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17 I will scatter them before the enemy
    as with an east wind;
I will show them the back and not the face
    in the day of their calamity.

Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
    and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

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