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Jeremiah 15

21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people . Send them from My presence , and let them go.
And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people , Send from before My face , and they go out .
If they ask you , ‘Where shall we go? you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says : Those destined for death , to death ; those destined for the sword, to the sword ; those destined for famine, to famine ; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.
And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee , Whither do we go out ? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah : Those who `are' for death -- to death , And those who are for the sword, to the sword , And those who are for famine, to famine , And those who are for captivity, to captivity.
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers , declares the LORD: the sword to kill , the dogs to drag away , and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy .
And I have appointed over them four kinds , an affirmation of Jehovah , The sword to slay , and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth , to consume and to devour .
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth , Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah , For that which he did in Jerusalem.
Who will have pity on you , O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you ? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
For who hath pity on thee , O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee ? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?
You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
Thou -- thou hast left Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah , Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting,
I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land . I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land , I bereaved, I have destroyed My people , From their ways they turned not back .
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men . I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay .
Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon . I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble .
The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day ; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies, declares the LORD .
Languished hath the bearer of seven , She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day , It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah .
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me , a man of strife and conflict in all the land . I have neither lent nor borrowed , yet everyone curses me.
Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife , And a man of contention to all the land , I have not lent on usury , Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me .
The LORD said : “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble , in your time of distress.
Jehovah said , Did I not direct thee for good ? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil , And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?
Can anyone smash iron iron from the north—or bronze ?
Doth one break iron -- northern iron , and brass ?
Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder , without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give -- not for price , Even for all thy sins , and in all thy borders.
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know , for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.
And I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land -- Thou hast not known , For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn .
You understand , O LORD; remember me and attend to me . Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience , do not take me away . Know that I endure reproach for Your honor .
Thou , Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me , and inspect me , And take vengeance for me of my pursuers , In Thy long-suffering take me not away , Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach .
Your words were found, and I ate them . Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Thy words have been found, and I eat them , And Thy word is to me for a joy , And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me , O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
I never sat with the band of revelers , nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me , I sat alone , for You have filled me with indignation.
I have not sat in an assembly of deriders , Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For ` with ' indignation Thou hast filled me .
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable , refusing to be healed ? You have indeed become like a mirage to me water that is not there .
Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable ? It hath refused to be healed , Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast .
Therefore this is what the LORD says : If you return , I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless , you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you , but you must not turn to them.
Therefore , thus said Jehovah : If thou turnest back , then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand , And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile , As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee , And thou dost not turn back unto them.
Then I will make you a wall to this people , a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you , for I am with you to save and deliver you , declares the LORD.
And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee , For with thee `am' I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah ,
I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
And I have delivered thee from the hand of evil doers, And I have ransomed thee From the hand of the terrible!

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