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24. A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up
the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they
that seek her will weary themselves; in her month they shall not find
her.
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24. A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up
the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they
that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
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CHAPTER 3
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2. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see
where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as
the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy
whoredoms and wickedness.
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2. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see
where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as
the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy
whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
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3. Therefore thy showers have been withholden, and there
hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou
refusedst to be ashamed.
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3. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there
hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou
refusedst to be ashamed.
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CHAPTER 5
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19. And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say,
Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou
answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your
land, so shall ye serve strangers in the land that is not yours.
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19. And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say,
Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou
answer them, like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your
land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
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CHAPTER 7
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5. For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings;
if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;
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5. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings;
if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
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CHAPTER 12
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CHAPTER 12
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5. If thou hast run with our footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land
of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do
in the swelling of Jordan?
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5. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land
of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do
in the swelling of Jordan?
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CHAPTER 16
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2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou
have sons nor daughters in this place.
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2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou
have sons or daughters in this place.
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CHAPTER 18
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8. If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn
from their evil, I will withhold the evil that I thought to do unto
them.
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8. If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn
from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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10. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my
voice, then I will withhold the good, wherewith I said I would benefit
them.
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10. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my
voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit
them.
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14. Will you not leave the snow of the fields of
Lebanon; shall not the cold flowing waters that come from another place
from the rock, be forsaken?.
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14. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh
from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come
from another place be forsaken?
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CHAPTER 19
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7. And I will make void the counsel of Judah and
Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before
their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives; and their
carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the
beasts of the earth.
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7. And I will make void the counsel of Judah and
Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before
their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their
carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the
beasts of the earth.
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8. And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing;
everyone that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss, because of all
the plagues thereof.
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8. And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing;
every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all
the plagues thereof.
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CHAPTER 23
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14. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a
horrible thing; they commit adultery, and walk in lies; they strengthen
also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness;
they are all of then unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as
Gomorrah.
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14. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an
horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen
also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness;
they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as
Gomorrah.
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CHAPTER 24
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7. And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am
the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they
shall return unto me with their whole heart.
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7. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am
the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they
shall return unto me with their whole heart.
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CHAPTER 25
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9. Behold, I will send and take all the families of the
north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly
destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
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9. Behold, I will send and take all the families of the
north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly
destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
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18. To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, and
astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
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18. To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an
astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
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31. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth;
for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all
flesh; he will give the wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
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31. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth;
for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all
flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
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CHAPTER 26
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3. If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from
his evil way, and repent, I will turn away the evil which I purpose to do
unto them because of the evil of their doings.
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3. If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from
his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto
them because of the evil of their doings.
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5. To hearken to the words of my servants, the prophets,
whom I sent unto you, commanding them to rise up early, and sending
them;.
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5. To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets,
whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have
not hearkened;
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6. Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will
make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth; for ye have not
hearkened unto my servants the prophets.
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6. Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will
make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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13. Therefore now, amend your ways and your doings, and
obey the voice of the Lord your God, and repent, and the Lord will turn
away the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
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13. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and
obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the
evil that he hath pronounced against you.
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18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be ploughed like a field, and
Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house of the Lord as
the high places of a forest.
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18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a
forest.
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19. Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah put him
at all to death? Did he not fear the Lord and beseech the Lord and repent?
and the Lord turned away the evil which he had pronounced against
them.Thus by putting
Jeremiah to death we might procure great evil against our souls.
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19. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at
all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the
Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus
might we procure great evil against our souls.
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20. But there was a man among the priests, rose up and
said, that, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, prophesied in
the name of the Lord, who also prophesied against this city, and against
this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah;
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20. And there was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied
against this city and against this land according to all the words of
Jeremiah.
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CHAPTER 27
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CHAPTER 27
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7. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his
son's son, until the very time of their end come; and after that many
nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them.
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7. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his
son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and
great kings shall serve themselves of him.
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11. But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let still remain in
their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell
therein.
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11. But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in
their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
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CHAPTER 28
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CHAPTER 28
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8. The prophets that have been before me and before thee
of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms,
of war, and of evil, and pestilence.
