16 (A)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to (B)cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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(A)The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but (B)the name of the wicked will rot.

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11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.

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13 O Lord, (A)the hope of Israel,
    (B)all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[a] (C)shall be written in the earth,
    for (D)they have forsaken (E)the Lord, the fountain of living water.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrew me

17 His (A)memory perishes from the earth,
    and he has no name in the street.

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Laws Against Eating Blood

10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them (A)eats any blood, I will (B)set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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(A)And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
(B)and I will fix my eyes upon them
    for evil and not for good.”

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For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, (A)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, (B)I the Lord will answer him myself. And (C)I will set my face against that man; I (D)will make him a sign and a byword (E)and cut him off from the midst of my people, (F)and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (A)the holy place and were (B)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)

17 I will (A)set my face against you, and (B)you shall be struck down before your enemies. (C)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and (D)you shall flee when none pursues you.

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