30 (A)You will [a]betroth a woman, but another man will [b]violate her; (B)you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not make use of its fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:30 A betrothed couple was considered legally married, but did not yet live together
  2. Deuteronomy 28:30 Or be intimate with

10 Therefore I will (A)give their wives to others,
Their fields to new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is (B)greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest,
Everyone practices deceit.

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22 ‘Behold, all of the (A)women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say,

[a]Your close friends
Have misled and overpowered you;
While your feet were sunk in the mire,
They turned back.”

23 They are also going to bring out all your wives and your (B)sons to the Chaldeans, and (C)you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and (D)this city will be burned with fire.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:22 Lit The men of your peace

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