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And Jehovah said to▵ me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My soul could not◦ be toward▵ this people; send· them ·away from My face, and let them go··out.
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And it shall be, if▫ they say unto▵ thee, Whither▵ shall we go··forth? then thou shalt say to▵ them, Thus says Jehovah, Whoever▵ is for death, to death; and whoever▵ is for the sword, to the sword; and whoever▵ is for the famine, to the famine; and whoever▵ is for the captivity, to the captivity.
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And I will appoint over them four families, says◦ Jehovah; the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
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And I will put◦ them into◦ turmoil before▫ all the kingdoms of the earth, because··of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah▫ king of Judah, on··account··of what he did in Jerusalem.
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For who shall have··pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who shall be··sorry for thee? And who shall turn··aside to ask for peace for thee?
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Thou◦ hast abandoned Me, says◦ Jehovah, thou art gone backward; and I will stretch··out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am··weary with repenting.
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And I will winnow them with a winnower in the gates of the land; I will bereave them, I will make· My people ·perish, from their ways they return not.
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Their widows are··numerous to Me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them◦ against the mother of the young··men a devastator at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and vexation upon◦ the city.
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She that has given··birth··to the seven, languishes; she has breathed out her soul; her sun has gone··in when it is yet day; she has been··ashamed and made to blush: and they who··are··left will I give to the sword before their enemies, says◦ Jehovah.
10
Woe to me, my mother, for thou hast given··birth··to me, a man◦ of strife and a man◦ of contention to all the earth! I have not been··a··creditor, and they have not been··creditors to me; yet all of them revile me.
11
Jehovah said, Shall it not be well with thy remnant; shall I not cause the enemy to fall··upon thee in the time of evil and in the time of adversity?
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Shall iron do··evil to the iron from the north and the bronze?
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Thy belongings and thy treasures will I give for plunder with no◦ price, and this* in all thy sins, and in all thy borders.
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And I will make thee to pass··by with◦ thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is ignited in My anger, which shall burn◦ upon you.
15
O Jehovah, Thou◦ knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in Thy slow◦ anger; know that for▵ Thee I have borne reproach.
16
Thy words were··found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Thy name, O Jehovah God of Armies.
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I sat not in the council of those who mock, nor◦ did I triumph; on··account··of◦ Thy hand I sat alone; for Thou hast··filled me with indignation.
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Why is my pain perpetual, and my smiting desperate, which refuses to be healed? Being wilt Thou be to me like▵ a liar◦, and as waters that are· not ·constant?
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Therefore thus says Jehovah, If thou return, then I will cause thee to return, and thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring··out what is precious from what is worthless, thou shalt be as My mouth: let them◦ return to▵ thee; but thou◦ shalt not return to▵ them.
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And I will put◦ thee for this people as a fortified wall of bronze; and they shall fight against▵ thee, but they shall not prevail◦ against▵ thee: for I◦ am with◦ thee to save thee and to rescue thee, says◦ Jehovah.
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And I will rescue thee from the hand of the evil, and I will redeem◦ thee from the palm of the terrible.
