12 I will destine you for the sword,
and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,
because I called and you did not answer,
I spoke and you did not hear;
you did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I did not delight in.(A)

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12 I will destine you for the sword,(A)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(B)
for I called but you did not answer,(C)
    I spoke but you did not listen.(D)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(E)

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So I will choose their punishment,
and I will bring on them what they dread
because I called and no one answered;
I spoke and they didn’t hear;
they did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I didn’t delight in.(A)

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so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.(A)
For when I called, no one answered,(B)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(C) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(D)

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13 Now, because you have done all these things”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and because I have spoken to you time and time again[a] but you wouldn’t listen,(A) and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:13 Lit you rising early and speaking

13 While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke(A) to you again and again,(B) but you did not listen;(C) I called(D) you, but you did not answer.(E)

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11 But they refused to pay attention(A) and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.(B)

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11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C)

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