30 (A)You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; (B)you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not [a]use its fruit.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:30 Lit begin it

10 “Therefore I will (A)give their wives to others,
Their fields to [a]new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is (B)greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:10 Lit possessing ones

22 ‘Then behold, all of the (A)women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the [a]officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say,

[b]Your close friends
Have misled and overpowered you;
While your feet were sunk in the mire,
They turned back.”

23 They will also bring out all your wives and your (B)sons to the Chaldeans, and (C)you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and (D)this city will be burned with fire.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 38:22 Or princes
  2. Jeremiah 38:22 Lit The men of your peace