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The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:
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"Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it--the LORD is his name:
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Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
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For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword:
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They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.