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But when they are hot, I will give them a special supper and make them drunk. Then they will be happy and fall asleep, and will never wake up," says the Lord.

"But the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will punish her false gods. And those who are hurt will cry in pain through all her land.

But the Babylonian army went after King Zedekiah and came to him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was divided and ran away from him.

But Nebuzaradan left some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vines and fields.

How empty is the city that was once full of people! She was once great among the nations. But now she has become like a woman whose husband has died. She who was once a queen among the cities has become a servant made to work.

Judah has been taken away to a strange land where she suffers much and is made to work hard as a servant. She lives among the nations, but has no rest. All those who went after her have taken her in her trouble.

Zion has put out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has spoken against Jacob, that his neighbors should fight against him. Jerusalem has become unclean to them.

I called to my lovers, but they were not faithful to me. My religious leaders and leaders of the people died in the city, while they looked for food to get their strength back.

Your men who speak in God's name have given you false and foolish dreams. They have not made your sin known, so you could return from where you are held. But they have told you false dreams that have led you the wrong way.

But this I remember, and so I have hope.

The sons of Zion are worth their weight in fine gold. But they are thought of as clay pots, the work of a pot-maker's hands!

Even wild dogs give their breast to feed their young, but my people show no pity. They are like ostriches in the desert.

The baby's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

Be filled with joy and be glad, O people of Edom, who live in the land of Uz. But the cup will be passed to you also. You will become drunk and your shame will be seen.

The punishment of your sin is completed, O people of Zion. The Lord will not keep you away any longer. But He will punish your sin, Edom. He will let your sins be seen!

but each of them had four faces and four wings.

For you are not being sent to people of strange speech and a hard language, but to the people of Israel.

But the people of Israel will not listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to Me. All the people of Israel are strong-willed and show no respect.

If I say to the sinful man, ‘You will die for sure,' and you do not tell him of the danger, and try to turn him from his sinful way so that he may live, that sinful man will die in his sin. But you will be guilty for his blood.

But if you tell a sinful man of the danger he is in, and he does not turn from his sins or from his sinful way, then he will die in his sin. But you will have saved yourself.