up like sheaves, and destroy her utterly let nothing of her be left.


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Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.


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The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.


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Call together the archers against Babylon, all those that bend the bow encamp against her round about; let there be no escaping recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her for she hath acted proudly against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.


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Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets; and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, I am against thee, proud one, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I visit thee


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and the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; yea, I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts The children of Israel and the children of Judah were together oppressed; and all that took them captives held them fast they refused to let them go.


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Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.


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The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;


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the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;


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the sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; the sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed


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a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols.


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Therefore wild beasts of the desert with jackals shall dwell there, and ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.


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As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.


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Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.


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They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel, and will not shew mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses -- set in array like a man for the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.


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The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands wax feeble; trouble hath taken hold of him, pangs as of a woman in travail.


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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make him suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen <n>[man]</n> whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?


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Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, which he hath taken against Babylon, and his purposes which he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them.


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At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked, and the cry is heard among the nations.


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Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the heart of those that rise against me, a destroying wind;


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and I will send unto Babylon strangers, who shall fan her, and shall empty her land for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.


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Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail; and spare not her young men destroy utterly all her host.


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And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.


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For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.


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Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be ye not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance he shall render unto her a recompence.


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Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad.


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Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.


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We have treated Babylon, but she is not healed forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto the heavens, and is lifted up to the skies.


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Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.


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Sharpen the arrows; take the shields. Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.


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Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.


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Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.


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Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, I will assuredly fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall raise a shout against thee.


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When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.


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Every man is become brutish, so as to have no knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.


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The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things and <n>[Israel]</n> is the rod of his inheritance Jehovah of hosts is his name.


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Thou art my maul, <n>[my]</n> weapons of war and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;


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and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot and its driver;


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and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;


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and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and rulers.


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And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, in your sight, all their evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah.


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Behold, I am against thee, mount of destruction, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burning mountain.


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And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.


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Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.


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Prepare nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their rulers, yea, all the land of their dominion.


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And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.


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The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they are sitting in the fortresses; their might hath failed, they are become as women they have set her dwelling places on fire; her bars are broken.


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Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;


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and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.


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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, at the time of its being trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.


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Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.


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The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitress of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.


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Therefore thus saith Jehovah Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.


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And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.


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When they are heated, I will prepare their drink, and I will make them drunken, that they may exult, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.


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How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!


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Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no one dwelleth, neither doth a son of man pass thereby.


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And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him yea, the wall of Babylon is fallen.


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Go ye out of the midst of her, my people, and deliver every man his soul from the fierce anger of Jehovah!


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lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come <n>[one]</n> year, and after that a rumour in <n>[another]</n> year, and violence in the earth, ruler against ruler.


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Therefore behold, days are coming when I will punish the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.


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And the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall shout aloud over Babylon; for out of the north the spoilers shall come against her, saith Jehovah.


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Ye that have escaped the sword, go, stand not still remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.


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-- We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our face for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.


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-- Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish her graven images; and throughout her land the wounded shall groan.


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Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Jehovah.


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The sound of a cry <n>[cometh]</n> from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;


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for Jehovah spoileth Babylon, and he will destroy out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice resoundeth.


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For the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the щGod of recompences, will certainly requite.


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And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.


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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire and they shall be weary.


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The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Nerijah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.


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And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.


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and say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, that thou wilt cut it off, so that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.


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And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, <n>[that]</n> thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;


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and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.


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For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.


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And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, <n>[that]</n> Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they encamped against it, and built turrets against it round about.


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In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.


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And the city was broken into and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were near the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.


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And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.


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And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment upon him.


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And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; and he slaughtered also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.


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And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass; and the king of Babylon carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.


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And in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;


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And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the body-guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.


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And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.


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But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.


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And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke up, and carried all the brass thereof to Babylon.


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The pots also, and the shovels, and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, they took away.


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And the basons and the censers, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the cups, and the goblets, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.


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The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.


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And as to the pillars the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers it was hollow.


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And the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the one capital <n>[was]</n> five cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass; and similarly for the second pillar, and the pomegranates.


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And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the <n>[four]</n> sides; all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round about.


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And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.


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And out of the city he took a eunuch that was set over the men of war, and seven men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land. And sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the midst of the city.


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And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;


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and the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.


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This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews;


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in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar <n>[he carried away captive]</n> from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons;


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in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons all the persons were four thousand six hundred.


