Jeremiah:15

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* And Jehovah said unto me , Though Moses and Samuel stood before me , my soul [would ] not [turn ] toward this people . Send [them ] out of my sight , and let them go forth . * And it shall come to pass , if they say unto thee , Whither shall we go forth ? then thou shalt tell them , Thus saith Jehovah : Such as are for death , to death ; and such as are for the sword , to the sword ; and such as are for the famine , to the famine ; and such as are for captivity , to captivity . * For I will visit them with four kinds [of punishments ], saith Jehovah : the sword to slay , and dogs to tear , and the fowl of the heavens , and the beasts of the earth , to devour and to destroy . * And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst all the kingdoms of the earth , because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah , king of Judah , for that which he did in Jerusalem . * For who shall have pity upon thee , Jerusalem ? and who shall bemoan thee ? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare ? * Thou hast cast me off , saith Jehovah , thou art gone backward ; and I have stretched out my hand against thee , and will destroy thee : I am become weary of repenting . * And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land ; I will bereave of children [and ] destroy my people : they have not returned from their ways . * Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas ; I have brought upon them , against the mother of the young men , a spoiler at noonday ; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly . * She that hath borne seven languisheth , she hath given up the ghost ; her sun is gone down while it is yet day ; she is put to shame and confounded . And the residue of them will I give up to the sword before their enemies , saith Jehovah . * Woe is me , my mother , that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land ! I have not lent on usury , nor have they lent to me on usury ; [yet ] every one of them doth curse me . * Jehovah said , Verily I will set thee free for [thy ] good ; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction . * Will iron break ? iron from the north ? and bronze ? * Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price , and that for all thy sins , and in all thy borders ; * and I will make [them ] to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not : for a fire is kindled in mine anger ; it shall burn upon you . * Jehovah , thou knowest : remember me , and visit me , and avenge me of my persecutors ; in thy long-suffering take me not away : know that for thy sake I bear reproach . * Thy words were found , and I did eat them , and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart ; for I am called by thy name , O Jehovah , God of hosts . * I sat not in the assembly of the mockers , nor exulted : I sat alone because of thy hand ; for thou hast filled me with indignation . * Why is my pain perpetual , and my wound incurable ? It refuseth to be healed . Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous [spring ], [as ] waters that fail ? * Therefore thus saith Jehovah : If thou return , then will I bring thee again , thou shalt stand before me ; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile , thou shalt be as my mouth . Let them return unto thee ; but return not thou unto them . * And I will make thee unto this people a strong brazen wall ; and they shall fight against thee , but they shall not prevail against thee : for I am with thee , to save thee and to deliver thee , saith Jehovah ; * yea , I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked , and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible .

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