1: The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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2: Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all
the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. |
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For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I
will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and
they shall possess it. |
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4: And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah. |
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5: For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. |
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6: Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in
travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? |
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7: Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
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8: For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy
bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: |
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9: But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them. |
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10: Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and
thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and
shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. |
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11: For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I
make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I
not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and
will not leave thee altogether unpunished. |
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12: For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy
wound is grievous. |
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13: There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound
up: thou hast no healing medicines. |
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14: All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I
have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a
cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were
increased. |
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15: Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable
for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I
have done these things unto thee. |
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16: Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and
all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and
they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will
I give for a prey. |
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17: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying,
This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. |
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18: Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after
the manner thereof. |
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19: And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be
few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. |
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20: Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that
oppress them. |
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21: And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near,
and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to
approach unto me? saith the LORD. |
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22: And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. |
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23: Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the
wicked. |
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24: The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have
done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the
latter days ye shall consider it. |