Verse 17
Jeremiah 29:17
Free Bible Version
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I will chase them down with war and famine and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified by them. They will become a curse word, totally ruined, people to be mocked and criticized among all the nations where I scatter them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְ/נִי֙ מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ בָּ֔/ם אֶת הַ/חֶ֖רֶב אֶת הָ/רָעָ֣ב וְ/אֶת הַ/דָּ֑בֶר וְ/נָתַתִּ֣י אוֹתָ֗/ם כַּ/תְּאֵנִים֙ הַ/שֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵ/רֹֽעַ
English Translation
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, the famine, and the plague, and I will make them like the unripe figs that cannot be eaten due to badness.
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Chapter 29 Context
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Get married and have children. Arrange for your children to get married so they can have children to...
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Help make the city where I've exiled you more prosperous. Pray to the Lord for it, since as it prosp...
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So listen to the word of the Lord, all you exiles I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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