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Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.â
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Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, âOh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?â
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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âSon of man, your brothersâyour relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israelâare those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, âThey are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.â
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Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: âAlthough I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.â