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"For thussays the LORDGod of Israelconcerning the houses of thiscity, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are brokendown to make a defense against the siegeramps and against the sword,
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'While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of menwhom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from thiscitybecause of all their wickedness:
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'I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardonall their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.
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'It will be to Me a name of joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earthwhich will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will fear and tremblebecause of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.'
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"Thussays the LORD, 'Yetagain there will be heard in thisplace, of which you say, "It is a waste, withoutman and withoutbeast," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, withoutman and withoutinhabitant and withoutbeast,
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the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "Givethanks to the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting "; and of those who bring a thankoffering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD.
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, 'There will again be in thisplace which is waste, without*man or beast, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds who rest their flocks.
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'In the cities of the hillcountry, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will againpassunder the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the LORD.
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'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the goodwordwhich I have spokenconcerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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'In thosedaysJudah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the LORD is our righteousness.'
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"Thussays the LORD, 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointedtime,
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then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Leviticalpriests, My ministers.
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'As the host of heavencannot be counted and the sand of the seacannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.' "
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And the word of the LORDcame to Jeremiah, saying,
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"Have you not observedwhatthispeople have spoken, saying, 'The twofamilieswhich the LORDchose, He has rejected them'? Thus they despise My people, nolonger are they as a nation in their sight.
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then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendantsrulersover the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and will havemercy on them.' "