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Jeremiah 25
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1The Word that came to Jeremias concerning all the people of Juda in the fourth year of Joakim, son of Josias, king of Juda;
1THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS concerning all the people of Juda in the fourth year of Joakim, son of Josias, king of Juda;
2which he spoke to all the people of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
2which he spoke to all the people of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Juda, even until this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early and speaking,
3In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Juda, even until this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early and speaking,
4and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but ye hearkened not, and listened not with your ears;) saying,
4and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but you⌃ listened not, and listened not with your ears;) saying,
5Turn ye every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever.
5Turn you⌃ every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and you⌃ shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever.
6Go ye not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that ye provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt.
6Go you⌃ not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that you⌃ provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt.
7But ye hearkened not to me.
7But you⌃ listened not to me.
8Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since ye believed not my words,
8Therefore thus says the Lord; Since you⌃ believed not my words,
9behold, I [will] send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
9behold I [will] send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
10And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.
10And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.
11And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.
11And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.
12And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation.
12And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation.
13And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken against it, [even] all things that are written in this book.
13And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken against it, [even] all things that are written in this book.