12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”

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12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(A) though they offer burnt offerings(B) and grain offerings,(C) I will not accept(D) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague.”(G)

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18 (A)Therefore I also will act in fury. My (B)eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they (C)cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

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18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger;(A) I will not look on them with pity(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen(C) to them.”

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11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to [a]escape; and (A)though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them.

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  1. Jeremiah 11:11 Lit. go out

11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster(A) they cannot escape.(B) Although they cry(C) out to me, I will not listen(D) to them.

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20 (A)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense (B)from Sheba,
And (C)sweet cane from a far country?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

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20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(A)
    or sweet calamus(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(C)
    your sacrifices(D) do not please me.”(E)

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28 “Then(A) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

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28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(A)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(B)

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13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so (A)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts.

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13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’(B) says the Lord Almighty.(C)

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Then (A)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.

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Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(A)
At that time he will hide his face(B) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(C)

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21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?

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  1. Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil

21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(A)—sword(B) and famine(C) and wild beasts and plague(D)—to kill its men and their animals!(E)

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10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are [a]consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 24:10 destroyed

10 I will send the sword,(A) famine(B) and plague(C) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.(D)’”

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“They shall die (A)gruesome deaths; they shall not be (B)lamented nor shall they be (C)buried, but they shall be (D)like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their (E)corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”

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“They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(A) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(B) They will perish by sword and famine,(C) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(D)

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12 (A)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)them.

13 ‘Thus shall My anger (D)be spent, and I will (E)cause My fury to rest upon them, (F)and I will be avenged; (G)and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them. 14 Moreover (H)I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

15 ‘So [a]it shall be a (I)reproach, a taunt, a (J)lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in (K)furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken. 16 When I (L)send against them the terrible arrows of famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your (M)supply of bread. 17 So I will send against you famine and (N)wild beasts, and they will bereave you. (O)Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’ ”

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  1. Ezekiel 5:15 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. you

12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(C) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(D) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(E)

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(F) 15 You will be a reproach(G) and a taunt, a warning(H) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(I) I the Lord have spoken.(J) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(K) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(L) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(M) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(N)

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17 thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like (A)rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I (B)will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be (C)a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

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17 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague(A) against them and I will make them like figs(B) that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(C) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[a](D) and an object of horror,(E) of scorn(F) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

And afterward,” says the Lord, (A)“I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. (B)He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’

“Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, (C)I set before you the way of life and the way of death. He who (D)remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and [a]defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall (E)live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.

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  1. Jeremiah 21:9 Lit. falls away to

After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague,(B) sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon(C) and to their enemies(D) who want to kill them.(E) He will put them to the sword;(F) he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’(G)

“Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life(H) and the way of death. Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague.(I) But whoever goes out and surrenders(J) to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives.(K)

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