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Text -- Jeremiah 4:27-31 (NET)
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4:27 All this will happen because the Lord said , “The whole land will be desolate ; however, I will not completely destroy it.
4:28 Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black . For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”
4:29 At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee . Some of them will hide in the thickets . Others will climb up among the rocks . All the cities will be deserted . No one will remain in them .
4:30 And you , Zion, city doomed to destruction , you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress , decking yourself out in jewels of gold , and putting on eye shadow ! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing . Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.
4:31 In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath , reaching out for help, saying, “I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers !”
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