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Message to the House of David

11 Concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the word of the Lord, 12 O house of David; thus says the Lord:

Execute justice each morning,
    and deliver him who has been robbed
    from the hand of the oppressor,
lest My fury go out like fire
    and burn so that no one can quench it,
    because of the evil of your deeds.
13 See, I am against you,
    O inhabitant of the valley,
    O rocky plain,
    says the Lord,
you men who say,
    “Who shall come down against us?
    Or who shall enter our dwellings?”
14 But I will punish you
    according to the fruit of your deeds,
    says the Lord,
and I will kindle a fire in the forest,
    and it will devour all things around it.

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A Series of Messages for the House of the King of Judah

11 “And to the house of the king of Judah, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, 12 O house of David, thus says Yahweh,

“Execute judgment in the morning, justice,
    and deliver the one who has been seized
from the hand of the oppressor,
    lest my wrath goes forth like the fire and it burns,
and there is no one who quenches it[a]
    because of the evil of your deeds.
13 Look, I am against you,
    O inhabitants[b] of the valley,
    O rock of the plain,” declares[c] Yahweh;
“you who say, ‘Who can descend against us,
    or who can enter into our hiding place?’
14 And I will punish you
    according to the fruit of your deeds,” declares[d] Yahweh,
“And I will kindle a fire in its forest,
    and it will devour all its surroundings.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 21:12 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Jeremiah 21:13 Hebrew “inhabitant”
  3. Jeremiah 21:13 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 21:14 Literally “a declaration of”