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Then I told him that the Lord had said: "Zedekiah, I am the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel. I promise that if you surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar's officers, you and your family won't be killed, and Jerusalem won't be burned down.

to Ebedmelech from Ethiopia: I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. I warned everyone that I would bring disaster, not prosperity, to this city. Now very soon I will do what I said, and you will see it happen.

Nebuzaradan said: Jeremiah, the Lord your God warned your people that he would bring disaster on this land.

and said, "Please pray to the Lord your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

"All right," I answered, "I will pray to the Lord your God, and I will tell you everything he says."

and told them that the Lord God of Israel had said: You asked Jeremiah to pray and find out what you should do.

But you might keep on saying, "We won't stay here in Judah, and we won't obey the Lord our God.

You asked me to pray and find out what the Lord our God wants you to do, and you promised to obey him. But that was a terrible mistake,

Then tell them that I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, have sent for my servant, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. I will bring him here and have him set up his throne and his royal tent over these stones that I told you to bury.

I will have him set Egypt's temples on fire, and he will either burn or carry off their idols. He will destroy the sacred monuments at the temple of the sun-god. Then Nebuchadnezzar will pick the land clean, just like a shepherd picking the lice off his clothes. And he will return safely home.

I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You saw how I destroyed Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. They lie empty and in ruins today,

Then I told the men and their wives, that the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, had said: Here in Egypt you still keep your promises to burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to the so-called Queen of Heaven.

Keep these promises! But let me tell you what will happen. As surely as I am the Lord God, I swear that I will never again accept any promises you make in my name.

Then later, the Lord God of Israel told me to say to Baruch:

I have struck down your mighty god Apis and chased him away.

I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. Soon I will punish the god Amon of Thebes and the other Egyptian gods, the Egyptian kings, the people of Egypt, and everyone who trusts in the Egyptian power.

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me to say to the nation of Moab: The town of Nebo is doomed; Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced, and even its fortress will be left in ruins.

You thought you could be saved by your power and wealth, but you will be captured along with your god Chemosh, his priests, and officials.

Then you will be ashamed, because your god Chemosh cannot save you, just as Bethel could not help the Israelites.

People of Moab, you worshiped Chemosh, your god, but now you are done for, and your children are prisoners in a foreign country.