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Jeremiah 5:17-19
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 5:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 This nation will eat your crops
and livestock;
they will leave no fruit
on your vines or fig trees.
And although you feel safe
behind thick walls,
your towns will be destroyed
and your children killed.
Israel Refused To Worship the Lord
18 The Lord said:
Jeremiah, the enemy army won't kill everyone in Judah. 19 And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the Lord our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them:
I am the Lord,
but you abandoned me
and worshiped other gods
in your own land.
Now you will be slaves
in a foreign country.
Jeremiah 5:17-19
New International Version
Jeremiah 5:17-19
New International Version
17 They will devour(A) your harvests and food,
devour(B) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(C) your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.(D)
With the sword(E) they will destroy
the fortified cities(F) in which you trust.(G)
18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(H) you completely. 19 And when the people ask,(I) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(J) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(K) in a land not your own.’
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