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The answer will be, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God and worshipped other gods, serving them.'"

Therefore this is what Adonai , the God of Isra'el, says against the shepherds who shepherd my people: "You have scattered my flock, driven them away and not taken care of them. So I will ‘take care of' you because of your evil deeds," says Adonai .

Am I God only when near," asks Adonai , "and not when far away?

Don't use the expression, "burden of Adonai " any more; for every person's own word will be his burden. Must you twist the words of the living God, of Adonai -Tzva'ot, our God?

"Here is what Adonai the God of Isra'el says: ‘I will regard the exiles from Y'hudah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Kasdim, as good, just as I do these good figs.

I will give them a heart to know me that I am Adonai . They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with all their heart.'

"For here is what Adonai the God of Isra'el says to me: ‘Take this cup of the wine of fury from my hand, and make all the nations where I am sending you drink it.

"You are to say to them, ‘Here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: Drink until you're so drunk that you throw up, fall down, and never get up again, because of the sword I am sending among you!'

Therefore now, improve your ways and your doings; and listen to the voice of Adonai your God; then Adonai will relent from the disaster he has decreed against you.

The officials and all the people then said to the cohanim and prophets, "This man does not deserve a death sentence, because he has spoken to us in the name of Adonai our God."

Give them this message for their masters by telling their envoys that Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says for them to tell their masters:

yes, this is what Adonai Shaddai, the God of Isra'el, says about the things remaining in the house of Adonai , in the palace of the king of Y'hudah and in Yerushalayim:

"This is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Bavel.

For here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, so that they can serve N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel; and they will serve him; and I have given him the wild animals too."'"

"Here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says to all those in exile, whom I have caused to be carried off captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel:

For this is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘Don't let your prophets who are living among you and your diviners deceive you, and don't pay attention to the dreams you urge them to dream.

Here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says about Ach'av the son of Kolayah and Tzidkiyahu the son of Ma‘aseiyah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: ‘I will hand them over to N'vukhadretzar king of Bavel, and he will put them to death before your eyes.

‘This is a word from Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, because of the letters you sent in your own name to all the people in Yerushalayim, including Tz'fanyah the son of Ma‘aseiyah the cohen and all the cohanim.

"This is what Adonai the God of Isra'el says: ‘Write all the words I have spoken to you in a scroll.

Instead, they will serve Adonai their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.