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14 They sent soldiers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison, and put him into the care of Gedaliah (son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan), to take him back to his home. And Jeremiah lived there among his people who were left in the land.

15 The Lord gave the following message to Jeremiah before the Babylonians arrived, while he was still in prison: 16 “Send this word to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I threatened; I will destroy it before your eyes,

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14 sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard.(A) They turned him over to Gedaliah(B) son of Ahikam,(C) the son of Shaphan,(D) to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.(E)

15 While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him: 16 “Go and tell Ebed-Melek(F) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words(G) against this city—words concerning disaster,(H) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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