The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of prophecy, us the Targum. Some make this to be the "thirteenth" sermon of the prophet's; it is a consolatory one, as Kimchi observes: saying; as follows:
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"God's Message, the God of Israel: 'Write everything I tell you in a book.
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"'Look. The time is coming when I will turn everything around for my people, both Israel and Judah. I, God, say so. I'll bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors, and they'll take up ownership again.'"
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"God's Message: "'Cries of panic are being heard. The peace has been shattered.
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