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12 I will be kind and I will help you. I will cause the king of Babylon to be kind to you. He will let you return to your own land as your home.”

13 You must not refuse to obey this message from the Lord your God. Do not say, “We will not stay here in this land.” 14 Do not say, “We refuse to stay here. Instead, we will go to live in Egypt. There, we will not have trouble from wars. We will not hear the noise of trumpets as people fight battles. We will not be hungry because there is no food.”

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12 I will show you compassion(A) so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’(B)

13 “However, if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and so disobey(C) the Lord your God, 14 and if you say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt,(D) where we will not see war or hear the trumpet(E) or be hungry for bread,’(F)

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