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1 | The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
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2 | Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all
the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. |
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3 | For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the
LORD: 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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4 | And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah. |
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5 | For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. |
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6 | Ask ye now, and see whether a man 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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7 | 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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8 | For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will
burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves
of him: |
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9 | But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them. |
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10 | Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, 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 be quiet, and none
shall make him afraid. |
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11 | For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I
make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,
yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct
thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished. |
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12 | For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy
wound is grievous. |
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13 | There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound
up: thou hast no healing medicines. |
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14 | All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I
have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine
iniquity; because thy sins were increased. |
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15 | Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable
for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were
increased, I have done these things unto thee. |
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16 | Therefore all they 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 a spoil, and all that prey
upon thee will I give for a prey. |
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17 | For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an
Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. |
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18 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and
the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
shall remain after the manner thereof. |
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19 | 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 few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be
small. |
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20 | Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish
all that oppress them. |
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21 | And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to
draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that
engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. |
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22 | And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. |
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23 | Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of
the wicked. |
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24 | The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath
done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart:
in the latter days ye shall consider it. |
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