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Jeremiah 35:11
“But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 35
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nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
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but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
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But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
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Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
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Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh.
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