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where they will come to fight the Kasdim: "These places will eventually be filled with the corpses of people whom I am striking down in my anger and fury, everyone whose wickedness has caused me to hide my face from this city.

Then the name of this city will bring me joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earth that hear about all the good I am doing for them; they will be overcome with fear and trembling at all the good and peace I am securing for it."

" Adonai the God of Isra'el says to go and speak to Tzidkiyahu king of Y'hudah. Tell him that Adonai says: ‘I am going to hand this city over to the king of Bavel, and he will burn it to the ground.

Then Yirmeyahu gave this order to Barukh: "I am not allowed to enter the house of Adonai .

Yirmeyahu answered, "That is a lie! I am not deserting to the Kasdim"; but Yir'iyah wouldn't listen to him. So he arrested Yirmeyahu and brought him to the officials.

Tzidkiyahu the king said to Yirmeyahu, "I am afraid of the Judeans who deserted to the Kasdim. The Kasdim might hand me over to them, and they would mistreat me."

"Go and tell ‘Eved-Melekh the Ethiopian that Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘"I am about to fulfill my words about this city for disaster, not for good; when the day arrives, they will come true before your eyes.

Now, today, I am freeing you from the chains on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Bavel, come; and I will look after you well. But if it seems not good to you to come with me to Bavel, then don't — the entire land is in front of you: wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there."

‘If you will stay in this land, then I will build you up, not pull you down; I will plant you and not uproot you; for I am relenting from the calamity I inflicted on you.

Don't be afraid of the king of Bavel — of whom you are afraid. Don't be afraid of him,' says Adonai , ‘for I am with you to save you and to rescue you from his power.

I am watching over them for harm, not for good. All the men of Y'hudah in the land of Egypt will be destroyed by sword and famine, until none of them is left.

‘Woe to me now! Adonai has compounded my pain with sorrow, I am weary from groaning, and I can find no relief!'

Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't! For I am bringing disaster on everything living,' says Adonai . ‘But wherever you go, you will escape with your life.'"

Don't be afraid, Ya‘akov my servant," says Adonai , "for I am with you. I will finish off all the nations where I have scattered you. However, you I will not finish off, I will discipline you as you deserve, but not completely destroy you."

I am bringing terror on you," says Adonai Elohei -Tzva'ot, "from every side. Each of you will be driven out headlong, with no one to gather the fugitives.

Flee! Turn back! Hide yourselves well, you who live in D'dan; for I am bringing calamity on ‘Esav, when the time for me to punish him comes.

"I am against you, arrogant [nation]," says Adonai Elohei -Tzva'ot. "For your day has come, the time for you to be punished.

"I am against you, destructive mountain, destroying all the earth," says Adonai . "I will stretch out my hand against you, to send you tumbling down from the crags and make you a burned-out mountain.

and say, ‘Like this, Bavel will sink, never to rise again, because of the disaster I am bringing on her; and they will grow weary.'" (Up to here, these have been the words of Yirmeyahu.)

All her people are groaning, as they search for something to eat. They barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. "Look, Adonai ! See how despised I am.