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But, "Ah, LordGOD!" I said, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the swordnor will you havefamine, but I will give you lastingpeace in thisplace.' "
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Then the LORDsaid to me, "The prophets are prophesyingfalsehood in My name. I have neithersent them norcommanded them norspoken to them; they are prophesying to you a falsevision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.
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"Thereforethussays the LORDconcerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them-yet they keep saying, 'There will be nosword or famine in thisland '-by sword and faminethoseprophets shall meet their end!
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"The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalembecause* of the famine and the sword; and there will be noone to bury them-neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters -for I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
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"You will saythisword to them, 'Let my eyesflowdown with tearsnight and day, And let them not cease; For the virgindaughter of my people has been crushed with a mightyblow, With a sorelyinfectedwound.
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'If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For bothprophet and priest Have gone rovingabout in the land that they do not know.' "