19 Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their[a][b] land will be stripped of everything(A) in it because of the violence of all who live there. 20 The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become dreadful. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

A Deceptive Proverb Stopped

21 Again the word of the Lord came to me:

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Footnotes

  1. 12:19 Lit its
  2. 12:19 = Jerusalem’s

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