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The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
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Thus speaketh[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Write[H3789] thee all the words[H1697] that I have spoken[H1696] unto thee in a book[H5612].
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For, lo, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of my people[H5971]Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]: and I will cause them to return[H7725] to the land[H776] that I gave[H5414] to their fathers[H1], and they shall possess[H3423] it.
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And these are the words[H1697] that the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] concerning Israel[H3478] and concerning Judah[H3063].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; We have heard[H8085] a voice[H6963] of trembling[H2731], of fear[H6343], and not of peace[H7965].
6Ask[H7592] ye now, and see[H7200] whether a man[H2145] doth travail[H3205] with child?[H3205] wherefore do I see[H7200] every man[H1397] with his hands[H3027] on his loins[H2504], as a woman in travail[H3205], and all faces[H6440] are turned[H2015] into paleness?[H3420]
7Alas[H1945]! for that[H369]day[H3117] is great[H1419], so that[H369] none is like it: it is even the time[H6256] of Jacob's trouble[H6869]; but he shall be saved[H3467] out of it.
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For it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], that I will break[H7665] his yoke[H5923] from off thy neck[H6677], and will burst[H5423] thy bonds[H4147], and strangers[H2114] shall no more serve[H5647] themselves of him:
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But they shall serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068] their God[H430], and David[H1732] their king[H4428], whom I will raise up[H6965] unto them.
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Therefore fear[H3372] thou not, O my servant[H5650]Jacob[H3290], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; neither be dismayed[H2865], O Israel[H3478]: for, lo, I will save[H3467] thee from afar[H7350], and thy seed[H2233] from the land[H776] of their captivity[H7628]; and Jacob[H3290] shall return[H7725], and shall be in rest[H8252], and be quiet[H7599], and none shall make him afraid[H2729].
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For I am with thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], to save[H3467] thee: though I make[H6213] a full end[H3617] of all nations[H1471] whither I have scattered[H6327] thee, yet will I not make[H6213] a full end[H3617] of thee: but I will correct[H3256] thee in measure[H4941], and will not leave thee altogether[H5352]unpunished[H5352].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Thy bruise[H7667] is incurable[H605], and thy wound[H4347] is grievous[H2470].
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There is none to plead[H1777] thy cause[H1779], that thou mayest be bound up[H4205]: thou hast no healing[H8585]medicines[H7499].
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All thy lovers[H157] have forgotten[H7911] thee; they seek[H1875] thee not; for I have wounded[H5221] thee with the wound[H4347] of an enemy[H341], with the chastisement[H4148] of a cruel one[H394], for the multitude[H7230] of thine iniquity[H5771]; because thy sins[H2403] were increased[H6105].
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Why criest[H2199] thou for thine affliction?[H7667] thy sorrow[H4341] is incurable[H605] for the multitude[H7230] of thine iniquity[H5771]: because thy sins[H2403] were increased[H6105], I have done[H6213] these things unto thee.
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Therefore all they that devour[H398] thee shall be devoured[H398]; and all thine adversaries[H6862], every one of them, shall go[H3212] into captivity[H7628]; and they that spoil[H7601] thee shall be a spoil[H8154], and all that prey[H962] upon thee will I give[H5414] for a prey[H957].
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For I will restore[H5927]health[H724] unto thee, and I will heal[H7495] thee of thy wounds[H4347], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; because they called[H7121] thee an Outcast[H5080], saying, This is Zion[H6726], whom no man seeketh after[H1875].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, I will bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of Jacob's tents[H168], and have mercy[H7355] on his dwellingplaces[H4908]; and the city[H5892] shall be builded[H1129] upon her own heap[H8510], and the palace[H759] shall remain[H3427] after the manner[H4941] thereof.
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And out of them shall proceed[H3318]thanksgiving[H8426] and the voice[H6963] of them that make merry[H7832]: and I will multiply[H7235] them, and they shall not be few[H4591]; I will also glorify[H3513] them, and they shall not be small[H6819].
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Their children[H1121] also shall be as aforetime[H6924], and their congregation[H5712] shall be established[H3559]before[H6440] me, and I will punish[H6485] all that oppress[H3905] them.
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And their nobles[H117] shall be of themselves, and their governor[H4910] shall proceed[H3318] from the midst[H7130] of them; and I will cause him to draw near[H7126], and he shall approach[H5066] unto me: for who is this that engaged[H6148] his heart[H3820] to approach[H5066] unto me? saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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And ye shall be my people[H5971], and I will be your God[H430].
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Behold, the whirlwind[H5591] of the LORD[H3068] goeth forth[H3318] with fury[H2534], a continuing[H1641]whirlwind[H5591]: it shall fall with pain[H2342] upon the head[H7218] of the wicked[H7563].
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The fierce[H2740]anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] shall not return[H7725], until he have done[H6213] it, and until he have performed[H6965] the intents[H4209] of his heart[H3820]: in the latter[H319]days[H3117] ye shall consider[H995] it.