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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh , saying,
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Thus speaks Yahweh , the God of Israel , saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book .
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For, behold, the days come , says Yahweh , that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah , says Yahweh ; 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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These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah .
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For thus says Yahweh : We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace .
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Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, 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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It shall come to pass in that day , says Yahweh of Armies , that I will break his yoke from off your neck , and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;
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but they shall serve Yahweh their God , and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
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Therefore don't you be afraid , O Jacob my servant , says Yahweh ; neither be dismayed, Israel : for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return , and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid .
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For I am with you, says Yahweh , to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure , and will in no way leave you unpunished.
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For thus says Yahweh , Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.
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There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines .
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All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy , with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity , because your sins were increased.
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Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity , because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
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Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured ; and all your adversaries , everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil , and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.
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For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh ; because they have called you an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
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Thus says Yahweh : Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob 's tents , and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way .
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Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
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Their children also shall be as before , and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
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Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near , and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh .
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You shall be my people, and I will be your God .
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Behold, the storm of Yahweh , [even his] wrath , is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked .
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The fierce anger of Yahweh will not return , until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart . In the latter days you will understand it.