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Jeremiah 29:22-24
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 29:22-24
International Standard Version
22 What happens to them will be the basis for a curse[a] for all the Judean exiles who are in Babylon. People will say,[b] “May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the Lord roasted[c] in the fire, 23 because they did something stupid[d] in Israel. They committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they spoke lies that I didn’t command them. I’m the one who knows, and I’m a witness,” declares the Lord.’”
A Rebuke to Shemaiah
24 “You are to say to Shemaiah of Nehelam:
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- Jeremiah 29:22 Lit. From them a curse will be taken
- Jeremiah 29:22 Lit. Saying
- Jeremiah 29:22 MT word for roasted sounds like MT word for curse
- Jeremiah 29:23 Lit. they committed folly
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