Jeremiah 15

1Then the Lord said to me, 'Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul would not be favorable toward them. Send away this people, and let them depart.

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2It shall be, that if they say to you, 'Where should we depart?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: 'As many as are for death, to death, and as many as are for the sword, to the sword, and as many as are for famine, to famine, and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.' '

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3I will punish them in four ways,' says the Lord, 'the sword for slaughter, the dogs for tearing in pieces, the wild beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky for eating and destruction.

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4I will deliver them into distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for all he did in Jerusalem.

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5'Who will spare you, O Jerusalem? Who will fear for you? Who will turn back to ask peace for you?

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6You turned away from Me,' says the Lord. 'You will go backward, and I will stretch out My hand and destroy you. I will no longer leave them unpunished.

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7I will scatter them in a dispersion. In the gates of My people, they are deprived of children. They destroyed My people because of their vices.

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8Their widows multiply more than the sand of the sea. I brought upon the mother of a young son misery at midday. I suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

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9She who gave birth to seven has been left empty, and her soul has succumbed to misfortune. The sun set for her when it was still noonday. She was put to shame and insulted. I will give their remnant to the sword in the presence of their enemies.'

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10Woe is me, my mother! You gave birth to me as a man who is condemned and at variance with the whole earth. I have neither helped anyone, nor has anyone helped me. My strength has failed among those who curse me.

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11O Master, may this be the time of their prosperity. Surely I stood before You in the time of their calamities and in the time of their affliction for their good against the enemy.

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12The Lord says, 'Will iron be known? But your strength is a bronze covering.

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13I will give your treasures as plunder in all your boundaries, in exchange for all your sins.

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14For I will enslave you to your surrounding enemies in a land you have not known. For a fire has been kindled from My anger, and it shall burn upon you.'

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15O Lord, remember me and visit me. Let me go unpunished because of those who persecute me. Do not bear long with them. Know how I have met with disgrace for Your sake at the hands of those who reject Your words.

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16Make an end to them, and Your word shall be the gladness and joy of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Lord, the Almighty.

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17I did not sit in their council while they mocked, but I feared because of Your power. I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

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18Why do those who grieve me prevail against me? My wound is severe, but from where will I be healed? It has indeed become to me as deceitful water that has no faithfulness.

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19Therefore thus says the Lord: 'If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before My face. If you bring forth what is honorable from what is unworthy, you shall be as My mouth. They shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

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20I will cause you to be like a strong brazen wall to this people. They will fight against you, but not prevail, because I am with you to save you,

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21to deliver you from the hand of evil men, and to set you free from the hand of pestilent men.'

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