Jeremiah 14:9-11

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⁹You seem like a man who has been attacked by surprise,
like a soldier who does not have the power to save anyone.
But, Lord, you are with us.
We are called by your name, so don’t leave us without help!”

¹⁰This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “The people of Judah really love to leave me. They don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now the Lord will not accept them. Now he will remember the evil they do. He will punish them for their sins.”

¹¹Then the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, don’t pray for good things to happen to the people of Judah.

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