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Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people
which had given him
that
answer, saying,
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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, did not the L
ORD
remember them, and came it
not
into his mind?
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So that the L
ORD
could
no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings,
and
because of the abominations which ye have
committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
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Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against
the L
ORD
, and have not obeyed the voice of the L
ORD
, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor
in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
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Moreover Jeremiah
said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the L
ORD
, all Judah that
are
in the
land of Egypt:
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Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have
both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our
vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
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Therefore hear
ye the word of the L
ORD
, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my
great name, saith the L
ORD
, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah
in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD 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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Yet a small number that escape the sword
shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
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And this
shall be
a sign unto you, saith the L
ORD
, that I will punish you in this place, that ye
may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
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Thus saith the L
ORD
; 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.
CHAPTER 45
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written
these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, saying,
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Thus saith the L
ORD
, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
3
Thou didst
say, Woe is me now! for the L
ORD
hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I
find no rest.
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Thus shalt thou say unto him, The L
ORD
saith thus; Behold,
that
which I have built will I break
down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
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And seekest thou great
things for thyself? seek
them
not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the L
ORD
: but
thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
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