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For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. And I will build them and not annihilate them, and I will plant them and not uproot them.

And I will give to them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with the whole of their heart.

But like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality—for thus says Yahweh—so I will treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.

‘Yet you have not listened to me,' declares Yahweh, ‘so that you have provoked me to anger with the work of your hands for your own harm.'

And then when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,' declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it an everlasting waste.

For many nations and great kings will let them work, even them, and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.'"

For thus said Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and you must give it to all the nations to whom I am sending you to drink.

For look, on the city that is called by my name I am beginning to inflict harm, and you indeed, will you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," declares Yahweh of hosts.'

The rage of battle will resound to the end of the earth, for there is a lawsuit of Yahweh against the nations. He is entering into judgment with all wicked flesh, he will give them to the sword,' declares Yahweh."

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. And roll about in mourning in the dust, O leaders of the flock. For your days of slaughter and your dispersions have arrived, and you will fall like a vessel of desire.

A sound, the cry of distress of the shepherds and the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for Yahweh is despoiling their pasture.

He has left his den like a lion, for their land has become a horror, because of the anger of the oppressors, and because of his burning anger."

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"'"

But as for me, look, I am in your hand, do to me what is good and right in your eyes.

Only you must certainly know that if you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves innocent blood, and on this city and on its inhabitants, for truly Yahweh sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "This man does not deserve a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us."

thus said Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself fetters and yokes and put them on your neck,

And you must command them for their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, this you shall say to your masters:

For they are prophesying to you a lie, so that you will be removed from your land, and I will drive you away, and you will perish.

And you must not listen to the words of the prophets who are speaking to you, saying, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying a lie to you.