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18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the plague, and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and a horror, and an object of hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them, 19 because they did not listen to my words,’ declares[a] Yahweh, ‘when I sent to them my servants the prophets, sending over and over again,[b] and they would not listen,’ declares[c] Yahweh.

20 And you, hear the word of Yahweh, all you exiles[d] whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:19 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 29:19 Literally “doing early and sending”
  3. Jeremiah 29:19 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 29:20 Hebrew “exile”

18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[a](B) and an object of horror,(C) of scorn(D) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. 19 For they have not listened to my words,”(E) declares the Lord, “words that I sent to them again and again(F) by my servants the prophets.(G) And you exiles have not listened either,” declares the Lord.

20 Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I have sent(H) away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.