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\c 15
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\v 1 Then Yahweh said to me, "Even if Moses or Samuel were standing in front of me, I would still not be in favor of this people. Send them out from before me, for them to go away.
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\v 2 It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this:
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\q Those destined for death should go to death; those destined for the sword should go to the sword.
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\q Those destined for famine should go to famine; and those destined for captivity should go to captivity.'
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\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the
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beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
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\v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
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\q
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\v 5 For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
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\q Who will turn to ask about your welfare?
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\q
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\v 6 You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me.
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\q So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of having mercy on you.
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\q
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\v 7 So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land.
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\q I will bereave them. I will destroy my people since they will not turn from their ways.
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\q
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\v 8 I will make their widows number more than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send
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\q the destroyer at noonday. I will make shock and horror suddenly fall on them.
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\q
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\v 9 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day.
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\q She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies
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\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
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\q
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\v 10 Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of controversy and argument through all the land.
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\q I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse me.
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\q
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\v 11 Yahweh said: "Will I not rescue you for good?
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\q I will certainly make your enemies beg for help in the time of calamity and distress.
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\q
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\v 12 Can one smash iron? Especially iron from the north that is mixed with bronze?
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\q
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\v 13 I will give to your enemies your wealth and treasures as free plunder.
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\q I will do this because of all your sins committed within all your borders.
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\q
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\v 14 Then I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know,
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\q for a fire will ignite, kindled in my wrath against you."
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Then I will make you serve your enemies \fqb , some ancient copies have \fqa Then I will make your enemies take you \fqb . \f*
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\q
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\v 15 You yourself know, Yahweh! Call me to mind and help me. Bring vengeance for me against my pursuers.
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\q In your patience do not take me away. Acknowledge that I have suffered reproach for you.
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\q
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\v 16 Your words have been found, and I consumed them. Your words were a joy to me,
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\q a joy to my heart, for your name is proclaimed on me, Yahweh God of hosts.
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\q
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\v 17 I did not sit in the circle of those who celebrated or rejoiced.
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\q I sat in solitude because of your powerful hand, for you filled me with indignation.
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\q
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\v 18 Why is my pain ongoing and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
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\q Will you be like deceitful waters to me, waters that dry up?
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\q
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\v 19 Therefore Yahweh said this, "If you repent, Jeremiah, then I will restore you, and you will stand before me and serve me.
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\q For if you separate the foolish things from the precious things, you will be like my mouth. The people will come back to you,
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\q but you yourself must not go back to them.
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\q
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\v 20 I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people, and they will wage war against you.
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\q But they will not defeat you, for I am with you to save and rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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\q
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\v 21 for I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the hand of the tyrant."
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