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And whether good, or whether evil, we will hearken to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, because we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.
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And it came to pass after ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.
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And he called Joanan, and the leaders of the host, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
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and he said to them, Thus saith the Lord;
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If ye will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
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Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand.
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And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your land.
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But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not hearken to the voice of the Lord;
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for we will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread; and there we will dwell:
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then hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord;
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If ye set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, the sword which ye fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which ye have regard, shall overtake you, after you in Egypt; and there ye shall die.