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| 1 It was the 12th year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. On the first day of the 12th month, a message came to me from the Lord. He said, | 1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me: |
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