Judgment Declared: The Treachery of Judah

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Go through her rows [of vines], and destroy them (but don't destroy them completely): strip away her branches, they do not belong to ADONAI.

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"For the house of Isra'el and the house of Y'hudah have thoroughly betrayed me," says ADONAI.

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They have denied ADONAI, they have said, "He won't do anything, calamity will not strike us, we will see neither sword nor famine.

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The prophets are merely wind, they do not have the word; the things that they are predicting will happen only to them."

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Therefore ADONAI Elohei-Tzva'ot says: "Because you people speak this way, I will make my words fire in your mouth, [Yirmeyahu,] and this people wood; so that it will devour them.

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I will bring on you, house of Isra'el, a distant nation," says ADONAI, "an enduring nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know - you will not understand what they are saying.

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Their quiver is like an open grave, they are all mighty warriors.

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They will eat up your harvest and your bread, they will eat up your sons and your daughters, they will eat up your flocks and your herds, they will eat up your vines and your fig trees; with the sword they will beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust.

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But even in those days," says ADONAI, "I will not completely destroy you.

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And when your people ask, 'Why has ADONAI our God done all these things to us?' you are to give them this answer: 'Just as you abandoned me and served strange gods in your own land, so likewise you will serve strangers in a land that is not your own.'

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