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18 This message is from the Lord: “But, Judah, when these terrible days come, I will not fully destroy you. 19 The people of Judah will ask you, ‘Jeremiah, why has the Lord our God done this bad thing to us?’ Give them this answer: ‘You people of Judah have left me, and you have served foreign idols in your own land. You did these things, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’

20 “Tell this message to the family of Jacob,
    and tell it in the nation of Judah.

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18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(A) you completely. 19 And when the people ask,(B) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(C) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(D) in a land not your own.’

20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob
    and proclaim(E) it in Judah:

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