11 “This is what the Lord says,(A) ‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another[a] before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:11 Or to your neighbor
  2. 12:11 Lit in the eyes of this sun

11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(A) I am going to bring calamity on you.(B) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(C)

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Your land is desolate,
your cities burned down;(A)
foreigners devour your fields
right in front of you—
a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

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Your country is desolate,(A)
    your cities burned with fire;(B)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(C)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(D)

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For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.(A)

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For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(B) and bridegroom in this place.(C)

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for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love.(A) They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes.(B) I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

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For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes(A) you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give(B) all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry(C) them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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21 This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie to you in my name:(A) “I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

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21 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies(A) to you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes.

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16 “Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite,(A) ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words for disaster and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.

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16 “Go and tell Ebed-Melek(A) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words(B) against this city—words concerning disaster,(C) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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15 Raise a war cry against her on every side!
She has thrown up her hands in surrender;
her defense towers have fallen;
her walls are demolished.(A)
Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,(B)
take your vengeance on her;
as she has done, do the same to her.

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15 Shout(A) against her on every side!
    She surrenders, her towers fall,
    her walls(B) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(C) of the Lord,
    take vengeance on her;
    do to her(D) as she has done to others.(E)

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29 Summon the archers to Babylon,
all who string the bow;
camp all around her; let none escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;(A)
just as she has done, do the same to her,
for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,
against the Holy One of Israel.(B)

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29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.(A)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.(B)
Repay(C) her for her deeds;(D)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(E) the Lord,
    the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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