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33 When this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, “What is the burden of the Lord?” you shall say to them, “You are the burden.[a] I will cast you off, says the Lord.”(A)

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  1. 23.33 Heb ms Gk Syr: MT What burden?

An oracle. The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.[a]

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  1. 1.1 Or by my messenger

The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.

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An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.(A)

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12 Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
    when I depart from them!(A)

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I have forsaken my house;
    I have abandoned my heritage;
I have given the beloved of my heart
    into the hands of her enemies.(A)

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Proclamation against Babylon

13 The oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw.(A)

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19 The Lord saw it and was jealous;[a]
    he spurned[b] his sons and daughters.(A)
20 He said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
    I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
    children in whom there is no faithfulness.(B)

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  1. 32.19 Q mss Gk: MT lacks was jealous
  2. 32.19 Cn: Heb he spurned because of provocation

39 therefore, I will surely lift you up[a] and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your ancestors.(A) 40 And I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace and perpetual shame that shall not be forgotten.(B)

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  1. 23.39 Heb mss Gk Vg: MT forget you

Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors

O Lord, you have enticed me,
    and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
    and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
    everyone mocks me.(A)
For whenever I speak, I must cry out;
    I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
    a reproach and derision all day long.(B)

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15 See how they say to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it come!”(A)

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An Oracle concerning Philistia

28 In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came:(A)

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59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mortals,(A)

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He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.(A)

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17 My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’(A) 18 On that day I will surely hide my face on account of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

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