25 For I am the Lord. I speak, and (A)the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and (B)perform it,” says the Lord God.’ ”

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25 But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay.(A) For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill(B) whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)’”

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28 (A)Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak (B)will be done,” says the Lord God.’ ”

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28 “Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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11 (A)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (B)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit

11 so is my word(A) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(B)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(C) for which I sent it.

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The Lord’s Reply

“Look(A) among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.

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The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(B)

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Assyria Destroyed

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall (A)stand:

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24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(A)

“Surely, as I have planned,(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(C)

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35 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

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Judah’s Captivity Portrayed

12 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of (A)a rebellious house, which (B)has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; (C)for they are a rebellious house.

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The Exile Symbolized

12 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people.(A) They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.(B)

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33 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My (B)words will by no means pass away.

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33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

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10 And they shall know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.”

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10 And they will know that I am the Lord;(A) I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.(B)

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For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, (A)I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of [a]mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:9 rejoicing

For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(B) and bridegroom in this place.(C)

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30 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but (A)My words will by no means pass away.

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30 Truly I tell you, this generation(A) will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.(B) 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(C)

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Yet surely (A)My words and My statutes,
Which I commanded My servants the prophets,
Did they not overtake your fathers?

“So they returned and said:

(B)‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us,
According to our ways and according to our deeds,
So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”

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But did not my words(A) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(B)

“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(C) just as he determined to do.’”(D)

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12 And He has (A)confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; (B)for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.

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12 You have fulfilled(A) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(B) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(C) what has been done to Jerusalem.(D)

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