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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came also unto me, saying[H559],
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Thou shalt not take[H3947] thee a wife[H802], neither shalt thou have sons[H1121] or daughters[H1323] in this place[H4725].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] concerning the sons[H1121] and concerning the daughters[H1323] that are born[H3205] in this place[H4725], and concerning their mothers[H517] that bare[H3205] them, and concerning their fathers[H1] that begat[H3209] them in this land[H776];
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They shall die[H4191] of grievous[H8463]deaths[H4463]; they shall not be lamented[H5594]; neither shall they be buried[H6912]; but they shall be as dung[H1828] upon the face[H6440] of the earth[H127]: and they shall be consumed[H3615] by the sword[H2719], and by famine[H7458]; and their carcases[H5038] shall be meat[H3978] for the fowls[H5775] of heaven[H8064], and for the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Enter[H935] not into the house[H1004] of mourning[H4798], neither go[H3212] to lament[H5594] nor bemoan[H5110] them: for I have taken away[H622] my peace[H7965] from this people[H5971], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], even lovingkindness[H2617] and mercies[H7356].
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Both the great[H1419] and the small[H6996] shall die[H4191] in this land[H776]: they shall not be buried[H6912], neither shall men lament[H5594] for them, nor cut[H1413] themselves, nor make themselves bald[H7139] for them:
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Neither shall men tear[H6536] themselves for them in mourning[H60], to comfort[H5162] them for the dead[H4191]; neither shall men give them the cup[H3563] of consolation[H8575] to drink[H8248] for their father[H1] or for their mother[H517].
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Thou shalt not also go[H935] into the house[H1004] of feasting[H4960], to sit[H3427] with them to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will cause to cease[H7673] out of this place[H4725] in your eyes[H5869], and in your days[H3117], the voice[H6963] of mirth[H8342], and the voice[H6963] of gladness[H8057], the voice[H6963] of the bridegroom[H2860], and the voice[H6963] of the bride[H3618].
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And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew[H5046] this people[H5971] all these words[H1697], and they shall say[H559] unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD[H3068]pronounced[H1696] all this great[H1419]evil[H7451] against us? or what is our iniquity?[H5771] or what is our sin[H2403] that we have committed[H2398] against the LORD[H3068] our God?[H430]
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Then shalt thou say[H559] unto them, Because your fathers[H1] have forsaken[H5800] me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and have walked[H3212]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430], and have served[H5647] them, and have worshipped[H7812] them, and have forsaken[H5800] me, and have not kept[H8104] my law[H8451];
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And ye have done[H6213]worse[H7489] than your fathers[H1]; for, behold[H2009], ye walk[H1980] every one[H376]after[H310] the imagination[H8307] of his evil[H7451]heart[H3820], that they may not hearken[H8085] unto me:
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Therefore will I cast[H2904] you out of this land[H776] into a land[H776] that ye know[H3045] not, neither ye nor your fathers[H1]; and there shall ye serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430]day[H3119] and night[H3915]; where I will not shew[H5414] you favour[H2594].
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Therefore, behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that it shall no more be said[H559], The LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], that brought up[H5927] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714];
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But, The LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], that brought up[H5927] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] from the land[H776] of the north[H6828], and from all the lands[H776] whither he had driven[H5080] them: and I will bring them again[H7725] into their land[H127] that I gave[H5414] unto their fathers[H1].
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Behold, I will send[H7971] for many[H7227]fishers[H1771], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and they shall fish[H1770] them; and after[H310] will I send[H7971] for many[H7227]hunters[H6719], and they shall hunt[H6679] them from every mountain[H2022], and from every hill[H1389], and out of the holes[H5357] of the rocks[H5553].
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For mine eyes[H5869] are upon all their ways[H1870]: they are not hid[H5641]from[H5048] my face[H6440], neither is their iniquity[H5771]hid[H6845]from[H5048] mine eyes[H5869].
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And first[H7223] I will recompense[H7999] their iniquity[H5771] and their sin[H2403]double[H4932]; because they have defiled[H2490] my land[H776], they have filled[H4390] mine inheritance[H5159] with the carcases[H5038] of their detestable[H8251] and abominable things[H8441].
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O LORD[H3068], my strength[H5797], and my fortress[H4581], and my refuge[H4498] in the day[H3117] of affliction[H6869], the Gentiles[H1471] shall come[H935] unto thee from the ends[H657] of the earth[H776], and shall say[H559], Surely our fathers[H1] have inherited[H5157]lies[H8267], vanity[H1892], and things wherein there is no profit[H3276].
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Shall a man[H120]make[H6213]gods[H430] unto himself, and they are no gods?[H430]
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Therefore, behold, I will this once[H6471] cause them to know[H3045], I will cause them to know[H3045] mine hand[H3027] and my might[H1369]; and they shall know[H3045] that my name[H8034] is The LORD[H3068].