20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,

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20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive(A) them; his wrath and zeal(B) will burn(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot(D) out their names from under heaven.

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and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,(A) and the Lord would not forgive.

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including the shedding of innocent blood.(A) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.(B)

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Why should I forgive you?
Your children have abandoned Me
and sworn by those who are not gods.(A)
I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery;(B)
they gashed themselves(C) at the[a] prostitute’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:7 Or adultery and trooped to the, or adultery and lodged at the; Hb obscure

“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)

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