Jeremiah 15:1-3

New International Reader's Version

15 Then the Lord said to me, “Suppose Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Even then my heart would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me! Let them go! ²Suppose these people ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ Then tell them, ‘The Lord says,

“ ‘ “Those I have appointed to die will die.
Those I have appointed to be killed by swords
    will be killed by swords.
Those I have appointed to die of hunger
    will die of hunger.
Those I have appointed to be taken away as prisoners
    will be taken away.” ’

³“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” announces the Lord. “Swords will kill them. Dogs will drag them away. Birds will eat them up. And wild animals will destroy them.

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