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To the house of the king of Judah say: Hear the word of the
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O house of David! Thus says the
Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
anyone who has been robbed,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire,
and burn, with no one to quench it,
because of your evil doings.
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See, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
O rock of the plain,
+qsays the
you who say, "Who can come down against us,
or who can enter our places of refuge?"
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I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,
+qsays the
I will kindle a fire in its forest,
and it shall devour all that is around it.
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Thus says the
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For thus says the
You are like Gilead to me,
like the summit of Lebanon;
but I swear that I will make you a desert,
an uninhabited city. 1
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I will prepare destroyers against you,
all with their weapons;
they shall cut down your choicest cedars
and cast them into the fire.
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And many nations will pass by this city, and all of them will say one to another, "Why has the
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Do not weep for him who is dead,
nor bemoan him;
weep rather for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.