11 “This is what the Lord says,(A) ‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another[a] before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:11 Or to your neighbor
  2. 12:11 Lit in the eyes of this sun

11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(A) I am going to bring calamity on you.(B) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(C)

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Your land is desolate,
your cities burned down;(A)
foreigners devour your fields
right in front of you—
a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

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Your country is desolate,(A)
    your cities burned with fire;(B)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(C)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(D)

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For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.(A)

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For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(B) and bridegroom in this place.(C)

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21 This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie to you in my name:(A) “I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

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21 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies(A) to you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes.

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16 “Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite,(A) ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words for disaster and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.

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16 “Go and tell Ebed-Melek(A) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words(B) against this city—words concerning disaster,(C) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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24 “Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.”(A)

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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24 “Before your eyes I will repay(A) Babylon(B) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35