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         <div class="label">45</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message to Baruch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.45.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.45.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.45.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You said, &#8216;Woe to me! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.45.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has told me to say to you, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.45.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message About Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Concerning Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="content">This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Prepare your shields, both large and small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="content">and march out for battle!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Harness the horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">mount the steeds!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">Take your positions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">with helmets on!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">Polish your spears,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">put on your armor!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What do I see?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">They are terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">they are retreating,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">their warriors are defeated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">They flee in haste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">without looking back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">and there is terror on every side,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;The swift cannot flee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">nor the strong escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">In the north by the River Euphrates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">they stumble and fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="content">like rivers of surging waters?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Egypt rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">like rivers of surging waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">She says, &#8216;I will rise and cover the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">I will destroy cities and their people.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Charge, you horses!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">Drive furiously, you charioteers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">March on, you warriors&#8212;men of Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Put who carry shields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">men of Lydia who draw the bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But that day belongs to the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">The sword will devour till it is satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">till it has quenched its thirst with blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">For the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, will offer sacrifice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go up to Gilead and get balm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">But you try many medicines in vain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">there is no healing for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The nations will hear of your shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">your cries will fill the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">One warrior will stumble over another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">both will fall down together.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the message the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.46.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">&#8216;Take your positions and get ready,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">for the sword devours those around you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Why will your warriors be laid low?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="content">They cannot stand, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will push them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They will stumble repeatedly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">they will fall over each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">They will say, &#8216;Get up, let us go back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">to our own people and our native lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">away from the sword of the oppressor.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There they will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">he has missed his opportunity.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as I live,&#8221; declares the King,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">whose name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">&#8220;one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">like Carmel by the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pack your belongings for exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">you who live in Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">for Memphis will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">and lie in ruins without inhabitant.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Egypt is a beautiful heifer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">but a gadfly is coming</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">against her from the north.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The mercenaries in her ranks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">are like fattened calves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">They too will turn and flee together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">they will not stand their ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">for the day of disaster is coming upon them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">the time for them to be punished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">as the enemy advances in force;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">they will come against her with axes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">like men who cut down trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They will chop down her forest,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">&#8220;dense though it be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">They are more numerous than locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">they cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="content">given into the hands of the people of the north.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.46.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8220;I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.46.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them&#8212;Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.46.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">do not be dismayed, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">I will surely save you out of a distant place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">your descendants from the land of their exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">Jacob will again have peace and security,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">and no one will make him afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">for I am with you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Though I completely destroy all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">among which I scatter you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will not completely destroy you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will discipline you but only in due measure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will not let you go entirely unpunished.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message About the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">&#8220;See how the waters are rising in the north;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">they will become an overflowing torrent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">They will overflow the land and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">the towns and those who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">The people will cry out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">all who dwell in the land will wail</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">at the noise of enemy chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">and the rumble of their wheels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">Parents will not turn to help their children;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">their hands will hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the day has come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">to destroy all the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">and to remove all survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">who could help Tyre and Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to destroy the Philistines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Gaza will shave her head in mourning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">Ashkelon will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">You remnant on the plain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">how long will you cut yourselves?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Alas, sword of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">how long till you rest?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">Return to your sheath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">cease and be still.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But how can it rest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when he has ordered it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">to attack Ashkelon and the coast?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Concerning the Ammonites:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Has Israel no sons?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">Has Israel no heir?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">Why then has Molek</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their king</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 3</span></span></span><span class="content"> taken possession of Gad?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">Why do his people live in its towns?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the days are coming,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">&#8220;when I will sound the battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">against Rabbah of the Ammonites;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">it will become a mound of ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">Then Israel will drive out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">those who drove her out,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">Put on sackcloth and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">rush here and there inside the walls,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">for Molek will go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">together with his priests and officials.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of your valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="content">boast of your valleys so fruitful?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="content">Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="content">you trust in your riches and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Who will attack me?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will bring terror on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="content">from all those around you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Every one of you will be driven away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="content">and no one will gather the fugitives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.49.6"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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