16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, (A)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

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16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury(A) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.(B) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.(C)

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And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

(A)“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
    and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
    and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’

(B)I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and (C)the birds of the air (D)and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(D) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(E) to kill and the dogs(F) to drag away and the birds(G) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(H)

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33 (A)And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, (B)and none will frighten them away.

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33 Then the carcasses(A) of this people will become food(B) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(C)

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31 therefore they shall eat (A)the fruit of their way,
    and have (B)their fill of their own devices.

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)

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They have given (A)the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the heavens for food,
    the flesh of your (B)faithful to (C)the beasts of the earth.
They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was (D)no one to bury them.

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They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)

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21 Therefore (A)deliver up their children to famine;
    give them over to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless (B)and widowed.
    May their men meet death by pestilence,
    their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

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21 So give their children over to famine;(A)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.(B)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(C)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men(D) slain by the sword in battle.

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(A)They shall die of deadly diseases. (B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. (C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. (D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, (E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air 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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22 And if you say in your heart,
    (A)‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
    that (B)your skirts are lifted up
    and you suffer violence.
23 (C)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
    or (D)the leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
    who are accustomed to do evil.
24 I will scatter you[a] (E)like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.
25 (F)This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,
because (G)you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.

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  1. Jeremiah 13:24 Hebrew them

22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”(A)
it is because of your many sins(B)
    that your skirts have been torn off(C)
    and your body mistreated.(D)
23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.(E)

24 “I will scatter you like chaff(F)
    driven by the desert wind.(G)
25 This is your lot,
    the portion(H) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(I) me
    and trusted in false gods.(J)

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  1. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling (A)the seven angels, “Go and (B)pour out on the earth (C)the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

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The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple(A) saying to the seven angels,(B) “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”(C)

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14 Let them alone; (A)they are blind guides.[a] And (B)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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  1. Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind

14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[a](A) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(B)

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  1. Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind

therefore, (A)behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or (B)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. And in this place (C)I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, (D)and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. (E)I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

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So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth(A) or the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(B) but the Valley of Slaughter.(C)

“‘In this place I will ruin[a] the plans(D) of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies,(E) at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses(F) as food(G) to the birds and the wild animals.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:7 The Hebrew for ruin sounds like the Hebrew for jar (see verses 1 and 10).

22 Speak: “Thus declares the Lord,
(A)‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
    like dung upon the open field,
(B)like sheaves after the reaper,
    and none shall gather them.’”

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22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“‘Dead bodies will lie
    like dung(A) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
    with no one to gather them.’”

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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
    and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
    but what will you do when the end comes?

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31 The prophets prophesy lies,(A)
    the priests(B) rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
    But what will you do in the end?(C)

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