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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, saying,

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

"This is what the LORD says, He who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to create it, He whose name is the LORD:

Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;

'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

"For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which have been torn down to make a defense against the assault ramps and the sword:

For thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

'While they are coming to fight the Chaldeans and to fill their houses with the bodies of people whom I have struck down in My anger and My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.