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Yet hear the word of the Lord , O King Zedekiah of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: You shall not die by the sword;

Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.

Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, "I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!"

Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the Lord . Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.

to put one's mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),

And because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.

He said to me, "Mortal, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? Yet you will see still greater abominations."

Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God : Though I removed them far away among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone.

I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it; and he shall die there.

They have envisioned falsehood and lying divination; they say, "Says the Lord ," when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they wait for the fulfillment of their word!

Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Any of those of the house of Israel who take their idols into their hearts and place their iniquity as a stumbling block before them, and yet come to the prophet—I the Lord will answer those who come with the multitude of their idols,

For any of those of the house of Israel, or of the aliens who reside in Israel, who separate themselves from me, taking their idols into their hearts and placing their iniquity as a stumbling block before them, and yet come to a prophet to inquire of me by him, I the Lord will answer them myself.

Yet, survivors shall be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; they will come out to you. When you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.

and grow up like a plant of the field." You grew up and became tall and arrived at full womanhood; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.

building your platform at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square! Yet you were not like a whore, because you scorned payment.

yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.

But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, in order that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.