The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of prophecy, us the Targum. Some make this to be the "thirteenth" sermon of the prophet's; it is a consolatory one, as Kimchi observes: saying; as follows:
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This is the word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
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Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee, in a book.
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For behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
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And these are the words that the Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Juda:
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For thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of terror: there is fear and no peace.