Jeremiah 15:1-3

Good News Translation

Doom for the People of Judah

15 ^(A)Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight. ²^(B)When they ask you where they should go, tell them that I have said:

Some are doomed to die by disease—
    that's where they will go!
Others are doomed to die in war—
    that's where they will go!
Some are doomed to die of starvation—
    that's where they will go!
Others are doomed to be taken away as prisoners—
    that's where they will go!

³I, the Lord, have decided that four terrible things will happen to them: they will be killed in war; their bodies will be dragged off by dogs; birds will eat them, and wild animals will devour what is left over.

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