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"So then, because you would not listen to him, the Lord Almighty says,

When they drink from it, they will stagger and go out of their minds because of the war I am sending against them."

Then the Lord said to me, "Tell the people that I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, am commanding them to drink until they are drunk and vomit, until they fall down and cannot get up, because of the war that I am sending against them.

You moan and cry out in distress because the Lord in his anger has destroyed your nation and left your peaceful country in ruins.

Then the priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to the people, "This man deserves to be sentenced to death because he has spoken against our city. You heard him with your own ears."

But be sure of this: if you kill me, you and the people of this city will be guilty of killing an innocent man, because it is the Lord who sent me to give you this warning."

But because I had the support of Ahikam son of Shaphan, I was not handed over to the people and killed.

And so the Lord himself says that he is going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against the Lord ."

Work for the good of the cities where I have made you go as prisoners. Pray to me on their behalf, because if they are prosperous, you will be prosperous too.

You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.

This will happen to them because they did not obey the message that I kept on sending to them through my servants the prophets. They refused to listen.

This will be their fate because they are guilty of terrible sins—they have committed adultery and have told lies in the Lord 's name. This was against the Lord 's will; he knows what they have done, and he is a witness against them. The Lord has spoken."

He must be stopped because he told the people in Babylonia that they would be prisoners there a long time and should build houses, settle down, plant gardens, and eat what they grow."

to send to all the prisoners in Babylon this message about Shemaiah: "I, the Lord , will punish Shemaiah and all of his descendants. I did not send him, but he spoke to you as if he were a prophet, and he made you believe lies. He will have no descendants among you. He will not live to see the good things that I am going to do for my people, because he told them to rebel against me. I, the Lord , have spoken."

because the time is coming when I will restore my people, Israel and Judah. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it again. I, the Lord , have spoken."

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer care about you. I have attacked you like an enemy; your punishment has been harsh because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

Complain no more about your injuries; there is no cure for you. I punished you like this because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'

Instead, those who eat sour grapes will have their own teeth set on edge; and everyone will die because of their own sin."

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the Lord , because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the Lord , have spoken."