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And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, <n>[that]</n> Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;


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and he spoke kindly unto him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.


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and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.


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How doth the city sit solitary <n>[that]</n> was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!


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She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she hath no comforter; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.


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Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest all her pursuers have overtaken her within the straits.


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The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness.


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Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions her children are gone into captivity before the adversary.


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And from the daughter of Zion all her splendour is departed her princes are become like harts that find no pasture; and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.


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In the days of her affliction and of her wanderings, since her people fell into the hand of an adversary, and none did help her, Jerusalem remembereth all her precious things which she had in the days of old the adversaries have seen her, they mock at her ruin.


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Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she removed as an impurity all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; and she sigheth, and turneth backward.


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Her impurity was in her skirts, she remembered not her latter end; and she came down wonderfully she hath no comforter. Jehovah, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.


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The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.


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All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive <n>[their]</n> soul. See, Jehovah, and consider, for I am become vile.


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Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, whom Jehovah hath afflicted in the day of his fierce anger.


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From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate <n>[and]</n> faint all the day.


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The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand they are wreathed, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail; the Lord hath delivered me into hands out of which I am not able to rise up.


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The Lord hath cast down all my mighty men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.


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For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water for the comforter that should revive my soul is far from me; my children are desolate, for the enemy hath prevailed.


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Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, <n>[that]</n> his adversaries <n>[should be]</n> round about him; Jerusalem is as an impurity among them.


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Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.


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I called for my lovers, they have deceived me; my priests and mine elders have expired in the city, while they sought them food to revive their soul.


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See, Jehovah, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled without, the sword hath bereaved <n>[me]</n>, within, it is as death.


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They have heard that I sigh I have no comforter all mine enemies have heard of my calamity; they are glad that thou hast done it. Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.


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Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.


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How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.


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The Lord hath swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah he hath brought <n>[them]</n> down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.


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He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about.


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He hath bent his bow like an enemy; he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that was pleasant to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion, he hath poured out his fury like fire.


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The Lord is become as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.


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And he hath violently cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger king and priest.


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The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath rejected his sanctuary; he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces they have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as on the day of a set feast.


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Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament they languish together.


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Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations the law is no <n>[more]</n>; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.


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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; they have cast dust upon their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their head to the ground.


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Mine eyes are consumed with tears, my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, because of the ruin of the daughter of my people; because infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.


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They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom.


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What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea who will heal thee?


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Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.


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All that pass by clap <n>[their]</n> hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?


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All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth they say, We have swallowed <n>[her]</n> up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for we have found, we have seen <n>[it]</n>.


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Jehovah hath done what he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word which he had commanded from the days of old he hath thrown down, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.


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Their heart cried unto the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a torrent day and night give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye rest.


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Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.


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See, Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat their fruit, the infants that they nursed? Shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?


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The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword thou hast slain <n>[them]</n> in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.


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Thou hast called up, as on the day of a set feast, my terrors on every side; and in the day of Jehovah's anger there was none that escaped or remained those that I have nursed and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.


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but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses


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How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!


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The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!


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Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.


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The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.


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They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.


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And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.


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Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.


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Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.


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The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.


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The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.


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Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.


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The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.


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<n>[It is]</n> for the sins of her prophets, <n>[and]</n> the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.


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They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.


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They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn <n>[there]</n>.


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The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.


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Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.


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They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.


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Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.


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The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.


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Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.


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The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.


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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <n>[month]</n>, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.


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the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.


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And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass, out of the midst of the fire.


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Also out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance they had the likeness of a man.


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And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled as the look of burnished brass.


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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings


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their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.


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And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.


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And their faces and their wings were parted above; two <n>[wings]</n> of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.


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And they went every one straight forward whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.


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And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning.


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And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.


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The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.


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As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.


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And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.


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Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would <n>[their]</n> spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.


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When those went, they went; and when those stood, they stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up along with them for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.


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And there was the likeness of an expanse over the heads of the living creature, as the look of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.


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And under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side their bodies.


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And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, a tumultuous noise, as the noise of a host when they stood, they let down their wings;


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and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.


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And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.


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And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.


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As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.


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And the Spirit entered into me when he spoke unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spoke unto me.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day;


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and these children are impudent and hard-hearted I am sending thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear -- for they are a rebellious house -- yet shall they know that there hath been a prophet among them.


