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But if you do not obey these commands, then I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this palace will become a ruin.

For thus says the Lord concerning the palace of the king of Judah:

Although you are like Gilead to me,
    like a peak of Lebanon,
I swear that I will turn you into a desert,
    an uninhabited city.
I will send forth destroyers to annihilate you,
    each man equipped with his weapons.
They will cut down your finest cedars
    and cast them into 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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