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29 Should I punish the people of Judah for doing these things?”
    This message is from the Lord.
“You know I should punish a nation such as this.
    I should give it the punishment it deserves.

30 “A terrible and shocking thing
    has happened in the land of Judah.
31 The prophets tell lies.
    The priests will not do what they were chosen to do,[a]
and my people love it this way!
    But what will you people do when your punishment comes?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:31 priests … were chosen to do The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.

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