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25 I looked, and no people were there.
    All the birds of the sky had gone.
26 I looked, and the fruitful land[a] had become a desert.
    All its towns were broken down
because of the Lord,
    because of his burning anger.
27 For this is what the Lord says:
“The entire land will be devastated,
    but I won’t completely destroy[b] it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:26 Or Carmel
  2. Jeremiah 4:27 Lit. do

25 I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.(A)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(B)
    all its towns lay in ruins(C)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(D)

27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,(E)
    though I will not destroy(F) it completely.

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