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“So the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when people will not say again: ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought Israel out of Egypt….’ But people will say something new: ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the ·descendants of Israel [L seed of the house of Israel] from the land of the north [C Babylon] and from all the countries where he had ·sent [driven] them away….’ Then the people of Israel will live in their own land [16:14–15].”

False Prophets Will Be Punished

A message to the prophets:

My heart is ·broken [L shattered within me].
    All my bones shake.
I’m like someone who is drunk,
    like someone who has been ·overcome [inebriated] with wine.
This is because of the Lord
    and his holy words.

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“So then, the days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(B) but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(C)

Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart(D) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.(E)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.(F)

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