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But if I say, "I will not remember HimOr speak anymore in His name,"Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fireShut up in my bones;And I am weary of holding it in,And I cannot prevail.

‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.

"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,O rocky plain," declares Yahweh,"You men who say, ‘Who will come down against us?Or who will enter into our dwelling places?'

Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who are shepherding My people: "You have scattered My flock and banished them and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares Yahweh.

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the prophets,‘Behold, I am going to feed them wormwoodAnd make them drink poisoned water,For from the prophets of JerusalemPollution has gone forth into all the land.'"

"Am I a God who is near," declares Yahweh,"And not a God far off?

Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," declares Yahweh, "who steal My words from each other.

Behold, I am against the prophets," declares Yahweh, "who take their tongues and declare, ‘Yahweh declares.'

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied lying dreams," declares Yahweh, "and who recounted them and led My people astray by their lying and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them, and I did not command them, and they do not furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares Yahweh.

I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am Yahweh; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

For behold, I am beginning to bring evil against this city which is called by My name. But shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment, for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," declares Yahweh of hosts.'

Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I am devising to bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.'

But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

Within two years I am going to return to this place all the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

I am also going to return to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares Yahweh, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

Yet hear now this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people!

Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.'"

thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.

because they have acted with wicked foolishness in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness," declares Yahweh.'"

therefore thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people," declares Yahweh, "because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh."'"