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“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when men shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he[a] had driven them.’ Then they shall dwell in their own land.”

False Prophets of Hope Denounced

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me,
    all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
    like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and because of his holy words.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:8 Gk: Heb I

“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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