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Jeremiah 15

Judgment Must Come

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Then the LORD said to me, "Even  athough  bMoses and  cSamuel were to  dstand before Me, My  1heart would not be  2with this people;  esend them away from My presence and let them go!

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"And it shall be that when they say to you, `Where should we go?' then you are to tell them, `Thus says the LORD: "Those destined  afor death, to death; And those destined for the sword, to the sword; And those destined for famine, to famine; And those destined for captivity, to captivity."'

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"I will  aappoint over them four kinds of doom," declares the LORD: "the sword to slay, the  bdogs to drag off, and the  cbirds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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"I will  amake them an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of  bManasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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"Indeed, who will have  apity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will  bmourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

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"You who have  aforsaken Me," declares the LORD, "You keep  bgoing backward. So I will  cstretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am  dtired of relenting!

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"I will  awinnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will  bbereave them of children, I will destroy My people;  cThey did not  1repent of their ways.

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"Their  awidows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A  bdestroyer at noonday; I will suddenly bring down on her Anguish and dismay.

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"She who  abore seven sons pines away;  1Her breathing is labored. Her  bsun has set while it was yet day; She has been  cshamed and humiliated. So I will  dgive over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies," declares the LORD.

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 aWoe to me, my mother, that you have borne me As a  bman of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not  clent, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me.

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The LORD said, "Surely I will  aset you free for purposes of good; Surely I will cause the  benemy to make supplication to you In a time of disaster and a time of distress.

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"Can anyone smash iron,  aIron from the north, or bronze?

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"Your  awealth and your treasures I will give for booty  bwithout cost, Even for all your sins And within all your borders.

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"Then I will cause your enemies to bring  1it Into a  aland you do not know; For a  bfire has been kindled in My anger, It will burn upon you."

Jeremiah's Prayer and God's Answer

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 aYou who know, O LORD, Remember me, take notice of me, And  btake vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that  cfor Your sake I endure reproach.

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Your words were found and I  aate them, And Your  bwords became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been  ccalled by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.

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I  adid not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand upon me I sat  balone, For You  cfilled me with indignation.

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Why has my pain been perpetual And my  awound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me  blike a deceptive stream With water that is unreliable?

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Therefore, thus says the LORD, " aIf you return, then I will restore you--  bBefore Me you will stand; And  cif you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become  1My spokesman. They for their part may turn to you, But as for you, you must not turn to them.

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"Then I will  amake you to this people A fortified wall of bronze; And though they fight against you, They will not prevail over you; For  bI am with you to save you And deliver you," declares the LORD.

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"So I will  adeliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will  bredeem you from the  1grasp of the violent."



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