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20 But Jeremiah answered, “·The Babylonians will not hand you over to the Jews [L You will not be given up]. ·Obey [L Listen to the voice of] the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then things will go well for you, and your life will be saved. 21 But if you refuse to ·surrender [L go out] to the Babylonians, the Lord has shown me what will happen. 22 All the women left in the ·palace [L house] of the king of Judah will be brought out and taken to the important officers of the king of Babylon. Your women will ·make fun of you with this song [L say]:

‘Your good friends ·misled [deceived; seduced; enticed] you
    and ·were stronger than [overpowered] you.
While your feet ·were stuck [sank down] in the mud,
    they ·left [turned their back on] you.’

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