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8. The prophets that have been before me and before thee
of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms,
of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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CHAPTER 29
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CHAPTER 29
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12. Then shall ye call unto me, and ye shall go and pray
unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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12. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray
unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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18. And I will persecute them with the sword, with the
famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to
all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a
hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven
them;.
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18. And I will persecute them with the sword, with the
famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to
all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an
hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
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19. Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith
the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, commanding
them to rise early, and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the
Lord.
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19. Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith
the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
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CHAPTER 30
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CHAPTER 30
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12. For thus saith the Lord, thy bruise is not
incurable, although thy wounds are grievous.
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12. For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable,
and thy wound is grievous.
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13. Is there none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest
be bound up? Hast thou no healing medicines?
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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. Have all thy lovers forgotten thee, do they not seek
thee? For I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquities;
because thy sins are increased.
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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? Is thy sorrow
incurable? It was for the multitude of thine iniquities, and because thy
sins are increased I have done these things unto thee.
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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. But 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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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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CHAPTER 31
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CHAPTER 31
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32. Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto
them, saith the Lord;.
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32. Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband
unto them, saith the Lord:
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CHAPTER 33
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CHAPTER 33
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11. The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them
that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts; for the Lord is good; for his
mercy endureth forever unto them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise
into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of
the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
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11. The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them
that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his
mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of
praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the
captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
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12. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place,
which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities
thereof, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie
down.
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12. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place,
which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities
thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie
down.
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CHAPTER 34
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CHAPTER 34
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14. At the end of seven years let ye go every man his
brother a Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served
thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee; but your fathers
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
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14. At the end of seven years let ye go every man his
brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served
thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
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15. But ye were now turned, and had done right in my
sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a
covenant before me in the house which is called by my name.
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15. And ye were now turned, and had done right in my
sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made
a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
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CHAPTER 35
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CHAPTER 35
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14. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he
commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day
they drink none, but obey their father's commandment; notwithstanding I
have spoken unto you, commanding you to rise early, and speaking to you,
but ye hearkened not unto me.
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14. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he
commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day
they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I
have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto
me.
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15. I have sent also unto you all my servants the
prophets, commanding them to rise up early, and sending them, saying,
Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go
not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I
have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear,
nor hearkened unto me.
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15. I have sent also unto you all my servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every
man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods
to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you
and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto
me.
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CHAPTER 37
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CHAPTER 37
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4. Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people;
for they had not put him in prison.
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4. Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people:
for they had not put him into prison.
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16. And Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into
the cabins, and he remained there many days.
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16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into
the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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CHAPTER 40
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CHAPTER 40
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1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after
that Nebuzar- adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah,
when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried
away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto
Babylon.
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1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after
that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when
he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away
captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto
Babylon.
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CHAPTER 42
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CHAPTER 42
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10. If you will still abide in this land, then will I
build you, and not pull down; I will plant you, and not pluck up; and I
will turn away the evil that I have done unto you.
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10. If ye will still abide in this land, then will I
build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you
up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
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14. Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt,
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have
hunger for want of bread; and there will we dwell;
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14. Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt,
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have
hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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21. And now I have this day declared it to you, that ye
have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor anything for the which
he hath sent me unto you.
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21. And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye
have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the
which he hath sent me unto you.
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CHAPTER 44
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CHAPTER 44
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4. Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets,
commanding them to rise early, and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this
abominable thing that I hate.
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4. Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing
that I hate.
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CHAPTER 45
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CHAPTER 45
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5. And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them
not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but
thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all the places whither thou
goest.
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5. And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them
not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but
thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou
goest.
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CHAPTER 46
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CHAPTER 46
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26. And will deliver them into the hand of those that
seek their lives, and into the hand of Babylon, and into the hand of his
servants;. and afterward it
shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.
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26. And I will deliver them into the hand of those that
seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in
the days of old, saith the Lord.
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CHAPTER 48
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CHAPTER 48
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34. From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even
unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim,
as a heifer of three years old; for the waters also of Nimrim shall be
desolate.
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34. From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even
unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim,
as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be
desolate.
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CHAPTER 51
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CHAPTER 51
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37. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for
dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.
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37. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for
dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
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CHAPTER 52
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CHAPTER 52
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23. And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a
side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round
about.
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23. And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a
side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round
about.
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