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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah ,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah (
the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ),
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which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah ,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
saying :
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From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon ,
king of Judah ,
even to this day ,
these twenty-three years ,
the word of Yahweh has come to me ,
and I have spoken to you ,
rising up early and speaking ;
but you have not listened .
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Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets ,
rising up early and sending them (
but you have not listened ,
nor inclined your ear to hear )
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saying ,
Return now everyone from his evil way ,
and from the evil of your doings ,
and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers ,
from of old and even forevermore ;
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and don '
t go after other gods to serve them or worship them ,
and don '
t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands ;
and I will do you no harm .
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Yet you have not listened to me ,
says Yahweh ;
that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt .
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Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies :
Because you have not heard my words ,
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behold ,
I will send and take all the families of the north ,
says Yahweh ,
and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon ,
my servant ,
and will bring them against this land ,
and against its inhabitants ,
and against all these nations around ;
and I will utterly destroy them ,
and make them an astonishment ,
and a hissing ,
and perpetual desolations .
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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ,
the sound of the millstones ,
and the light of the lamp .
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This whole land shall be a desolation ,
and an astonishment ;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years .
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It shall happen ,
when seventy years are accomplished ,
that I will punish the king of Babylon ,
and that nation ,
says Yahweh ,
for their iniquity ,
and the land of the Chaldeans ;
and I will make it desolate forever .
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I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it ,
even all that is written in this book ,
which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations .
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For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them ,
even of them ;
and I will recompense them according to their deeds ,
and according to the work of their hands .