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1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,
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While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
2 These are the words of the Lord, who is doing it, the Lord who is forming it, to make it certain; the Lord is his name;
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“This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name:
3 Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
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‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and ...;
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For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword
5 ... and to make them full of the dead bodies of men whom I have put to death in my wrath and in my passion, and because of whose evil-doing I have kept my face covered from this town.
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in the fight with the Babylonians : ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
6 See, I will make it healthy and well again, I will even make them well; I will let them see peace and good faith in full measure.
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“ ‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.
7 And I will let the fate of Judah and of Israel be changed, building them up as at first.
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I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before.
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