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Then he said, "The Lord says this is the way he will smash the power Nebuchadnezzar has over the nations, and it will happen in less than two years." I left the temple,

The Lord says: Celebrate and sing for Israel, the greatest of nations. Offer praises and shout, "Come and rescue your people, Lord ! Save what's left of Israel."

"All right," I answered, "I will pray to the Lord your God, and I will tell you everything he says."

They answered, "The Lord himself will be our witness that we promise to do whatever he says,

The Lord All-Powerful says about Edom: Wisdom and common sense have vanished from Teman. I will send disaster to punish you descendants of Esau, so anyone from Dedan had better turn around and run back home. <

The Lord says about Damascus: The towns of Hamath and Arpad have heard your bad news. They have lost hope, and worries roll over them like ocean waves.

Here is what the Lord says about the Kedar tribe and the desert villages that were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia: Listen, you people of Kedar and the other tribes of the eastern desert. I have told Nebuchadnezzar to attack and destroy you.

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The Lord God says: When your king of Egypt sees all of these graves, he and his soldiers will be glad they are not the only ones suffering.

Now, listen to what the Lord says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.

But here is what the Lord says: "I am planning trouble for you. Your necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this time of disaster."

You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the Lord says to you prophets:

But the Lord says, "Assyria, no matter how strong you are, you are doomed! My people Judah, I have troubled you before, but I won't do it again.

Assyria, this is what else the Lord says to you: "Your name will be forgotten. I will destroy every idol in your temple, and I will send you to the grave, because you are worthless."

The Lord says to his people, "Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.

The people who buy and butcher them go unpunished, while everyone who sells them says, "Praise the Lord ! I'm rich." Not even their shepherds have pity on them.

The Lord All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten forever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.

Jesus answered, "The most important one says: ‘People of Israel, you have only one Lord and God.

The time came for Mary and Joseph to do what the Law of Moses says a mother is supposed to do after her baby is born. They took Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and presented him to the Lord,

just as the Law of the Lord says, "Each first-born baby boy belongs to the Lord."