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And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and be not afraid of their words; for briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dwellest among scorpions be not afraid of their words, and be not dismayed at their faces; for they are a rebellious house.


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And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are rebellious.


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And thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.


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And he spread it out before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee. And I ate, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.


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For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, <n>[but]</n> to the house of Israel;


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not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?


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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.


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Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.


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As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears;


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and go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, -- whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.


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And the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing, <n>[saying,]</n> Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place!


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-- and the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great rushing.


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And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.


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And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.


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Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.


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When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live the same wicked <n>[man]</n> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.


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But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.


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And when a righteous <n>[man]</n> doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.


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And if thou warn the righteous <n>[man]</n>, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.


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And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and there I will talk with thee.


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And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.


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And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.


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And thou, son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee therewith, and thou shalt not go out among them.


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And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.


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And when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear for they are a rebellious house.


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And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, -- Jerusalem


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and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.


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And take thou unto thee an iron plate, and put it <n>[for]</n> a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it this shall be a sign to the house of Israel.


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And thou, lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it the number of the days that thou liest upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.


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And I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.


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And when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days I have appointed thee each day for a year.


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And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.


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And behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.


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And thou, take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, <n>[according to]</n> the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.


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And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day from time to time shalt thou eat it.


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And thou shalt eat it <n>[as]</n> barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.


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And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.


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Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.


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And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment


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because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.


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And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife; a barber's razor shalt thou take; and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard and thou shalt take balances to weigh, and divide the <n>[hair]</n>.


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A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, <n>[and]</n> smite about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.


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and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah This is Jerusalem I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.


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And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, <n>[and]</n> have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor <n>[even]</n> have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;


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therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations;


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and I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.


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Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds.


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Wherefore, <n>[as]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.


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A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence, and shall be consumed by the famine in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.


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And mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will comfort myself; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished my fury upon them.


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And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.


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And it shall be a reproach, and a taunt, an instruction, and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes I, Jehovah, have spoken.


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When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for <n>[their]</n> destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.


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And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee I, Jehovah, have spoken.


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and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys Behold, I, <n>[even]</n> I, do bring a sword upon you, and will destroy your high places.


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And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain <n>[men]</n> before your idols;


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and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.


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In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.


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Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.


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And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives, when I shall have broken their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, in all their abominations.


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And they shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the abominations of the iniquities of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.


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He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is left, and is besieged, shall die by the famine and I will accomplish my fury upon them.


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And ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, when their slain shall be among their idols, round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick terebinth, the places where they offered sweet savour to all their idols.


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And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness of Diblath, in all their dwellings; and they shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.


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Now is the end upon thee; and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.


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And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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The doom is come unto thee, inhabitant of the land; the time is come, the day is near, -- tumult, and not the joyous cry from the mountains.


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Now will I soon pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee; and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.


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And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity I will render unto thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that it is I, Jehovah, that smite.


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Behold the day, behold, it is come the doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride is full blown.


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Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness nothing of them <n>[shall remain]</n>, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth, nor of the magnificence in the midst of them.


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The time is come, the day draweth near let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof.


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For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, even though he were yet alive amongst the living for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof; it shall not be revoked; and none shall through his iniquity assure his life.


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They have blown the trumpet and made all ready, but none goeth to the battle; for my fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof.


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The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.


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And they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one for his iniquity.


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And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.


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They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.


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And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations <n>[and]</n> of their detestable things therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.


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And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.


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And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret <n>[place]</n>; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it.


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Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned.


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Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.


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The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with dismay, and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble I will do unto them according to their way, and with their judgments will I judge them; and they shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth <n>[month]</n>, on the fifth of the month, that <n>[as]</n> I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.


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And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the look of glowing brass.


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And he stretched forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entry of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.


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And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the valley.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes toward the north. And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, to cause <n>[me]</n> to go far off from my sanctuary? And yet again thou shalt see great abominations.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, dig now through the wall; and I digged through the wall, and behold, a door.


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And I went in and looked, and behold, every form of creeping thing and abominable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.


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And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.


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And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.


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And he brought me to the entry of the gate of Jehovah's house that was toward the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.


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And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these.


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And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.


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And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.


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And I also will deal in fury mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.


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And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Draw near, ye that have charge of the city, and every man <n>[with]</n> his destroying weapon in his hand.


