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The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 15, Verse 21

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And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
King James Version
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
American Standard Version
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
New English Translation
“I will deliver you from the power of the wicked. I will free you from the clutches of violent people.”
World English Bible
I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
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The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
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Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
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For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
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They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.
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Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
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Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
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Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
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And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] our iniquity? or what [is] our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?