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and you will know that I am the LORD . For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you.â
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While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, âOÂ Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?â
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Then this message came to me from the LORD :
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âSon of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, âThose people are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!â
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âTherefore, tell the exiles, âThis is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.