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Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me, Though Moses[H4872] and Samuel[H8050]stood[H5975]before[H6440] me, yet my mind[H5315] could not be toward this people[H5971]: cast them out[H7971] of my sight[H6440], and let them go forth[H3318].
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And it shall come to pass, if they say[H559] unto thee, Whither shall we go forth?[H3318] then thou shalt tell[H559] them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Such as are for death[H4194], to death[H4194]; and such as are for the sword[H2719], to the sword[H2719]; and such as are for the famine[H7458], to the famine[H7458]; and such as are for the captivity[H7628], to the captivity[H7628].
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And I will appoint[H6485] over them four[H702]kinds[H4940], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: the sword[H2719] to slay[H2026], and the dogs[H3611] to tear[H5498], and the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064], and the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776], to devour[H398] and destroy[H7843].
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And I will cause[H5414] them to be removed[H2189] into all kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776], because[H1558] of Manasseh[H4519] the son[H1121] of Hezekiah[H3169]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], for that which he did[H6213] in Jerusalem[H3389].
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For who shall have pity[H2550] upon thee, O Jerusalem?[H3389] or who shall bemoan[H5110] thee? or who shall go aside[H5493] to ask[H7592] how thou doest?[H7965]
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Thou hast forsaken[H5203] me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], thou art gone[H3212]backward[H268]: therefore will I stretch out[H5186] my hand[H3027] against thee, and destroy[H7843] thee; I am weary[H3811] with repenting[H5162].
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And I will fan[H2219] them with a fan[H4214] in the gates[H8179] of the land[H776]; I will bereave[H7921] them of children, I will destroy[H6] my people[H5971], since they return[H7725] not from their ways[H1870].
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Their widows[H490] are increased[H6105] to me above the sand[H2344] of the seas[H3220]: I have brought[H935] upon them against the mother[H517] of the young men[H970] a spoiler[H7703] at noonday[H6672]: I have caused him to fall[H5307] upon it suddenly[H6597], and terrors[H928] upon the city[H5892].
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She that hath borne[H3205]seven[H7651]languisheth[H535]: she hath given up[H5301] the ghost[H5315]; her sun[H8121] is gone[H935] down while it was yet day[H3119]: she hath been ashamed[H954] and confounded[H2659]: and the residue[H7611] of them will I deliver[H5414] to the sword[H2719]before[H6440] their enemies[H341], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
10Woe[H188] is me, my mother[H517], that thou hast borne[H3205] me a man[H376] of strife[H7379] and a man[H376] of contention[H4066] to the whole earth[H776]! I have neither lent on usury[H5383], nor men have lent to me on usury[H5383]; yet every one of them doth curse[H7043] me.
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The LORD[H3068]said[H559], Verily[H3808] it shall be well[H2896] with thy remnant[H8281]; verily[H518] I will cause the enemy[H341] to entreat[H6293] thee well[H2896] in the time[H6256] of evil[H7451] and in the time[H6256] of affliction[H6869].
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Shall iron[H1270]break[H7489] the northern[H6828]iron[H1270] and the steel?[H5178]
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Thy substance[H2428] and thy treasures[H214] will I give[H5414] to the spoil[H957] without price[H4242], and that for all thy sins[H2403], even in all thy borders[H1366].
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And I will make thee to pass[H5674] with thine enemies[H341] into a land[H776] which thou knowest[H3045] not: for a fire[H784] is kindled[H6919] in mine anger[H639], which shall burn[H3344] upon you.
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O LORD[H3068], thou knowest[H3045]: remember[H2142] me, and visit[H6485] me, and revenge[H5358] me of my persecutors[H7291]; take me not away[H3947] in thy longsuffering[H639]: know[H3045] that for thy sake I have suffered[H5375]rebuke[H2781].
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Thy words[H1697] were found[H4672], and I did eat[H398] them; and thy word[H1697] was unto me the joy[H8342] and rejoicing[H8057] of mine heart[H3824]: for I am called[H7121] by thy name[H8034], O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635].
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I sat[H3427] not in the assembly[H5475] of the mockers[H7832], nor rejoiced[H5937]; I sat[H3427]alone[H910]because[H6440] of thy hand[H3027]: for thou hast filled[H4390] me with indignation[H2195].
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Why is my pain[H3511]perpetual[H5331], and my wound[H4347]incurable[H605], which refuseth[H3985] to be healed?[H7495] wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar[H391], and as waters[H4325] that fail?[H539]
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], If thou return[H7725], then will I bring thee again[H7725], and thou shalt stand[H5975]before[H6440] me: and if thou take forth[H3318] the precious[H3368] from the vile[H2151], thou shalt be as my mouth[H6310]: let them return[H7725] unto thee; but return[H7725] not thou unto them.
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And I will make[H5414] thee unto this people[H5971] a fenced[H1219]brasen[H5178]wall[H2346]: and they shall fight[H3898] against thee, but they shall not prevail[H3201] against thee: for I am with thee to save[H3467] thee and to deliver[H5337] thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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And I will deliver[H5337] thee out of the hand[H3027] of the wicked[H7451], and I will redeem[H6299] thee out of the hand[H3709] of the terrible[H6184].