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But hear the Word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by My great name,' says the Lord, ‘that My name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "The Lord God lives."

This is the word which Jeremiah the man of God said to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down in a book what Jeremiah told him. This was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

"This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, O Baruch:

This is the Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the man of God about the nations.

That day is the day of the Lord God of All, a day of punishment, when He will punish those who hate Him. The sword will destroy until it is filled. It will drink its fill of their blood. For there will be many killed for the Lord, the God of All, in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

This is the word which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the man of God about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to punish the land of Egypt:

The Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, "I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt and her gods and her kings. I will punish Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

This is the Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the man of God about the Philistines, before Pharaoh won the war against Gaza.

About Moab, the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, "It is bad for Nebo, for it has been destroyed. Kiriathaim has been put to shame and taken. The high, strong-place has been put to shame and crushed.

I will bring much trouble upon you," says the Lord God of All. "It will come from all around you, and each of you will be driven away. There will be no one to gather together those who run for their lives.

This is the Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the man of God about Elam, at the beginning of the rule of King Zedekiah of Judah, saying,

The word which the Lord spoke about Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, through Jeremiah the man of God:

"In those days and at that time," says the Lord, "the sons of Israel will come, together with the sons of Judah. They will cry as they come, and will be looking for the Lord their God.

So the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.

The Lord has opened His store-house and has brought out the swords of His anger. For the Lord, the God of All, has work to do in the land of the Babylonians.

Listen! They are running from the land of Babylon to tell in Zion about the punishment of the Lord our God. They are telling how the Lord punishes those who destroyed His house of worship.

"See, I am against you, O proud one," says the Lord God of All. "For your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

As when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities," says the Lord, "no man will live there. And no man will stay there.

For Israel and Judah have not been left alone by their God, the Lord of All, even though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

The Lord has taken our guilt away. Come and let us make the work of the Lord our God known in Zion.