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Jeremiah 34:18-20
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Jeremiah 34:18-20
Easy-to-Read Version
18 I will hand over those who broke my agreement and have not kept the promises they made before me. They cut a calf into two pieces before me and walked between the two pieces.[a] 19 These are the people who walked between the two pieces of the calf when they made the agreement before me: the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the important officials of the court, the priests, and the people of the land. 20 So I will give them to their enemies and to everyone who wants to kill them. Their bodies will become food for the birds of the air and for the wild animals of the earth.
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- Jeremiah 34:18 They … two pieces This is part of a ceremony people used when they made an important agreement. An animal was cut into two pieces. Those who were making the agreement would walk between the pieces. Then they would say something like, “May this same thing happen to me if I don’t keep the agreement.” See Gen. 15.
Jeremiah 34:18-20
New International Version
Jeremiah 34:18-20
New International Version
18 Those who have violated my covenant(A) and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.(B) 19 The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials,(C) the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf, 20 I will deliver(D) into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them.(E) Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.(F)
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