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13 The men who speak for God are only wind. The word is not in them. So let what they say be done to them!’”

14 So the Lord, the God of All, says, “Because you have said this, I am making My words in your mouth a fire and I am making these people wood so they will be burned up. 15 See, I am bringing a nation that is far away against you, O people of Israel,” says the Lord. “It is a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language you do not know. You cannot understand what they say.

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13 The prophets(A) are but wind(B)
    and the word is not in them;
    so let what they say be done to them.”

14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

“Because the people have spoken these words,
    I will make my words in your mouth(C) a fire(D)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(E)
15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation(F) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language(G) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.

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