1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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“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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The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[a] and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the LORD.”
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These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
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“This is what the LORD says: “ ‘Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.
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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?