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"Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Because you have not obeyed My words,
Jeremiah 25:8 In-Context
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Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”
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“But you did not listen to me,” declares the LORD, “and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.”
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Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words,
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I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the LORD, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.
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I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.