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For see, the Lord will come in fire. His war-wagons will be like a very strong wind. And He will show His anger with fire.

"For I know their works and their thoughts. The time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they will come and see My shining-greatness.

Then the Lord put out His hand and touched my mouth, and said to me, "See, I have put My words in your mouth.

And the Word of the Lord came to me saying, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree."

Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching to see that My Word is completed."

The Word of the Lord came to me a second time saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, with its face turned away from the north."

For, see, I am calling all the families of the nations of the north," says the Lord. "And they will come. Then every one will set up his throne at the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls around it, and against all the cities of Judah.

Go over to the land of Cyprus and see. Or send men to Kedar to watch with care. And see if there has been such a thing as this!

Your own sin will punish you. Your turning away from the Lord will punish you. So know and see that it is sinful and bitter for you to leave the Lord your God. You have no fear of Me," says the Lord God of All.

you say, ‘I am not guilty. For sure He has turned His anger away from me.' See, I will punish you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.'

"Lift up your eyes to the open hill-tops and see. Is there any place you have not lain with your lovers? You have sat by the roads waiting for them like an Arab in the desert. And you have made the land unclean with your sinful ways and your wrong-doing.

Will You be angry forever? Will You be angry to the end?' See, this is how you talk, but you do all the sinful things you can."

"Return, O sons who are not faithful. I will heal you and make you faithful." "See, we come to You, for You are the Lord our God.

See, he comes up like clouds. His war-wagons come like the strong-wind. His horses are faster than eagles. It is bad for us, for we are destroyed!

How long must I see the flag and hear the sound of the horn?

"Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem, and look and learn. Look in her open places to see if you can find just one man who does what is right and looks for the truth. Then I will forgive this city.

"They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He will do nothing. Nothing bad will happen to us, and we will not see sword or hunger.

See, I am bringing a nation that is far away against you, O people of Israel," says the Lord. "It is a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language you do not know. You cannot understand what they say.

‘Hear this, O foolish people without understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Whom should I tell of the danger, that they may hear? See, their ears are closed and they cannot listen. They have become ashamed of the Word of the Lord. They have no joy in it.