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But you must not say, ‘The heavy load of the Lord,' any more. For every man's own word will be the weight upon himself. And you have made sinful the words of the living God, the Lord of All, our God.

For I will keep My eyes on them for their good, and I will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not pull them up by the roots.

And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord. They will be My people and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.'

I will make them a cause of fear and trouble for all the nations of the earth. They will be a shame and a curse and spoken against in all the places where I will make them go.

The Lord has sent to you all his servants who have spoken for Him again and again, but you have not listened or turned your ear to hear.

I will send for all the families of the north. And I will send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its people, and against all these nations around you. I will make a complete end of them. I will destroy them all and make them an object of fear and hate, and a waste place forever.

This whole land will be a waste and a cause of fear. And these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

‘Then when seventy years have past, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, and the land of the Babylonians, for their sin,' says the Lord. ‘And I will make that land a waste forever.

They themselves will be made to serve many nations and great kings. I will pay them for what they have done, and for the work of their hands.'"

For the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of anger from My hand. And make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

See, I am beginning to make trouble in this city which is called by My name. And will you not be punished? You will not be free from punishment, for I am bringing a sword against all the people of the earth," says the Lord of All.'

The noise will go to the ends of the earth, because the Lord has something against the nations. He is deciding what should be done with all flesh. As for the sinful, He has given them to the sword,'" says the Lord.

Those killed by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. No one will cry for them or gather up the bodies and bury them. They will be like animal waste on the ground.

Cry in a loud voice, you shepherds. And roll in ashes, you leaders of the flock. For the days for you to be killed and sent everywhere have come, and you will fall and be broken like a fine pot.

Listen to the cry of the shepherds and the loud cry of the leaders of the flock! For the Lord is destroying their field.

He has left His hiding place like a lion. For their land has become a cause of much fear because of the sword of the one who makes it hard for them, and because of the Lord's burning anger."

and if you do not listen to the words of My servants who speak for Me, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened,

Then the religious leaders and men of God said to the leaders and to all the people, "This man must die! For he has spoken against this city, as you have heard with your own ears."

But as for me, see, I am in your hands. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.

Only know for sure that if you put me to death, you will bring the sin of killing a man who is not guilty on yourselves, on this city, and on its people. For it is true that the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words for you to hear."