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1. The LORD gave me another message. He said,
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1. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 also unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Do not get married or have children in this place.
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2. Thou shalt not H3808 take H3947 thee a wife H802 , neither H3808 shalt thou have H1961 sons H1121 or daughters H1323 in this H2088 place H4725 .
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3. For this is what the LORD says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:
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3. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the sons H1121 and concerning H5921 the daughters H1323 that are born H3209 in this H2088 place H4725 , and concerning H5921 their mothers H517 that bore H3205 them , and concerning H5921 their fathers H1 that begot H3205 them in this H2088 land H776 ;
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4. They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals."
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4. They shall die H4191 of grievous H8463 deaths H4463 ; they shall not H3808 be lamented H5594 ; neither H3808 shall they be buried H6912 ; but they shall be as dung H1828 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 : and they shall be H1961 consumed H3615 by the sword H2719 , and by famine H7458 ; and their carcasses H5038 shall be meat H3978 for the fowls H5775 of heaven H8064 , and for the beasts H929 of the earth H776 .
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5. This is what the LORD says: "Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.
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5. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Enter H935 not H408 into the house H1004 of mourning H4798 , neither H408 go H1980 to lament H5594 nor H408 bemoan H5110 them: for H3588 I have taken away H622 H853 my peace H7965 from H4480 H854 this H2088 people H5971 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , even H853 lovingkindness H2617 and mercies H7356 .
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6. Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.
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6. Both the great H1419 and the small H6996 shall die H4191 in this H2063 land H776 : they shall not H3808 be buried H6912 , neither H3808 shall men lament H5594 for them: nor H3808 cut themselves H1413 , nor H3808 make themselves bald H7139 for them:
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7. No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn at the dead-- not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.
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7. Neither H3808 shall men tear H6536 themselves for them in H5921 mourning H60 , to comfort H5162 them for H5921 the dead H4191 ; neither H3808 shall men give them the cup H3563 of consolation H8575 to drink H8248 for H5921 their father H1 or for H5921 their mother H517 .
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8. "And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
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8. Thou shalt not H3808 also go H935 into the house H1004 of feasting H4960 , to sit H3427 with H854 them to eat H398 and to drink H8354 .
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9. For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.
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9. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Behold H2009 , I will cause to cease H7673 out of H4480 this H2088 place H4725 in your eyes H5869 , and in your days H3117 , the voice H6963 of mirth H8342 , and the voice H6963 of gladness H8057 , the voice H6963 of the bridegroom H2860 , and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618 .
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10. "When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, 'Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?'
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10. And it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 thou shalt show H5046 this H2088 people H5971 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 , and they shall say H559 unto H413 thee, Wherefore H5921 H4100 hath the LORD H3068 pronounced H1696 H853 all H3605 this H2063 great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 us? or what H4100 is our iniquity H5771 ? or what H4100 is our sin H2403 that H834 we have committed H2398 against the LORD H3068 our God H430 ?
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11. "Then you will give them the LORD's reply: 'It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word.
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11. Then shalt thou say H559 unto H413 them, Because H5921 H834 your fathers H1 have forsaken H5800 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and have walked H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 , and have served H5647 them , and have worshiped H7812 them , and have forsaken H5800 me , and have not H3808 kept H8104 my law H8451 ;
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12. And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.
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12. And ye H859 have done H6213 worse H7489 than your fathers H4480 H1 ; for, behold H2009 , ye walk H1980 every one H376 after H310 the imagination H8307 of his evil H7451 heart H3820 , that they may not H1115 hearken H8085 unto H413 me:
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13. So I will throw you out of this land and send you into a foreign land where you and your ancestors have never been. There you can worship idols day and night-- and I will grant you no favors!'
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13. Therefore will I cast H2904 you out of H4480 H5921 this H2063 land H776 into H5921 a land H776 that H834 ye know H3045 not H3808 , neither ye H859 nor your fathers H1 ; and there H8033 shall ye serve H5647 H853 other H312 gods H430 day H3119 and night H3915 ; where H834 I will not H3808 show H5414 you favor H2594 .
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14. "But the time is coming," says the LORD, "when people who are taking an oath will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
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14. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that it shall no H3808 more H5750 be said H559 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , that H834 brought up H5927 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 ;
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15. Instead, they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.
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15. But H3588 H518 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , that H834 brought up H5927 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 from the land H4480 H776 of the north H6828 , and from all H4480 H3605 the lands H776 whither H834 H8033 he had driven H5080 them : and I will bring them again H7725 into H5921 their land H127 that H834 I gave H5414 unto their fathers H1 .
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16. "But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them," says the LORD. "I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.
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16. Behold H2009 , I will send H7971 for many H7227 fishers H1771 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and they shall fish H1770 them ; and after H310 H3651 will I send H7971 for many H7227 hunters H6719 , and they shall hunt H6679 them from H4480 H5921 every H3605 mountain H2022 , and from H4480 H5921 every H3605 hill H1389 , and out of the holes H4480 H5357 of the rocks H5553 .
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17. I am watching them closely, and I see every sin. They cannot hope to hide from me.
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17. For H3588 mine eyes H5869 are upon H5921 all H3605 their ways H1870 : they are not H3808 hid H5641 from my face H4480 H6440 , neither H3808 is their iniquity H5771 hid H6845 from H4480 H5048 mine eyes H5869 .
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18. I will double their punishment for all their sins, because they have defiled my land with lifeless images of their detestable gods and have filled my territory with their evil deeds."
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18. And first H7223 I will recompense H7999 their iniquity H5771 and their sin H2403 double H4932 ; because H5921 they have defiled H2490 H853 my land H776 , they have filled H4390 H853 mine inheritance H5159 with the carcasses H5038 of their detestable H8251 and abominable things H8441 .
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19. LORD, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, "Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage, for they worshiped worthless idols.
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19. O LORD H3068 , my strength H5797 , and my fortress H4581 , and my refuge H4498 in the day H3117 of affliction H6869 , the Gentiles H1471 shall come H935 unto H413 thee from the ends H4480 H657 of the earth H776 , and shall say H559 , Surely H389 our fathers H1 have inherited H5157 lies H8267 , vanity H1892 , and things wherein there is no H369 profit H3276 .
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20. Can people make their own gods? These are not real gods at all!"
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20. Shall a man H120 make H6213 gods H430 unto himself , and they H1992 are no H3808 gods H430 ?
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21. The LORD says, "Now I will show them my power; now I will show them my might. At last they will know and understand that I am the LORD.
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21. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I will this H2063 once H6471 cause them to know H3045 , I will cause them to know H3045 H853 mine hand H3027 and my might H1369 ; and they shall know H3045 that H3588 my name H8034 is The LORD H3068 .
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