Judgment Must Come

15 Then the Lord said to me, “Even (A)if (B)Moses and (C)Samuel were to (D)stand before Me, My [a]heart would not be [b]with this people. (E)Send them away from My presence and have them go! And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“Those destined (F)for death, to death;
And those destined for the sword, to the sword;
And those destined for famine, to famine;
And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:1 Lit soul
  2. Jeremiah 15:1 Lit toward

The Destiny of the Judged

15 Then the Lord told me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me, I wouldn’t be favorably disposed toward this people. Send them out of my presence! Let them go!

“When they say to you, ‘Where can we go?’, say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“Those destined for death,
    to death will go;[a]
those destined for the sword,
    to the sword will go;[b]
and those destined for captivity,
    to captivity will go.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go
  2. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go
  3. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go