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17 They will eat all the crops in your fields
    and the food that you have stored.
They will take your sons and your daughters for themselves.
    They will kill your sheep and your cows for food.
    They will eat all your grapes and your figs.
They will attack your strong cities
    where you thought you would be safe.
Their soldiers will knock down the walls.’

18 But the Lord says this: ‘Even at that time, I will not destroy you completely. 19 So, Jeremiah, the people may ask you, “Why has the Lord our God done this to us?” Then tell them, “It is because you have turned away from me. You have chosen to serve foreign gods in your own land. So now you will have to serve foreign people and their gods in a land that is not your own land.”

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