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So I'll take everything you own,
    including your altars,
and give it all
    to your enemies.[a]
You will lose[b] the land
    that I gave you,
and I will make you slaves
    in a foreign country,
because you have made my anger
blaze up like a fire
    that won't stop burning.

Trust the Lord

I, the Lord, have put a curse
on those who turn from me
    and trust in human strength.

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Footnotes

  1. 17.3 enemies: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verses 2,3.
  2. 17.4 You will lose: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

My mountain in the land
    and your[a] wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,(A)
    together with your high places,(B)
    because of sin throughout your country.(C)
Through your own fault you will lose
    the inheritance(D) I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies(E)
    in a land(F) you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
    and it will burn(G) forever.”

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(H)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:3 Or hills / and the mountains of the land. / Your