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15 So here is what I am saying about the prophets who are prophesying in my name. I did not send them. But they are saying, ‘No war or hunger will come to this land.’ Those same prophets will die because of war and hunger. 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem. They will die because of hunger and war. No one will bury them. No one will bury their wives and children. I will pour out trouble on them. That is exactly what they should get.

17 “Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them,

“ ‘Let tears flow from my eyes.
    Let them pour out night and day.
    Never let them stop.
The people of my own nation
    have suffered a terrible wound.
    They have been crushed.

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