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10 Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
    but do not make a full end;
strip away her branches,
    for they are not the Lord’s.(A)

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10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.(A)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.

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27 For thus says the Lord: The whole land shall be a desolation, yet I will not make a full end.(A)

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27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,(A)
    though I will not destroy(B) it completely.

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The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.(A)

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The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(A) and burned their city.

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Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi,[a] for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.9 That is, not my people
  2. 1.9 Heb I am not yours

Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:9 Or your I am

The Chaldeans burned with fire the king’s house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.(A)

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The Babylonians[a] set fire(A) to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls(B) of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans

61 and delivered his power to captivity,
    his glory to the hand of the foe.(A)
62 He gave his people to the sword
    and vented his wrath on his heritage.(B)

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61 He sent the ark of his might(A) into captivity,(B)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(C)
    he was furious with his inheritance.(D)

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The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
    —except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
            says the Lord.(A)

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“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(A) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(B)

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17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off humans and animals from it,(A)

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17 “Or if I bring a sword(A) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(B)

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16 But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go; then they shall know that I am the Lord.(A)

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16 But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine and plague, so that in the nations where they go they may acknowledge all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(A)

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To the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him and kill; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.(A) Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.(B) Then he said to them, “Defile the house and fill the courts with the slain. Go!” So they went out and killed in the city.(C)

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As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity(A) or compassion.(B) Slaughter(C) the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children,(D) but do not touch anyone who has the mark.(E) Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the old men(F) who were in front of the temple.(G)

Then he said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.(H) Go!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

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Israel the Creator’s Instrument

20 You are my war club, my weapon of battle:
with you I smash nations;
    with you I destroy kingdoms;(A)
21 with you I smash the horse and its rider;
    with you I smash the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I smash man and woman;
    with you I smash the old man and the boy;
with you I smash the young man and the girl;(B)
23     with you I smash shepherds and their flocks;
with you I smash farmers and their teams;
    with you I smash governors and deputies.

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20 “You are my war club,(A)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
    with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)

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28 As for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob,
            says the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make an end of all the nations
    among which I have banished you,
    but I will not make an end of you!
I will chastise you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.(A)

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28 Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
    for I am with you,”(A) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy(B) all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

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11 For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you;
I will make an end of all the nations
    among which I scattered you,
    but of you I will not make an end.
I will chastise you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.(A)

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11 I am with you(A) and will save you,’
    declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy(B) you.
I will discipline(C) you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’(D)

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