Jeremiah 49:5-12 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5. I, the Lord All-Powerful,will send neighbouring nationsto strike you with terror.You will be scattered,with no one to carefor your refugees.

6. Yet some day, I will bringyour people back home.I, the Lord, have spoken.

9. People who harvest grapesleave some for the poor.Thieves who break in at nighttake only what they want.

10. But I will take everythingthat belongs to you,people of Edom,and I will uncover every placewhere you try to hide.Then you will die,and so will your children,relatives, and neighbours.

11. But I can be trustedto care for your orphansand widows.

12. Even those nations that don't deserve to be punished will have to drink from the cup of my anger. So how can you possibly hope to escape?

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