Jeremiah 5:17-19

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¹⁷They will eat all the crops that you gathered.
    They will eat all your food.
    They will destroy your sons and daughters.
They will eat your flocks and your herds.
    They will eat your grapes and your figs.
They will destroy your strong cities with their swords.
    They will destroy the strong cities that you trust in.”

¹⁸This message is from the Lord: “But, Judah, when these terrible days come, I will not fully destroy you. ¹⁹The people of Judah will ask you, ‘Jeremiah, why has the Lord our God done this bad thing to us?’ Give them this answer: ‘You people of Judah have left me, and you have served foreign idols in your own land. You did these things, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’

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