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 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 army and destroyed those murderers(A) and burned their city.

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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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  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans

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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“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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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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  1. Hosea 1:9 Or your I am

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 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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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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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 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 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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I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Do not trust(A) in deceptive(B) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” If you really change(C) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(D) if you do not oppress(E) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(F) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(G) to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land(H) I gave your ancestors(I) for ever and ever. But look, you are trusting(J) in deceptive(K) words that are worthless.

“‘Will you steal(L) and murder,(M) commit adultery(N) and perjury,[a](O) burn incense to Baal(P) and follow other gods(Q) you have not known, 10 and then come and stand(R) before me in this house,(S) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?(T) 11 Has this house,(U) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers(V) to you? But I have been watching!(W) declares the Lord.

12 “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh(X) where I first made a dwelling(Y) for my Name,(Z) and see what I did(AA) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods

“Prepare for battle against her!
    Arise, let us attack at noon!(A)
But, alas, the daylight is fading,
    and the shadows of evening grow long.
So arise, let us attack at night
    and destroy her fortresses!”

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Cut down the trees(B)
    and build siege ramps(C) against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished;
    it is filled with oppression.(D)

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18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(A) you completely.

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A Prophecy Against Babylon

13 A prophecy(A) against Babylon(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz(C) saw:(D)

Raise a banner(E) on a bare hilltop,
    shout to them;
beckon to them
    to enter the gates(F) of the nobles.
I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
    I have summoned my warriors(G) to carry out my wrath(H)
    those who rejoice(I) in my triumph.

Listen, a noise on the mountains,
    like that of a great multitude!(J)
Listen, an uproar(K) among the kingdoms,
    like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty(L) is mustering(M)
    an army for war.
They come from faraway lands,
    from the ends of the heavens(N)
the Lord and the weapons(O) of his wrath(P)
    to destroy(Q) the whole country.

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
I send him against a godless(F) nation,
    I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
    and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,(K)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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17 He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[a](A) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men(B) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.(C) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:17 Or Chaldeans

The Lord sent Babylonian,[a](A) Aramean,(B) Moabite and Ammonite raiders(C) against him to destroy(D) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.(E) Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,(F) in order to remove them from his presence(G) because of the sins of Manasseh(H) and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood.(I) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:2 Or Chaldean

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