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For this, (A)I gird myself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the (B)burning anger of Yahweh
Has not turned back from us.”

“It will be in that day,” declares Yahweh, “that the (C)heart of the king and the heart of the princes will perish; and the priests will be appalled, and the (D)prophets will be astonished.”

10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely You have utterly (E)deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘(F)You will have peace’; whereas a sword touches the [a]throat.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Or life

So put on sackcloth,(A)
    lament(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “the king and the officials will lose heart,(D)
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.”(E)

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(F) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(G) when the sword is at our throats!”

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