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The Destiny of the Judged

15 Then the Lord told me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me, I wouldn’t be favorably disposed toward this people. Send them out of my presence! Let them go!

“When they say to you, ‘Where can we go?’, say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“Those destined for death,
    to death will go;[a]
those destined for the sword,
    to the sword will go;[b]
and those destined for captivity,
    to captivity will go.[c]

“I’ll appoint four kinds of judgment for them,” declares the Lord: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag off, the birds of the sky to devour, and the animals of the land to destroy.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go
  2. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go
  3. Jeremiah 15:2 The Heb. lacks will go

15 Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses(A) and Samuel(B) were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people.(C) Send them away from my presence!(D) Let them go! And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(E)
those for starvation, to starvation;(F)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(G)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(H) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(I) to kill and the dogs(J) to drag away and the birds(K) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(L)

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