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the Lord, the God of Israel, says this.

I will certainly turn the weapons of war in your hands against you, the ones you are using to fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans,[a] who are outside your wall besieging you. And I will bring them inside this city.

I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with furious anger and great wrath. I will strike those who live in this city, both man and animal. They will die of a terrible plague.

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  1. Jeremiah 21:4 The Chaldeans were the ethnic group ruling Babylon at this time.

‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn(A) against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[a] who are outside the wall besieging(B) you. And I will gather them inside this city. I myself will fight(C) against you with an outstretched hand(D) and a mighty arm(E) in furious anger and in great wrath. I will strike(F) down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 21:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 9