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1 This word came to Yirmeyahu from ADONAI:
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1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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2 "This is what ADONAI the God of Isra'el says: 'Write all the words I have spoken to you in a scroll.
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2 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.
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3 For the day is coming,' says ADONAI, 'when I will reverse the exile of my people Isra'el and Y'hudah,' says ADONAI. 'I will cause them to return to the land I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it.'"
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3 The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,' says the LORD."
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4 These are the words ADONAI spoke concerning Isra'el and Y'hudah:
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4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
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5 Here is what ADONAI says: "We have heard a cry of terror, of fear and not of peace.
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5 "This is what the LORD says: " 'Cries of fear are heard-- terror, not peace.
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6 Ask now and see: can men give birth to children? Why, then, do I see all the men with their hands on their stomachs like women in labor, with every face turned pale?
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6 Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?
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7 How dreadful that day will be! - there has never been one like it: a time of trouble for Ya'akov, but out of it he will be saved.
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7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
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8 "On that day," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "I will break his yoke from off your neck, I will snap your chains. Foreigners will no longer enslave him.
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8 " 'In that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.
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9 Instead, they will serve ADONAI their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
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9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
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10 "So don't be afraid, Ya'akov my servant," says ADONAI, "or be alarmed, Isra'el; for I will return you from far away and your offspring from their country of exile. Ya'akov will again be quiet, at rest; and no one will make him afraid.
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10 " 'So do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
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11 "For I am with you to save you," says ADONAI, "I will finish off all the nations where I have scattered you. However, you I will not finish off, but will discipline only as you deserve; I will not completely destroy you."
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11 I am with you and will save you,' declares the LORD. 'Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.'
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12 For here is what ADONAI says: "Your wound is past healing, your injury most severe;
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12 "This is what the LORD says: " 'Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.
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13 no one thinks your wound can be bandaged; you have no medicines that can heal you.
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13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.
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14 All your friends have forgotten you, they no longer seek you out. I have struck you down as an enemy would, punished as a cruel man would, because of your great wickedness, because of your many sins.
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14 All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.
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15 Why cry that your wound and pain are past healing? I have done these things to you because of your great wickedness, because of your many sins.
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15 Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.
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16 "But all who devour you will be devoured, all your enemies will go into exile, those who plunder you will be plundered, those who pillage you will be pillaged.
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16 " 'But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
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17 For I will restore your health, I will heal you of your wounds," says ADONAI, "because they called you an outcast, Tziyon, with no one who cares about her."
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17 But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the LORD, 'because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.'
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18 Thus says ADONAI: "I will return Ya'akov's captives to their tents; I will take pity on his dwellings. Cities will be rebuilt on their own tels, with palaces where they're supposed to be.
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18 "This is what the LORD says: " 'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.
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19 From them will come thanksgiving and the sound of people celebrating. I will increase them; they will not be decreased; I will honor them; they will not be despised.
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19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
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20 Their children will be as they used to be, their community confirmed in my presence; and I will punish everyone who oppresses them.
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20 Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.
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21 Their leader will be one of their own, their ruler will come from among them. I will cause him to come close and let him approach me; for, otherwise, who would guarantee his heart enough to approach me?" says ADONAI.
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21 Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near and he will come close to me, for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?' declares the LORD.
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22 "You will be my people, and I will be your God."
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22 " 'So you will be my people, and I will be your God.' "
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23 Look! The storm of ADONAI, bursting out in fury, a sweeping storm, whirling down upon the heads of the wicked!
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23 See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.
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24 ADONAI's fierce anger will not abate till he accomplishes the purpose in his heart. In the acharit-hayamim, you will understand.
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24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand this.
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