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(A)But if you will not obey these words, I (B)swear by Myself,” declares Yahweh, “that this house will become a waste place.”’” For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“You are like (C)Gilead to Me,
Like the summit of Lebanon;
Yet most assuredly I will make you like a (D)wilderness,
Like cities which are not inhabited.
For I will set apart (E)destroyers against you,
Each with his weapons;
And they will (F)cut down your choicest cedars
And (G)throw them on the fire.

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But if you do not obey(A) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear(B) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”

For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah:

“Though you are like Gilead(C) to me,
    like the summit of Lebanon,(D)
I will surely make you like a wasteland,(E)
    like towns not inhabited.
I will send destroyers(F) against you,
    each man with his weapons,
and they will cut(G) up your fine cedar beams
    and throw them into the fire.(H)

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