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17 I will sweep over my people like a wind from the east.
    I will use the Babylonians to scatter them.
I will show them my back and not my face.
    I will desert them when their day of trouble comes.’ ”

18 They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

19 Lord, please listen to me!
    Hear what my enemies are saying about me!

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