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20 But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness,
    who tests the inmost being,[a] and the mind,[b]
let me see your retribution upon them,
    for to you I have revealed my legal case.

21 Therefore[c] thus says Yahweh concerning the people[d] of Anathoth who seek your life, saying,[e] “You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh or[f] you will die by our hand.” 22 Therefore[g] thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Look, I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by the famine.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:20 Literally “kidney”
  2. Jeremiah 11:20 Literally “heart”
  3. Jeremiah 11:21 Literally “To thus”
  4. Jeremiah 11:21 Or “men”
  5. Jeremiah 11:21 Literally “to say”
  6. Jeremiah 11:21 Literally “and not”
  7. Jeremiah 11:22 Literally “To thus”