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And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which is turned toward the north, and every man <n>[with]</n> his slaughter weapon in his hand; and in the midst of them, one man clothed with linen, with a writer's ink-horn by his side; and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.


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And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's ink-horn by his side;


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and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.


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And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite let not your eye spare, neither have pity.


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Slay utterly the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and little children, and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elders who were before the house.


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And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.


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And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?


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And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.


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And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity I will recompense their way upon their head.


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And behold, the man clothed with linen, who had the ink-horn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.


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And I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.


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And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.


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And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.


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And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, <n>[and came]</n> over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.


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And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty щGod when he speaketh.


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And it came to pass when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, then he went in, and stood beside the wheel.


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And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took and put it into the hands of him <n>[that was]</n> clothed with linen; who took <n>[it]</n>, and went out.


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And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.


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And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.


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When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it they turned not as they went.


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And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four <n>[and]</n> their wheels.


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And every one had four faces the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.


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And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.


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When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them for the spirit of the living creature was in them.


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And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.


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And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight, when they went out; and the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.


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This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.


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Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.


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And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar -- their appearance and themselves they went every one straight before them.


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And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of the gate were five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.


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And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city


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And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.


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And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.


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Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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This shall not be your cauldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it I will judge you in the borders of Israel;


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and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, neither have done mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.


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And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?


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Son of man, <n>[it is]</n> thy brethren, thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, the whole of it, unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, Get you far from Jehovah unto us is this land given for a possession.


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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come.


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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will even gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.


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And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.


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And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;


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that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.


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But as for them whose heart walketh well-pleased with their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.


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And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.


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And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.


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Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not, which have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.


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And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.


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And bring forth thy baggage by day in their sight, as a captive's baggage, and thou thyself, go forth at even in their sight as they that go forth into captivity.


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In their sight shalt thou bear <n>[it]</n> upon <n>[thy]</n> shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, and thou shalt not see the ground for I have appointed thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.


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And I did so as I was commanded I brought forth my baggage by day, as a captive's baggage, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, <n>[and]</n> bore it upon <n>[my]</n> shoulder, in their sight.


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Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah This burden <n>[concerneth]</n> the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.


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Say, I am your sign as I have done, so shall it be done unto them they shall go into exile, into captivity.


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And the prince that is among them shall bear upon <n>[his]</n> shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth; they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby; he shall cover his face, that he see not the land with <n>[his]</n> eyes.


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And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it, and there shall he die.


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And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.


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And they shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries.


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But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they shall come; and they shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.


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And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?


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Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the accomplishment of every vision.


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For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.


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For I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed, it shall be no more deferred. For in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.


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Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word that I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!


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Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor made up the fence for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.


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They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith! and Jehovah hath not sent them; and they make <n>[them]</n> to hope that the word will be fulfilled.


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Have ye not seen a vain vision, and spoken a lying divination, when ye say, Jehovah saith; and I have not spoken?


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because ye speak vanity, and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> the Lord Jehovah.


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Because, yea because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace! and there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and lo, they daub it with untempered <n>[mortar]</n> --


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say unto them which daub it with untempered <n>[mortar]</n> that it shall fall there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth.


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And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed <n>[it]</n>?


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger, and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction.


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And I will break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered <n>[mortar]</n>, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be destroyed in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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And I will accomplish my fury upon the wall, and upon them that daub it with untempered <n>[mortar]</n>, and will say unto you, The wall is no <n>[more]</n>, neither they that daubed it,


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the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see a vision of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them,


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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Woe unto the women that sew pillows for all wrists, and that make veils for the head <n>[of persons]</n> of every stature to catch souls! Will ye catch the souls of my people, and will ye save your own souls alive?


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And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for morsels of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to lying?


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Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I am against your pillows, that the souls which ye catch by their means may fly away; and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, the souls that ye catch, that they may fly away.


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And I will tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life


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therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver my people out of your hand and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face should I be inquired of at all by them?


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Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols


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that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.


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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.


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For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him, I Jehovah will answer him by myself;


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and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, <n>[so that he shall be]</n> for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.


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And they shall bear their iniquity the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer;


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that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;


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though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver <n>[but]</n> their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts;


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-- though these three men should be in it, <n>[as]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.


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Or <n>[if]</n> I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,


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and these three men should be in it, <n>[as]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.


