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The LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said,
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"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Write in a book everything that I tell you.
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The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it."
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This is the message that the LORD spoke about Israel and Judah:
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"This is what the LORD says: "We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.