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prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the
L
ORD
thy God,
even
for all this remnant; (for we are left
but
a few of many, as thine eyes do behold
us:)
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That the L
ORD
thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we
may do.
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Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard
you;
behold, I will pray unto the
L
ORD
your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass,
that
whatsoever thing the L
ORD
shall answer you, I will declare
it
unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
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Then they said to
Jeremiah, The L
ORD
be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all
things for the which the L
ORD
thy God shall send thee to us.
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Whether
it be
good, or whether
it be
evil, we will obey the voice of the L
ORD
our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with
us, when we obey the voice of the L
ORD
our God.
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And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the L
ORD
came unto Jeremiah.
8
Then called
he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which
were
with him, and all the
people from the least even to the greatest,
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And said unto them, Thus saith the L
ORD
, the God of
Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
10
If ye will still abide in
this land, then will I build you, and not pull
you
down, and I will plant you, and not pluck
you
up:
for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
11
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of
whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the L
ORD
: for I
am
with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
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And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you,
and cause you to return to your own land.
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But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the L
ORD
your God,
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Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound
of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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And now therefore hear the
word of the L
ORD
, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly
set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
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Then it shall come to pass,
that
the
sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye
were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
17
So shall it be with
all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will
bring upon them.
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For thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury
hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon
you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a
curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
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The L
ORD
hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know
certainly that I have admonished you this day.
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For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent
me unto the L
ORD
your God, saying, Pray for us unto the L
ORD
our God; and according unto all that
the L
ORD
our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do
it.
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And
now
I have this day
declared
it
to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the L
ORD
your God, nor any
thing
for the
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