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Or <n>[if]</n> I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,


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and Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, <n>[as]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter they should <n>[but]</n> deliver their own souls by their righteousness.


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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!


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But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of <n>[it]</n>, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.


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And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?


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Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will <n>[men]</n> take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?


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Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for <n>[any]</n> work?


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Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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And I will set my face against them they shall go forth from <n>[one]</n> fire, and <n>[another]</n> fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah when I set my face against them.


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And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.


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And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all.


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No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, from abhorrence of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.


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And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!


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I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; <n>[thy]</n> breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew but thou wast naked and bare.


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And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.


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And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;


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and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.


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Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.


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And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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But thou didst confide in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by his it was.


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And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon <n>[the like]</n> hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.


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And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.


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And thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.


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And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,


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And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, when thou wast weltering in thy blood.


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that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street


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thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom.


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And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger.


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And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.


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And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.


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And thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants, Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.


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How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these <n>[things]</n>, the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;


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in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward,


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They give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.


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And in thee is the contrary from <n>[other]</n> women, in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to commit fornication; and whereas thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, so art thou contrary.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations, and because of the blood of thy children which thou didst give unto them;


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therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated, -- I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.


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And I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;


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and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.


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And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.


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And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot, and thou also shalt give no more any reward.


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And I will appease my fury against thee, and my jealousy shall depart from thee; and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.


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Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these <n>[things]</n>, behold, therefore, I also will recompense thy way upon <n>[thy]</n> head, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations.


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Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, <n>[so is]</n> her daughter!


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Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.


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And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.


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And thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations; but as though that were a very little, thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!


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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.


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And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw <n>[it]</n>.


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And Samaria hath not sinned according to the half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.


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Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.


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And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;


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that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.


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And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.


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before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who despise thee on every side.


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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath, and broken the covenant.


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Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.


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And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant.


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that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, full of feathers, which was of divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar.


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He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.


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And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.


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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.


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And there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, from the beds of her plantation, this vine did bend her roots unto him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it.


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It was planted in a good field by many waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a noble vine.


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Say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither, even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots.


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And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew.


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Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon.


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And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;


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that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.


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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.


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Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.


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He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things he shall not escape.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah <n>[As]</n> I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.


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And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.


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And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain


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upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.


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And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish I Jehovah have spoken, and will do <n>[it]</n>.


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What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, <n>[The]</n> fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.


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Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth, it shall die.


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-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation,


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and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;


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he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,


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hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these <n>[things]</n>,


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and that doeth not any of those <n>[duties]</n>, but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,


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hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,


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given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him.


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But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like


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-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,


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and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;


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he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, <n>[and]</n> walked in my statutes he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.


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As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.


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And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.


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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.


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And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.


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None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.


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Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?


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And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, <n>[and]</n> doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.


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And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?


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When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die.


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And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.


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Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.


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But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal?


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Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.


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Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit why then will ye die, house of Israel?


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For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.


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and say, What was thy mother? A lioness she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.


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And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.


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And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.


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And when she saw that she had waited <n>[and]</n> her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, <n>[and]</n> made him a young lion.


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And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.


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And he knew their <n>[desolate]</n> palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.


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Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.


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And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.


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Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.


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And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.


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But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.


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and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, <n>[which]</n> hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.


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And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth <n>[month]</n>, the tenth of the month, <n>[that]</n> certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and they sat before me.


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Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Are ye come to inquire of me? <n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.


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and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah your God,


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in that day I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;


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and I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah your God.


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But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me none of them cast away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I thought to pour out my fury upon them, so as to accomplish mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.


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But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.


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And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.


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And I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah that hallow them.


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But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.


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But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.


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And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given <n>[them]</n>, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;


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because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths for their heart went after their idols.


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But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.


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And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, neither keep their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.


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and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah your God.


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And the children rebelled against me they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned my sabbaths and I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish mine anger against them in the wilderness.


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But I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.


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I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;


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because they performed not mine ordinances, and rejected my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.


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and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have wrought unfaithfulness against me.


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When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; and there they placed their sweet savour, and there poured out their drink-offerings.


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And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.


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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Do ye defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and do ye commit fornication after their abominations?


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And when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? <n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.


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And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, in serving wood and stone.


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<n>[As]</n> I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, will I reign over you.


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And I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out;


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and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.


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Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah Go ye, serve every one his idols henceforth also, if none of you will hearken unto me; but profane my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols.


