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11 They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,
    saying, ‘Peace, peace’,
    when there is no peace.
12 They acted shamefully, they committed abomination;
    yet they were not at all ashamed,
    they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
    at the time when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the Lord.
13 When I wanted to gather them, says the Lord,
    there are[a] no grapes on the vine,
    nor figs on the fig tree;
even the leaves are withered,
    and what I gave them has passed away from them.[b]

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  1. Jeremiah 8:13 Or I will make an end of them, says the Lord. There are
  2. Jeremiah 8:13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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