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Instead, they have told lies and made false predictions. They say, ‘This message is from the Lord ,' even though the Lord never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!

Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

"Yet you say, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right!' Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what's right, or is it you?

And yet the people of Israel keep saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right!' O people of Israel, it is you who are not doing what's right, not I.

"Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

"Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears.

"Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors' heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work.

"Son of man, the scattered remnants of Israel living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.'

They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them.

"But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your place. After that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, will rise to rule the world.

"You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.

Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.

Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come."

"Yet the time will come when Israel's people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,' it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.'

Their arrogance testifies against them, yet they don't return to the Lord their God or even try to find him.

I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.

The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.

I will pardon my people's crimes, which I have not yet pardoned; and I, the Lord , will make my home in Jerusalem with my people."