Verse 5
Jeremiah 20:5
Free Bible Version
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I'm going to give it all away. All the wealth of this city, all the results of hard work, all the valuables, all the crown jewels of Judah's kings—I'm going to hand it over to their enemies, who will take it as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נָתַתִּ֗י אֶת כָּל חֹ֨סֶן֙ הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/זֹּ֔את וְ/אֶת כָּל יְגִיעָ֖/הּ וְ/אֶת כָּל יְקָרָ֑/הּ וְ/אֵ֨ת כָּל אוֹצְר֜וֹת מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶתֵּן֙ בְּ/יַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵי/הֶ֔ם וּ/בְזָזוּ/ם֙ וּ/לְקָח֔וּ/ם וֶ/הֱבִיא֖וּ/ם בָּבֶֽלָ/ה
English Translation
And I will give all the wealth of this city and all its labor and all its precious things and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them and take them and bring them to Babylon.
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