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\v 1 Yahweh gave Jeremiah another message. He said,
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\v 2 "I, Yahweh, the God of Israel am telling you to write down everything that I have said to you.
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\v 3 I want you to know that some day I will free my people, the people of Israel and Judah, from being slaves in Babylon. I will bring them back to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and this land will belong to them again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
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\p
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\v 4 Yahweh gave to me another message concerning the people of Israel and Judah.
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\v 5 This is what he said:
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\q1 "I hear people screaming because they are terrified;
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\q2 there is no peace in the land.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 But think about this:
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\q1 Men certainly do not give birth to babies.
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\q1 Therefore, why do strong men stand there,
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\q2 with their faces very white,
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\q1 with their hands pressed against their stomachs,
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\q2 like women who are about to give birth to babies?
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\q1
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\v 7 Terrible things will soon happen;
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\q2 That will be a terrible day!
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\q2 There has never been such a time.
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\q1 It will be a time when my Israelite people will experience great trouble,
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\q2 but finally they will be saved from their sufferings."
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\q1
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\v 8 Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, says this:
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\q1 "At that time it will be as though I will sever the ropes that are around my people,
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\q2 and I will free them from being slaves.
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\q1 People in other countries will no longer enslave them.
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\q1
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\v 9 My people will again serve me, Yahweh, their God,
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\q2 and they will serve a king who is a descendant of King David;
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\q2 and I will appoint this king for them.
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\q1
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\v 10 So, you people of Israel who serve me,
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\q2 do not be dismayed now,
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\q1 because some day I will bring you back from distant places;
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\q2 I will bring your descendants back home from the land where they had been exiled.
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\q1 Then you Israelite people will again live peacefully and safely,
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\q2 and there will not be any nation that will cause you to be terrified.
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\q1
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\v 11 I, Yahweh, say that I will be with you and will rescue you;
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\q2 I will completely destroy the nations to which I have scattered you.
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\q2 But I will not completely destroy you.
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\q1 I will punish you for your many sins, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve:
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\q2 I would be doing wrong if I did not to punish you at all."
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\p
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\v 12 Yahweh also says this:
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\q1 "You have suffered very much;
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\q2 it is as though you have a terrible wound that cannot be cured.
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\q1
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\v 13 There is no one to help you,
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\q2 no one to put a bandage on your wound.
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\q2 There is no medicine that will heal you.
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\q1
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\v 14 All your allies have deserted you
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\q2 and they do not want to help you anymore.
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\q1 It is true that I have punished you severely,
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\q2 like your enemies would wound you,
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\q1 because you have committed many sins
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\q2 and you are very guilty.
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\q1
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\v 15 Because that is true, why do you protest about my punishing you,
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\q2 as though I had caused a wound that could not be cured?
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\q1 It was necessary for me to punish you,
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\q2 because you had committed many sins
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\q2 and you were very guilty.
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\q1
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\v 16 But some day all those who are trying to destroy you will be destroyed;
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\q2 all your enemies will be exiled to other nations.
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\q1 All those who have stolen things from you
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\q2 will have their valuable possessions stolen,
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\q1 and all those who attack you will be attacked.
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\q1
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\v 17 Everyone says that you are outcasts,
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\q2 and that you live in Jerusalem, a city that no one cares about."
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\p But Yahweh says,
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\q1 "I will heal your injuries
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\q2 and cause you to be healthy again."
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\p
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\v 18 This is what Yahweh says:
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\q1 "I will bring the people of Israel back from the lands to which they were taken
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\q2 and enable them to possess their land and their houses again.
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\q1 When that happens, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on top of its ruins,
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\q2 and the king's palace will be rebuilt as a place of justice.
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\q1
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\v 19 People will again sing joyfully to thank me,
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\q2 and I will cause there to be more people in Jerusalem, not fewer;
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\q2 I will cause them to be honored, not despised.
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\q1
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\v 20 Their children will prosper like they did before.
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\q2 I will cause them to be a group of people who worship me,
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\q2 and I will punish any nation that oppresses them.
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\q1
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\v 21 One of their own people will be their king,
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\q2 and I will invite him to come close to me to worship me,
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\q1 because no one would dare to come close to me
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\q2 if I did not invite him.
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\q1
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\v 22 You Israelite people will be my people,
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\q2 and I will be your God."
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\q1
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\v 23 Yahweh will punish your enemies;
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\q2 it will be like a great storm;
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\q2 it will come down like a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of wicked people.
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\q1
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\v 24 He will not stop being angry
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\q2 until he completely accomplishes all that he has planned.
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\q2 In the future, you will understand all of this clearly.
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