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16 they will live on the heights;
    their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks;
    their food will be supplied, their water assured.

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16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(A)
    whose refuge(B) will be the mountain fortress.(C)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(D) them.

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At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah,(A)

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The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging(A) Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined(B) in the courtyard of the guard(C) in the royal palace of Judah.

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“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”(A)

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“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,(A) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread(B) in the city.”

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13 Then they drew Jeremiah up by the ropes and pulled him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.(A)

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13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(A)

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28 And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.(A)

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28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard(A) until the day Jerusalem was captured.

The Fall of Jerusalem(B)

This is how Jerusalem(C) was taken:

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14 and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan to be brought home. So he stayed with his own people.(A)

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14 sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard.(A) They turned him over to Gedaliah(B) son of Ahikam,(C) the son of Shaphan,(D) to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.(E)

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15 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard:

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15 While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him:

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On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.(A)

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By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.(A)

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