17 “They will (A)devour your harvest and your food;
They will devour your sons and your daughters;
They will devour your flocks and your herds;
They will devour your (B)vines and your fig trees;
They will demolish with the sword your (C)fortified cities in which you trust.

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make you a complete destruction. 19 It shall come about (D)when [a]they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will (E)serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:19 Or you