You shall say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, (B)O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that (C)the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. (D)Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; (E)and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, (F)and have built the high places of Baal (G)to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, (H)which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind—

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and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings(A) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster(B) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.(C) For they have forsaken(D) me and made this a place of foreign gods(E); they have burned incense(F) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(G) They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children(H) in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.(I)

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