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Jeremiah 43:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 43:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I intend to send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will set his throne upon these stones that I have buried, and he will spread his canopy over them. 11 He will come and ravage the land of Egypt:
“ ‘Those destined for the plague, to plague,
those for captivity, to captivity,
and those for the sword, to the sword.
12 “ ‘He will set fire to the temple of the gods of Egypt, burning their gods and carrying them off. He will scour the land of Egypt as a shepherd scrubs off the vermin from his cloak, and he will depart from there safely.
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