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For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel serve me, the whole of it, in the land; there will I accept them, and there will I require your heave-offerings and the first-fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.


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As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations.


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And ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, when I have brought you into the land of Israel, into the country which I lifted up my hand to give to your fathers.


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And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils which ye have committed.


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And ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop <n>[words]</n> against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;


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and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby.


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Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop <n>[words]</n> against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,


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and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.


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Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;


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and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath it shall not return any more.


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And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.


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It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, <n>[saying,]</n> The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?


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And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, -- it is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.


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Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel they are given up to the sword along with my people smite therefore upon the thigh.


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For the trial <n>[is made]</n>; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no <n>[more]</n>? saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for <n>[the strokes of]</n> the sword shall be doubled the third time it is the sword of the slain, the sword that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.


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In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.


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Gather up <n>[strength]</n>, go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.


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And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury I Jehovah have spoken <n>[it]</n>.


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And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come -- out of one land shall they both come -- and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.


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Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced <n>[city]</n> of Jerusalem.


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For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination he shaketh <n>[his]</n> arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.


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In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.


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And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.


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-- thus saith the Lord Jehovah Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no <n>[more]</n>. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.


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I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no <n>[more]</n>, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <n>[to him]</n>.


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And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, A sword, a sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it furbished, that it may consume, that it may glitter


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whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.


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Restore <n>[it]</n> to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.


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And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.


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Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered for I Jehovah have spoken.


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And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,


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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.


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Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.


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Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous <n>[and]</n> full of tumult.


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In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.


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In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;


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in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.


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And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.


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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.


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Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do <n>[it]</n>.


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And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.


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And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I <n>[am]</n> Jehovah.


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Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace they are become the dross of silver.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.


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<n>[As]</n> they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.


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Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.


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As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.


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Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.


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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;


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her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known <n>[the difference]</n> between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.


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Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.


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And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered <n>[mortar]</n>, seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.


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The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.


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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.


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And I will pour out mine indignation upon them; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath their own way will I recompense upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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And they committed whoredom in Egypt; they committed whoredom in their youth there were their breasts pressed, and there were handled the teats of their virginity.


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And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.


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And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians <n>[her]</n> neighbours,


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clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.


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And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.


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Neither left she her whoredoms <n>[brought]</n> from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.


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Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted.


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These discovered her nakedness, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a name among women; and they executed judgment upon her.


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And her sister Oholibah saw <n>[this]</n>, and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.


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She lusted after the children of Asshur <n>[her]</n> neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men.


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And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,


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girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them captains in appearance, <n>[after]</n> the likeness of the children of Babylon, of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.


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And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.


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And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.


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And she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.


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Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;


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and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is <n>[as]</n> the flesh of asses, and whose issue is <n>[as]</n> the issue of horses.


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And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians, for the breasts of thy youth.


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Therefore, Oholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side.


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The children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the children of Asshur with them; all of them attractive young men, governors and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.


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And they shall come against thee <n>[with]</n> armour, chariots and wheels, and with an assemblage of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee <n>[with]</n> target, and shield, and helmet round about; and I will put judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.


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And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.


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And I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom <n>[brought]</n> from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.


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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah Behold, I will give thee over into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated.


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And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; so that the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy fornications.


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These things shall be done unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the nations, because thou hast defiled thyself with their idols.


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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision, <n>[for]</n> it containeth much.


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Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of thy sister Samaria;


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thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts for I have spoken <n>[it]</n>, saith the Lord Jehovah.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy fornications.


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And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations.


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For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also passed over unto them their children, whom they bore unto me, to be devoured.


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Moreover this have they done unto me in the same day have they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my sabbaths.


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For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols, they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.


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And furthermore, they sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thine eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments;


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and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.


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And the voice of a multitude living carelessly was with her; and with people of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, and they put bracelets upon their hands, and a beautiful crown upon their heads.


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And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women.


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And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.


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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled.


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And the assemblage shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.


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And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness.


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And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I <n>[am]</n> the Lord Jehovah.


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And in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


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Son of man, write thee the name of the day, of this selfsame day on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem.


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And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah Set on the pot, set <n>[it]</n> on, and also pour water into it.


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Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill <n>[it]</n> with the choice bones


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take the choice of the flock; and also <n>[put]</n> a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.


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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it


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for her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.


