17 Even thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the [a]sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile [b]figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so naughty.

18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence: and I will make them a terror to all kingdoms of the earth, and [c]a curse, and astonishment, and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither I have cast them,

19 Because they have not heard my words saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the Prophets, [d]rising up early, and sending them, but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:17 Whereby he assureth them, that there shall be no hope of returning before the time appointed.
  2. Jeremiah 29:17 According to the comparison, Jer. 24:1, 2.
  3. Jeremiah 29:18 Read Jer. 26:6.
  4. Jeremiah 29:19 Read Jer. 7:13, 25:3 and 26:5.

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