10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will (A)build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I [a]will (B)relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you. 11 (C)Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,’ declares the Lord, ‘for (D)I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand. 12 I will also show you compassion, so that (E)he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil.

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  1. Jeremiah 42:10 Or shall have changed my mind about

10 ‘If you stay in this land,(A) I will build(B) you up and not tear you down; I will plant(C) you and not uproot you,(D) for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.(E) 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon,(F) whom you now fear.(G) Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save(H) you and deliver you from his hands.(I) 12 I will show you compassion(J) so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’(K)

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