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Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.

Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," declares the Lord .

but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord ."

For thus says the Lord : "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it."

Therefore, thus says the Lord , Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

You have rejected me, declares the Lord ; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord , God of hosts.

And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares the Lord .

"Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord , and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord , Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.'

You shall say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord , O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words."

If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the Lord ; you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?'

Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and because of his holy words.

"Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord , and not a God far away?

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord , who steal my words from one another.

Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord , who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord .'

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord , and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord .