14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, 15 so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; (B)fear not. 16 These are the things that you shall do: (C)Speak the truth to one another; (D)render in your gates judgments (E)that are true and make for peace; 17 (F)do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and (G)love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

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14 For the Lord of Hosts says this: “As I resolved to treat you badly when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the Lord of Hosts, 15 “so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah.(A) Don’t be afraid. 16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates. 17 Do not plot evil(B) in your hearts against your neighbor,(C) and do not love perjury,(D) for I hate all this”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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