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then ‘Azaryah the son of Hosha‘yah, Yochanan the son of Kareach and all the men with him had the effrontery to say to Yirmeyahu, "You are lying! Adonai our God did not send you to say, ‘Don't go to Egypt and live there'!

Tell them: ‘This is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "I will summon N'vukhadretzar the king of Bavel, my servant, take him and set his throne on these stones I laid here; he will come and spread his royal canopy over them.

"Here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘You have seen all the disaster I inflicted on Yerushalayim and all the cities of Y'hudah; there they are today, ruined, with no one living in them.

"Therefore now, Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says this: ‘Why are you committing this great sin against yourselves? The result can only be to cut you off from Y'hudah — men, women, children and babies — so that none of you remain.

"Therefore here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘I will decree disaster for you and destroy all of Y'hudah.

this is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘You and your wives stated your intentions with your mouths and performed them with your hands — you said, "We will certainly fulfill our vows that we made to offer incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her."' Without doubt, you will indeed fulfill every point of your vows.

Therefore hear the word of Adonai , all Y'hudah living in the land of Egypt: ‘I swear by my own great name,' says Adonai , ‘that no man of Y'hudah will speak my name again in the land of Egypt, swearing, "As Adonai , God, lives."

"This is what Adonai the God of Isra'el says concerning you, Barukh. You said,

Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "I will punish Amon from No, Pharaoh, and Egypt with her gods and kings — that is, Pharaoh and those who trust in him;

Concerning Mo'av, this is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "Woe to N'vo, for it is ravaged; Kiryatayim disgraced and captured. Misgav is put to shame, distressed.

Mo'av will be disappointed by K'mosh then, just as the house of Isra'el was disappointed by Beit-El, a god in whom they had put their trust.

In those days, at that time," says Adonai , "the people of Isra'el will come, together with the people of Y'hudah. They will weep as they go their way, seeking Adonai their God.

Therefore Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "I will punish the king of Bavel and his land as I punished the king of Ashur.

Hear the sound of the fugitives, of those escaping from Bavel, coming to proclaim in Tziyon the vengeance of Adonai our God, vengeance over his temple.

as when God overthrew S'dom, ‘Amora and their neighboring towns," says Adonai . "No one will settle there any more, no human being will live there again.

Isra'el and Y'hudah are not left widowed of their God, Adonai -Tzva'ot; but the land of [the Kasdim] is full of guilt before the Holy One of Isra'el."

Adonai has brought forth our victory. Come, let us proclaim in Tziyon the work of Adonai our God!

For here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "The daughter of Bavel is like a threshing-floor at treading-time. Just a little while longer, and the time for harvesting her will come."

Yes, the plunderer has fallen upon her, fallen on Bavel. Her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For Adonai is a God of retribution; he will surely repay.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say,