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The word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree." a12
Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching b over my word to perform it."
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The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, tilted away from the north."
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Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north disaster shall break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
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For now I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they shall come and all of them shall set their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its surrounding walls and against all the cities of Judah.
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