Jeremiah 35:1-12-13 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. When Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the Lord told me,

11. except now we have to live inside Jerusalem because Nebuchadnezzar has taken over the countryside with his army from Babylonia and Syria.

12-13. Then the Lord told me to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, want you to learn a lesson

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