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15 They claim to speak with my authority, but I did not send them. They say that there will be no war or famine. So I tell you, this is what will happen to those prophets: War and famine will kill them. 16 And the people that they are speaking their messages to will also die because of war and famine. Their bodies will lie in Jerusalem's streets. Nobody will be there to bury them. This will happen to the men, their wives, their sons and their daughters. I will punish them as they deserve, because they are so wicked.

17 Say this to the people, Jeremiah:

“Tears pour from my eyes all the time.
    I weep through each day and each night.
I am sad about my own dear people.
    A great trouble has knocked them to the ground.
They have received a very bad wound.

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