Verse 19
Jeremiah 17:19
New Living Translation
19
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand in the gates of Jerusalem, first in the gate where the king goes in and out, and then in each of the other gates.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗/י הָלֹ֤ךְ וְ/עָֽמַדְתָּ֙ בְּ/שַׁ֣עַר בְּנֵֽי עם הָ/עָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֤אוּ ב/וֹ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר יֵ֣צְאוּ ב֑/וֹ וּ/בְ/כֹ֖ל שַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
English Translation
Thus says the LORD to you: Go and stand at the gate of the people, at the gate where the kings of Judah enter and where they go out, and at all the gates of Jerusalem.
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